英美短篇小說Unit9ThroughtheTunnel課件

Unit9ThroughtheTunnel

——DorisLessingUnit9ThroughtheTunnel

1AuthorBiographyBorn:22October1919Birthplace:Kermanshah(克爾曼沙阿),IranBestKnownAs:TheauthorofTheGoldenNotebookAuthorBiographyBorn:22Octob2DorisLessinggrewupinSouthAfrica,adaughterofBritishcitizens.Sheleftschoolandhomeatanearlyage,finallymovingtoEnglandin1949.Thereshebeganhercareerasanovelist,publishingTheGrassisSingingin1950.Duringthe1950ssheworkedonwhatwastobecome5novelsintheChildrenofViolenceseries,andin1962shegainedinternationalnoticeforhernovelTheGoldenNotebook.DorisLessinggrewupin3Earlylife&EducationEarlylifeLessinghasdescribedherchildhoodasanunevenmixofsomepleasureandmuchpain.

Hermother,obsessedwithraisingaproperdaughter,enforcedarigidsystemofrulesandhygieneathome,theninstalledDorisinaconventschool,wherenunsterrifiedtheirchargeswithstoriesofhellanddamnation.Education

Lessingwaslatersenttoanall-girlshighschoolinthecapitalofSalisbury,fromwhichshesoondroppedout.Shewasthirteen;anditwastheendofherformaleducation.ButlikeotherwomenwritersfromsouthernAfricanwhodidnotgraduatefromhighschool(suchasOliveSchreinerandNadineGordimer),Lessingmadeherselfintoaself-educatedintellectual.Earlylife&EducationEarlyli4WritingCareerOftencitedasaheroicfiguretofeminists,Lessinghascontinuedtowritenovels,graphicnovels,librettosandessays,includingworksinfluencedbysciencefictionandSufimysticism.ShewontheNobelPrizeforliteraturein2019.

Herbreakthroughworkthough,wasTheGoldenNotebook,writtenin1962.

In1984,sheattemptedtopublishtwonovelsunderapseudonym,JaneSomers,todemonstratethedifficultynewauthorsfacedintryingtobreakintoprint.WritingCareerOftencited5HerBooks\AlphabeticallybyTitleNovelsTheGrassisSinging(1950)野草在歌唱TheGoldenNotebook(1962)金色筆記本BriefingforaDescentintoHell(1971)TheSummerBeforetheDark(1973)MemoirsofaSurvivor(1974)TheDiaryofaGoodNeighbour(asJaneSomers,1983)IftheOldCould...(asJaneSomers,1984)TheGoodTerrorist(1985)好恐怖分子TheFifthChild(1988)第五個孩子PlayingtheGame(graphicnovel,illustratedbyCharlieAdlard,2019)Love,Again(2019)MaraandDann(2019)Ben,intheWorld(2000)–sequeltoTheFifthChildTheSweetestDream(2019)TheStoryofGeneralDannandMara’sDaughter,GriotandtheSnowDog(2019)–sequeltoMaraandDannTheCleft(2019)AlfredandEmily(2019)HerBooks\AlphabeticallybyTi6ChildrenofViolenceTheindividualvolumesare:Book1:MarthaQuestBook2:AProperMarriageBook3:ARipplefromtheStormBook4:LandlockedBook5:TheFour-GatedCityChildrenofViolenceTheindivi7TheGoldenNotebook

TheGoldenNotebookisthelongestandthemostambitiousworkDorisLessinghaseverattemptedtowrite.Itisamasterpieceinportraitureofthemanners,aspirations,anxietiesandtheparticularproblemsofthetimesinwhichwelive.Itisadaringnarrativeexperiment,inwhichthemultipleselvesofacontemporarywomanarerenderedinastonishingdepthanddetail.AnnaWulf,likeLessingherself,strivesforruthlesshonestyassheaimstofreeherselffromthechaos,emotionalnumbness,andhypocrisyafflictinghergeneration.TheGoldenNotebookTheGo8TheFifthChlid

WithTheFifthChildDorisLessingtriumphsinarealmoffictionnewtoher.Shehaswrittenanominouslytangiblenovel,apowerfullysimplecontemporaryhorrorstorythatmakescompulsivereadingtothelastword.TheFifthChlidWithThe9LiterarystyleLessing’sfictioniscommonlydividedintothreedistinctphases:

