Unit 4 Meeting the Muse Starting out and Understanding Ideas - 高二英语同步精品课堂（外研版2019选择性必修第一册）

Period 1 Starting out and Understanding ideas 1 Starting out Who are the Muse The general name of the nine ancient literary goddesses who are in charge of art and science in the Greek myths. Muse is not only the representative of art, but also the representatives and gods of learning. Do you konw that the word Music comes from Muse in English? 2 Starting out Step 1. Starting out Step 2: Extensive Reading of the Passage Step 3: Intensive Reading of the Passage 3 Starting out Imaginantion creates reality. Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22nd, 1813—February 13th, 1883) German composer, a romantic music master He is an important master in the history of German opera, and a figure connecting the past and the future. He inherited Mozart's opera tradition and started the composing trend of post-romantic opera which was followed by Richard Strauss. At the same time, because of the complexity of his political and religious thoughts (anti-Semitism), he became the most controversial figure in the history of European music. Masterpieces： 黎恩济（Rienzi, derLetztederTribunen1837-40） 漂泊的荷兰人（DerFliegendeHolländer, 1843） 汤豪舍（Tannhäuser, 1845） 罗恩格林（Lohengrin, 1850） 尼伯龙根的指环（DerRingdesNibelungen, 1876） 4 Starting out 想象创造现实 Reality isn't something you perceive; it's something you create in your mind. 瓦格纳 5 Starting out If we want to be struck by inspiration, we must go deep into uour lives. Mo Yan Mo Yan (February 17, 1955-) A famous Chinese writer and vice chairman of Chinese Writers Association. His writing style is known as "bold and novel", and he is good at blending folk stories, history and contemporary with illusion realism. A Red Sorghum Family has caused a sensation in the literary world. He won the Mao Dun Literature Award for his work Frog and then won the Nobel Literature Award, becoming the first Chinese writer to win this award. . If we want to be struck by inspiration, we must go deep into uour lives. 如果我们想被灵感击中，我们必须