《英語短篇小說選讀》講義(第八周)詳解課件

1、Photo by DarkElfPhoto - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License /photos/12925338N07Created with Haiku DeckWelcome to my class!第1頁，共24頁。Photo by Zitona - Creative Commons Attribution License /photos/zitonaCreated with Haiku DeckInstructor: Wang Jiumin25th October, 2016Week 8第2頁，

2、共24頁。Photo by 55Laney69 - Creative Commons Attribution License /photos/42875184N08Created with Haiku DeckTodays Agendaabout the courseChapter 1 Plot (I)第3頁，共24頁。Photo by 55Laney69 - Creative Commons Attribution License /photos/42875184N08Created with Haiku Deck Definition of plotII. FunctionsIII. Ca

3、se StudyChapter 4 Setting (I)第4頁，共24頁。 Setting refers both to the time and place in which the action of a story takes place. In other words, it is the background against which the action of story occurs. The elements of setting may include ：geographic location specific time period: the time of day o

4、r year or centuryDefinition of setting第5頁，共24頁。(3) General environment of the characters, such as historical background, religion, occupation, moral and emotional conditions.The characters occupation and daily manner of living.第6頁，共24頁。II. Function of setting As the background, it is of great signif

5、icance in the story, not only gives the reader the impression of verisimilitude, but also may functions as follows:create a certain atmosphere e.g. Poes stories, Japan horror movies (midnight, desolate house/lift)reveal the inner thought of the character Setting is often established by description,

6、but it may also be shown through characters action, dialogue or thinking. 第7頁，共24頁。(3) help portray the characters and develop the theme either through symbolic suggestion or more direct imagery. 第8頁，共24頁。 It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires

7、 and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street. But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emilys house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay

8、 above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps-an eyesore among eyesores.Case study I: A Rose for Emily第9頁，共24頁。那是一幢過去漆成白色的四方形大木屋，坐落在當(dāng)年一條最考究的街道上，還裝點(diǎn)著有十九世紀(jì)七十年代風(fēng)味的圓形屋頂、尖塔和渦形花紋的陽臺，帶有濃厚的輕盈氣息?？墒瞧囬g和軋棉機(jī)之類的東西侵犯了這一帶莊嚴(yán)的名字，把它們涂抹得一干二凈。只有愛米麗小姐的屋子巋然獨(dú)存，四周簇?fù)碇藁ㄜ嚭推捅?。房子雖已破敗，卻還是執(zhí)拗不馴，裝模作樣，真是丑中之丑。第10頁，共24頁。Case study

9、 I: A Rose for EmilyAfter civil war, the Souths outdated plantationeconomy, based so long upon slave labor, was devastated. The northern industry invaded and became widespread. With widespreadindustrialization, Southern aristocratic family declined and lost its honor and authority.People hold a mixe

10、d feeling towards the Old South Culture, respect/question , and gradually forgotthe life of Emily (1861-1935) witnessed the great change of the south. 第11頁，共24頁。Case study I: A Rose for EmilyShe tried hard to cling to the past, which meant privilege and glory to her. She cut herself off from the cha

11、nging world and lived in complete self-isolation. Gradually, her characters distorted.Over the years, she was transformed from a subordinate young lady controlled by her domineering father to a middle-aged woman courting a laborer against the accusation of the community and then to a crazy murderer

12、who not only killed her love but also slept with the dead body. 第12頁，共24頁。Setting: helping to understand the motivations, actions and reactions of Miss Emily/othersa small American Southern town after civil war (18611865)Case study I: A Rose for Emily第13頁，共24頁。Case study II: The story of an Hourthe

13、story takes place in one hour in the Mallard home.Detailed information: season/ historical background. She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was cr

14、ying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves. There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled above the other in the west facing her window.第14頁，共24頁。Cas

15、e study II: The story of an Hour透過窗口，她可以看到屋前廣場上的樹梢在新春的氣息中興奮地顫抖著?？諝庵袕浡曳嫉挠甑臍庀ⅰ４跋碌慕值郎?，一個小販正在叫賣他的器皿。遠(yuǎn)處依稀傳來縹緲的歌聲，數(shù)不清的麻雀也在屋檐下嘰嘰喳喳地唱個不停。 對著她窗口西邊的天空上，云朵層層疊疊地堆積著，間或露出一綹綹蔚藍(lán)的天空。第15頁，共24頁。SpringWhen Mrs. Mallard sits down in the room she becomes calm. She looks out of the window and see a new spring life outs

16、ide. The beautiful images represent her feeling of new life (Spring: Easter, rebirth of Jesus, new life, full of vitality and hope)setting symbolizes a new beginning for Mrs. MallardTime 第16頁，共24頁。The historical backgroundKate Chopin, the last part of the 19th century the setting is a middle class i

17、n the USA in the late 1800s the social status of women in the late 19th-century?Generally, women werent liberated. Female liberation wasnt put on the agenda until the 1960s. “angel in the house” they did all the hard work in the house. had subordinate and oppressive positions in the marriage第17頁，共24

18、頁。Though her husband loved her, Mrs. Mallard is trapped in the marriage, losing freedom.imagine a new life filled with happiness and freedom after her husbands death 第18頁，共24頁。 the story describes the one hour she spends dreaming about her new life in freedom, from getting the incorrect death messag

19、e until tragically passing away herself. She lived in the true sense of the world, with will, ambition and joy, for one hour only. In this way, setting helps to develop the theme 第19頁，共24頁。Case III. Hills Like White ElephantsThe hills across the valley of the Ebro1 were long and white. On this side

20、there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun. Close against the side of the station there was the warm shadow of the building and a curtain, made of strings of bamboo beads, hung across the open door into the bar, to keep out flies. The American and the g

21、irl with him sat at a table in the shade, outside the building. It was very hot and the express from Barcelona would come in forty minutes. It stopped at this junction for two minutes and went on to Madrid . 第20頁，共24頁。埃布羅河河谷的那一邊，白色的山岡起伏連綿。這一邊，白地一片，沒有樹木，車站在陽光下兩條鐵路線中間。緊靠著車站的一邊，是一幢籠罩在悶熱的陰影中的房屋，一串串竹珠子編成

22、的門簾掛在酒吧間敞開著的門口擋蒼蠅。那個美國人和那個跟他一道的姑娘坐在那幢房屋外面陰涼處的一張桌子旁邊。天氣非常熱，巴塞羅那來的快車還有四十分鐘才能到站。列車在這個中轉(zhuǎn)站停靠兩分鐘，然后繼續(xù)行駛，開往馬德里。第21頁，共24頁。The girl stood up and walked to the end of the station. Across, on the other side, were fields of grain and trees along the banks of the Ebro. Far away, beyond the river, were mountains. The shadow of a cloud moved across the field of grain and she saw the river through the trees. 鐵路對面，在那一邊，埃布羅河兩岸是農(nóng)田和樹木。遠(yuǎn)處，在河的那一邊，便是起伏的山巒。一片云影掠過糧田；透過樹木，她看到了大河。第22頁，共24頁。a hot summer, in a Hispanic small railway station. A couple