Section Seven Test for Literature and Life
每个学生应汇集个人文学研究和生活经验之所得，撰写一篇论文（中文或英文均可）。
Each student should write a thesis setting forth his or her own conclusions and findings in literary studyand life experience (either in Chinese or English).
或：翻译一篇老师提供的名着摘录（汉译英或英译汉均可）。
Or： Translate an excerpt from classics presented by the teacher(either from Chinese into English or viceversa).
今天的作业：
Today’s assignments：
1．精读曹雪芹的《红楼梦》。
1．Read Cao Xueqin’s A Dream of Red Mansions intensively.
2．精读乔治·萧伯纳的《匹克梅梁》。
2．Read George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion intensively.
复习讨论题：
1．什么是文学？为什么这是个难以回答的问题？
1．What is literature？ Why is this a difficult question？
2．你能给出多少种“文学”的定义？你最喜欢哪一种？为什么？
2．How many definitions can you give on“literature”？ Which one do you like best？ Why？
3．文学有哪些共同的特点？文学有多少主要方面是真实的？它们是什么？
3．What are the common features of literature？ How many main ways are there for literature to betrue？ What are they？
4．一般说来，文学能分多少类？它们是什么？为什么说文学分类不是固定的标签而是从未停止变化的流动过程？
4．How many categories， generally speaking， can literature be classified into？ What are they？ Whyis it said that the classification of literature is not a fixed label but a ever - changing fluid process？
5．从人文主义观点来看，文学是什么？
5．What is literature from a humanistic point of view？
6．文学起着些什么作用？（或：论文学的功能）6．What functions may literature perform？ (Or： On the Functions of Literature)7．试论文学与人生的关系。
7．A Tentative Study on the Relation Between Literature and Life.
8．为什么要学《文学与人生》？如何学习《文学与人生》？
8．Why should we study Literature and Life？ How should we study Literature and Life？