Communisttheme(1944–1956),whenshewaswritingradicallyonsocialissues(towhichshereturnedinTheGoodTerrorist(1985)).Psychologicaltheme(1956–1969).andafterthattheSufitheme,whichwasexploredinasciencefictionsettingintheCanopusseries.LiterarystyleLessing’sfictio10Awards

The2019JamesTaitBlackPrize

詹姆斯·泰特·布萊克紀(jì)念獎WinningauthorsAlanHollinghurst(fiction)andDorisLessing(biography).PhotoCourtesyoftheUniversityofEdinburghAwards

The2019JamesTaitBla112019TheNobelPrizeforLiterature

Shewas87,makinghertheoldestwinneroftheliteratureprizeatthetimeoftheawardandthethirdoldestNobelLaureateinanycategory.ShealsostandsasonlytheeleventhwomantobeawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturebytheSwedishAcademyinits106-yearhistory.ShetitledherNobelLectureOnNotWinningtheNobelPrizeandusedittodrawattentiontoglobalinequalityofopportunity,andtoexplorechangingattitudestostorytellingandliterature2019TheNobelPrizeforLiter12BackgroundThroughtheTunnelwasfirstpublishedintheNewYorkeronAugust6,1955,andtwoyearslateritwasreprintedinDorisLessing'scollectionofshortstories,TheHabitofLoving.

BackgroundThroughtheTu13IntroductionThroughtheTunnelisashortstorywrittenbyDorisLessing,whoisaBritishwriterandwontheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein2019.Shewasdescribedas“theepisodeofthefemaleexperience,whowithskepticismfireandvisionarypowerhassubjectedadividedcivilizationtoscrutiny”.However,whenitcomestothisarticle,Iholdaviewthatshepouredmoreattentionintothethemethatisthesuffering,strugglesandtrialsofthegrowth,whichistotallydifferentfromherordinarywritingstyle.

