高中英语第四册unit19课时计划教案
1. Chinese plays
Beijing Opera, Huangmei Opera, Kunqu Opera, Henan Opera, Shanxi Opera,etc.
2. There was a great British playwright and poet in the world’s history of literature. He wrote about 37 plays and a large number of poems in his life. Here is a picture of him. Do you know who he is? (William Shakespeare)
3. Introduction
William Shakespeare (1564-1616 ) was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He is considered to be the greatest playwright and poet of the Renaissance in Europe. As a playwright, he wrote tragedies, comedies, historical plays. As a poet, he wrote narrative poems and sonnets. He began to write for the stage in the late 1580. He first came to notice in 1592 as a playwright in London. In 1599 he became a part owner of the Globe Theatre in London and finally retired to his birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, in1613. He wrote 37 plays. Apart from the plays, he is identified as the author of four large poems and a book of sonnets.