Tang and Song Prose Selected Readings

Author: Yan Jijing (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: The "Full-time Chinese Curriculum Standards (Experimental)" and "General High School Chinese Curriculum Standards (Experimental)" (2003) issued by the Ministry of Education explicitly stated: "Chinese is an important tool for communication and an essential part of human culture. The unity of its tool-like and humanistic nature is the fundamental characteristic of the Chinese curriculum." Based on the above new educational reform ideas, this book is compiled with the aim of improving the literary literacy of middle school students and cultivating their aesthetic abilities. It not only provides students with a brand-new reading selection of Tang and Song Dynasty poetry and prose but also offers a concise and practical textbook for optional Chinese courses in middle schools. As an optional reading selection for the new Chinese curriculum standards, this book selects over 50 renowned poets from the Tang and Song dynasties, organizing them into 43 thematic units following the chronological order of literary history. Each thematic unit briefly outlines the general profile and style of the selected poets. The "Close Reading" section selects the most influential works of each poet for detailed annotations and interpretations. The "Close Reading" aims to guide students' self-learning abilities and broaden their understanding of Tang and Song poetry and prose, hence only including plain text without annotations. The "Knowledge Links" section distills relevant knowledge points from the perspective of poetic art, complementing the vertical narrative of literary history with a horizontal perspective of poetic knowledge. Additionally, each thematic unit includes "Reading and Reflection" to promote self-assessment and critical thinking. The content design of this book is innovative, with a well-balanced depth and breadth of selected poetry and prose, making it highly suitable for extracurricular reading by middle school students.