IntroductionThroughthe14PlotThestory’seleven-year-oldprotagonist,Jerry,iscaughtinthedifficultpositionofbeingneitherachildnoranadult.Onawinterholidaywithhismotherinaforeigncountry,heencounterssomeolderboysswimming.Whentheydisappearbyswimmingthroughatinyunderwaterpassagewaytotheothersideofalargerockintheocean,hefeelsleftoutandrejected.Jerrymakesithisgoaltofindthepassagewayandswimthroughit,eventhoughitmeansstayingunderwatersolongthathecoulddrown.Byachievingthisgoal,heattainsaformofindependencefromhismother.PlotThestory’seleven-y15ThemeInThroughtheTunnel,theriteofpassageforJerryiscomingofage.OnvacationinaforeigntownJerryseesolderboysdivingintothewater,andfiguresoutthatthereisanunderwatertunnel.AfterJerryfindsthetunnel,hemakesithisgoalofgettingallthewaythroughthetunnel.Inordertodothisheneedstoholdhisbreathforquitealongtime.Hespendshisentirevacationtraininghimselftoholdhisbreathlongenoughtomakeitallthewaythroughthetunnelandbacktothesurface.ItisJerry'sdeterminationthatallowshimtofocuscompletelyonhisgoalofgettingthroughthetunnel.ThemeInThroughtheTunn16CharactersJerryisagoodandobedientboy.Maybebecauseoflackingamaleroleinhisgrowingup,heappearedatfirstinthestorytobeabitweakandtimid.Buttheexperienceofgoingthoroughthetunnelmadehimstronger.CharactersJerryisagoo17Jerry’smotherisarational,thoughtfulandresponsiblewoman.SheisawidowandJerryisheronlychild.Butinsteadofbeingtooprotectiveanddoting,shedecidestobeneitherpossessivenorlackingindevotiontoherson.Sheisstrugglingtobeareasonablemothertoateenageboy.Jerry’smotherisarati18WritingFeaturesLessingusesthethirdpersonpointofviewinthewholearticletoletthestorymoreobjectiveandflexiblesothatshecandescribeallsidesofthestorywithease.What’smore,anotherfeatureofthisarticleisthatnarrativeanddescriptionareusedmassively.WritingFeaturesLessing19Theenvironmentaldescriptionissplendid.Thedangerousandwildbayplusthenarrowanddarktunnelprovideacontrastfortheboy’sgreatcourageindeed.Inaword,theauthorprefertomakeuseoftheadjectives,verbs,psychologicaldescriptionandenvironmentaldescriptiontonarratethisstoryratherthanfillingsimilar,metaphor,personificationorothercomplicatedwritingdeviceswiththisarticle.Theenvironmentaldescr20Sheuseslargenumbersofwordsconcerningcolortopresentthesea,therocks,thetentacleandthetunnelvividly.Andsheemploysaseriesofverbstodescribetheboy,especiallythehardtrainingforpreparinghisadventureandtheprocedurewhereheswimthroughthetunnel,whichbothrevealtheboy’scourageaswellasdeterminationandexpresshisexpectationtoripe.Themostimportantfeatureisthepsychologicaldescription.Itisusedinabundance.Sheuseslargenumberso21AnalysisOfPsychologyWhatletsusgrowupseemsnotthetimebutthesedangerousandpainfulexperiences.Growthislikeaseedburiedinourheart,anditwillbudthroughthesestruggles.Whenwegrowup,wewilllosethisinstinctturningfogeyishandcareful,justlikeJerry’smother.However,wereckonthatasamother,shecanreceiveafullcredit.Despitethefactthatsheisawidow,shefinally“determinetobeneitherpossessivenorlackingdevotion”,whichprovidesJerrywithmorefreedomtowhathewantsandoffershimanopportunitytocultivatehisindependence.`AnalysisOfPsychologyW22Besides,thoselocalchildrencannotbeleftoutaswell,fortheyaretheguideforJerryinsomedegree;theypointoutawayofgrowingforhim;theyareoneofthemotivesforhisdefiance,contributingtothatnoonecandenythattheyplayavitalroleinthestory.Thisisactuallythemostoutstandingfeature.Thus,wecanobservetheboy’sinnerheartdirectly;wecanhavecontactwithhisthoughts;evenwecansharethesamefeelingwithhim.Besides,thoselocalch23TunnelandGrowthItisobviousthatthenarrowanddarktunnelisapredominant(占主導(dǎo)地位的)symbolinthestory.Toourwayofthinking,itsymbolizestheprocessofgrowingup.Jerryalwayswantstoventure“thewildandrockbay”alone,insteadof“sunbathinginthesafebeach”withhismother.Asamatteroffact,inmymind,growthisasortofinstinctthatwillebbawaywithourmaturitygradually.Asaresult,kidsalwaysprefertoexploresomedangerousthingsortotakeriskstochallengethemselves,provingtheirgrowth,showingtheirmaturityandowningasatisfaction.TunnelandGrowth24Therefore,Jerrysuffersalotbypracticingdivinginthestory,whichislikeourgrowth.Itisatruththatnoonecanobtaintheessentialofthegrowthwithoutpainorstruggle.Jerryisanenergeticandvigorouskid,undoubtedly,whobothdesirestochallengenewthingsandhopestogoindependent.Therefore,Jerrysuffer25Discussion

1.WhyisitsoimportanttoJerrythatheshouldtrytojointhelocalboys?2.HowdoesJerryprepareforhisbigtestandwhydoeshefeelhehastogetthroughthetunnel?3.Jerry’smotherseemsverycasualandevenuninterestedinhimandwhathedoes.Doyouthinksheisreallycasualanduninterested?

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——DorisLessingUnit9ThroughtheTunnel

28AuthorBiographyBorn:22October1919Birthplace:Kermanshah(克爾曼沙阿),IranBestKnownAs:TheauthorofTheGoldenNotebookAuthorBiographyBorn:22Octob29DorisLessinggrewupinSouthAfrica,adaughterofBritishcitizens.Sheleftschoolandhomeatanearlyage,finallymovingtoEnglandin1949.Thereshebeganhercareerasanovelist,publishingTheGrassisSingingin1950.Duringthe1950ssheworkedonwhatwastobecome5novelsintheChildrenofViolenceseries,andin1962shegainedinternationalnoticeforhernovelTheGoldenNotebook.DorisLessinggrewupin30Earlylife&EducationEarlylifeLessinghasdescribedherchildhoodasanunevenmixofsomepleasureandmuchpain.

