2.The paper is written in an attempt to discuss what the creative process is.Though much theory has accumulated,little is really known about the power that lies at the bottom of poetic creation.It is true that great poets and artists produce beauty by employing all the powers of personality and by combing emotions,reason,and intuitions(直覺).But what is the magical synthesis(合成) that joins and arranges these complex parts into poetic unity?
John L.Lowes,in his justly famous"The Road to Xanadu,"developed one of the earliest and still generally acceptable answers to this interesting question.Imaginative creation.He concludes,is a complex process in which the conscious and unconscious minds jointly operate."there is ….the deep well with its chaos(雜亂) of accidently mixing images,but there is likewise the vision which sees shining in and through the chaos of the potential lines of form,and with the vision,the controlling will,which gives to that potential beauty actuality."
The deep well is the unconscious mind that is peopled with the facts,ideas,feelings of the conscious activity.The imaginative vision,an unconscious activity,shines through the land of chaos,of lights and shadows,silently seeking pattern and form.Finally,the conscious mind again,through will,captures and embodies the idea in the final work of art.In this way is unity born out of chaos.
Though there can be no absolute certainty,there is general agreement that the periods in the development of a creative work parallel(與….相似),to some extent,Lowes's theory of well,vision,form and will.There are at least three stages in the creative process:preparation,inspiration,work.
In a sense,the period of preparation is all of the writer's life.It is the deep well.It is especially a period of concentration which gives the unconscious mind an opportunity to communicate with the conscious mind.When remembrance of things past reaches the conscious level of the writer's mind,he is ready to go on with the process.Part of this preparation involves learning a medium---learning a language,learning how to write,learning literary forms.It is important to note here that form cannot be imposed upon the idea.Evidence,though not enough,shows that the idea gives birth to the form that can best convey it.It is the vision,according to Lowes,that sees shining in and through the chaos of the potential lines of form.
(Answer the questions or complete the statements in no more than TEN words)
78.John L.Lowes has provided an acceptable answer to the question ofwhatthecreativeprocessis.
79.Well,vision,formandwillare the four elements of John L.Lowes'theoryofwell,vision,form.a(chǎn)ndwill.
80.How does the preparation stage contribute to the development of a creative workTheunconsciousmindcommunicateswiththeconsciousmind(inthisstage)..?
81.According to the passage,what is the relationship between the idea and formTheideagivesbirthtotheform/Theideaissuperiortotheform.
分析 本文討論的是詩歌創(chuàng)作的過程.文章采用了層層遞進(jìn)的結(jié)構(gòu),討論了詩歌的創(chuàng)作過程究竟是怎么樣的.第一部分闡述了長期以來被人們所接受的詩歌創(chuàng)作理論,重點介紹了詩歌創(chuàng)作的四要素--Well,vision,form.a(chǎn)nd will;第二部分討論了在詩歌創(chuàng)作過程的三個階段(preparation,inspiration,work)中,四要素之間是如何合作,最終完成一首歌.
解答 78.答案:what the creative process is.根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞"John L.Lowes"和"an acceptable answer"定位到原文第二段第一句,原文中答案為"this interesting question",然后再結(jié)合全文主旨句(第一段第一句an attempt to discuss what the creative process is.),故答案為what the creative process is.
79.答案:Well,vision,form and will.根據(jù)題干"four elements of John L.Lowes'theory"定位到原文第四段第一句結(jié)尾,Lowes's theory of well,vision,form.a(chǎn)nd will,照抄即可.故答案為Well,vision,form and will.
80.答案:The unconscious mind communicates with the conscious mind (in this stage)..先根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞"the preparation stage",定位到最后一段第三句It is especially a period of concentration which gives the unconscious mind an opportunity to communicate with the conscious mind,其次對于特殊疑問詞"how",我們應(yīng)該用"by doing …"結(jié)構(gòu)或者直接用一個句子來回答,要特別注意表達(dá)結(jié)構(gòu)及語法的正確性.
81.答案:The idea gives birth to the form/The idea is superior to the form.根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞"the relationship between the idea and form"定位到原文最后一段的倒數(shù)第二句,"Evidence,though not enough,shows that the idea gives birth to the form.that can best convey it",照抄即可.
點評 本文考察學(xué)生文學(xué)類閱讀文章的閱讀水平,閱讀這類文章時,也應(yīng)該在整體把握文章結(jié)構(gòu)的前提下,主要注意細(xì)節(jié)信息.細(xì)節(jié)題題干都是相應(yīng)原文的變形(如同義改寫、詞性轉(zhuǎn)換等),因此要找到答案一定要找到題干在原文中的出處,再把原文和選項相比較.做題時,根據(jù)所提問題用尋讀、跳讀的方法可達(dá)到事半功倍的效果