Hermother,obsessedwithraisingaproperdaughter,enforcedarigidsystemofrulesandhygieneathome,theninstalledDorisinaconventschool,wherenunsterrifiedtheirchargeswithstoriesofhellanddamnation.Education

Lessingwaslatersenttoanall-girlshighschoolinthecapitalofSalisbury,fromwhichshesoondroppedout.Shewasthirteen;anditwastheendofherformaleducation.ButlikeotherwomenwritersfromsouthernAfricanwhodidnotgraduatefromhighschool(suchasOliveSchreinerandNadineGordimer),Lessingmadeherselfintoaself-educatedintellectual.Earlylife&EducationEarlyli31WritingCareerOftencitedasaheroicfiguretofeminists,Lessinghascontinuedtowritenovels,graphicnovels,librettosandessays,includingworksinfluencedbysciencefictionandSufimysticism.ShewontheNobelPrizeforliteraturein2019.

Herbreakthroughworkthough,wasTheGoldenNotebook,writtenin1962.

In1984,sheattemptedtopublishtwonovelsunderapseudonym,JaneSomers,todemonstratethedifficultynewauthorsfacedintryingtobreakintoprint.WritingCareerOftencited32HerBooks\AlphabeticallybyTitleNovelsTheGrassisSinging(1950)野草在歌唱TheGoldenNotebook(1962)金色筆記本BriefingforaDescentintoHell(1971)TheSummerBeforetheDark(1973)MemoirsofaSurvivor(1974)TheDiaryofaGoodNeighbour(asJaneSomers,1983)IftheOldCould...(asJaneSomers,1984)TheGoodTerrorist(1985)好恐怖分子TheFifthChild(1988)第五個孩子PlayingtheGame(graphicnovel,illustratedbyCharlieAdlard,2019)Love,Again(2019)MaraandDann(2019)Ben,intheWorld(2000)–sequeltoTheFifthChildTheSweetestDream(2019)TheStoryofGeneralDannandMara’sDaughter,GriotandtheSnowDog(2019)–sequeltoMaraandDannTheCleft(2019)AlfredandEmily(2019)HerBooks\AlphabeticallybyTi33ChildrenofViolenceTheindividualvolumesare:Book1:MarthaQuestBook2:AProperMarriageBook3:ARipplefromtheStormBook4:LandlockedBook5:TheFour-GatedCityChildrenofViolenceTheindivi34TheGoldenNotebook

TheGoldenNotebookisthelongestandthemostambitiousworkDorisLessinghaseverattemptedtowrite.Itisamasterpieceinportraitureofthemanners,aspirations,anxietiesandtheparticularproblemsofthetimesinwhichwelive.Itisadaringnarrativeexperiment,inwhichthemultipleselvesofacontemporarywomanarerenderedinastonishingdepthanddetail.AnnaWulf,likeLessingherself,strivesforruthlesshonestyassheaimstofreeherselffromthechaos,emotionalnumbness,andhypocrisyafflictinghergeneration.TheGoldenNotebookTheGo35TheFifthChlid

WithTheFifthChildDorisLessingtriumphsinarealmoffictionnewtoher.Shehaswrittenanominouslytangiblenovel,apowerfullysimplecontemporaryhorrorstorythatmakescompulsivereadingtothelastword.TheFifthChlidWithThe36LiterarystyleLessing’sfictioniscommonlydividedintothreedistinctphases:

Communisttheme(1944–1956),whenshewaswritingradicallyonsocialissues(towhichshereturnedinTheGoodTerrorist(1985)).Psychologicaltheme(1956–1969).andafterthattheSufitheme,whichwasexploredinasciencefictionsettingintheCanopusseries.LiterarystyleLessing’sfictio37Awards

The2019JamesTaitBlackPrize

詹姆斯·泰特·布萊克紀(jì)念獎WinningauthorsAlanHollinghurst(fiction)andDorisLessing(biography).PhotoCourtesyoftheUniversityofEdinburghAwards

The2019JamesTaitBla382019TheNobelPrizeforLiterature

Shewas87,makinghertheoldestwinneroftheliteratureprizeatthetimeoftheawardandthethirdoldestNobelLaureateinanycategory.ShealsostandsasonlytheeleventhwomantobeawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturebytheSwedishAcademyinits106-yearhistory.ShetitledherNobelLectureOnNotWinningtheNobelPrizeandusedittodrawattentiontoglobalinequalityofopportunity,andtoexplorechangingattitudestostorytellingandliterature2019TheNobelPrizeforLiter39BackgroundThroughtheTunnelwasfirstpublishedintheNewYorkeronAugust6,1955,andtwoyearslateritwasreprintedinDorisLessing'scollectionofshortstories,TheHabitofLoving.

BackgroundThroughtheTu40IntroductionThroughtheTunnelisashortstorywrittenbyDorisLessing,whoisaBritishwriterandwontheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein2019.Shewasdescribedas“theepisodeofthefemaleexperience,whowithskepticismfireandvisionarypowerhassubjectedadividedcivilizationtoscrutiny”.However,whenitcomestothisarticle,Iholdaviewthatshepouredmoreattentionintothethemethatisthesuffering,strugglesandtrialsofthegrowth,whichistotallydifferentfromherordinarywritingstyle.

IntroductionThroughthe41PlotThestory’seleven-year-oldprotagonist,Jerry,iscaughtinthedifficultpositionofbeingneitherachildnoranadult.Onawinterholidaywithhismotherinaforeigncountry,heencounterssomeolderboysswimming.Whentheydisappearbyswimmingthroughatinyunderwaterpassagewaytotheothersideofalargerockintheocean,hefeelsleftoutandrejected.Jerrymakesithisgoaltofindthepassagewayandswimthroughit,eventhoughitmeansstayingunderwatersolongthathecoulddrown.Byachievingthisgoal,heattainsaformofindependencefromhismother.PlotThestory’seleven-y42ThemeInThroughtheTunnel,theriteofpassageforJerryiscomingofage.OnvacationinaforeigntownJerryseesolderboysdivingintothewater,andfiguresoutthatthereisanunderwatertunnel.AfterJerryfindsthetunnel,hemakesithisgoalofgettingallthewaythroughthetunnel.Inordertodothisheneedstoholdhisbreathforquitealongtime.Hespendshisentirevacationtraininghimselftoholdhisbreathlongenoughtomakeitallthewaythroughthetunnelandbacktothesurface.ItisJerry'sdeterminationthatallowshimtofocuscompletelyonhisgoalofgettingthroughthetunnel.ThemeInThroughtheTunn43CharactersJerryisagoodandobedientboy.Maybebecauseoflackingamaleroleinhisgrowingup,heappearedatfirstinthestorytobeabitweakandtimid.Buttheexperienceofgoingthoroughthetunnelmadehimstronger.CharactersJerryisagoo44Jerry’smotherisarational,thoughtfulandresponsiblewoman.SheisawidowandJerryisheronlychild.Butinsteadofbeingtooprotectiveanddoting,shedecidestobeneitherpossessivenorlackingindevotiontoherson.Sheisstrugglingtobeareasonablemothertoateenageboy.Jerry’smotherisarati45WritingFeaturesLessingusesthethirdpersonpointofviewinthewholearticletoletthestorymoreobjectiveandflexiblesothatshecandescribeallsidesofthestorywithease.What’smore,anotherfeatureofthisarticleisthatnarrativeanddescriptionareusedmassively.WritingFeaturesLessing46Theenvironmentaldescriptionissplendid.Thedangerousandwildbayplusthenarrowanddarktunnelprovideacontrastfortheboy’sgreatcourageindeed.Inaword,theauthorprefertomakeuseoftheadjectives,verbs,psychologicaldescriptionandenvironmentaldescriptiontonarratethisstoryratherthanfillingsimilar,metaphor,personificationorothercomplicatedwritingdeviceswiththisarticle.Theenvironmentaldescr47Sheuseslargenumbersofwordsconcerningcolortopresentthesea,therocks,thetentacleandthetunnelvividly.Andsheemploysaseriesofverbstodescribetheboy,especiallythehardtrainingforpreparinghisadventureandtheprocedurewhereheswimthroughthetunnel,whichbothrevealtheboy’scourageaswellasdeterminationandexpresshisexpectationtoripe.Themostimportantfeatureisthepsychologicaldescription.Itisusedinabundance.Sheuseslargenumberso48AnalysisOfPsychologyWhatletsusgrowupseemsnotthetimebutthesedangerousandpainfulexperiences.Growthislikeaseedburiedinourheart,anditwillbudthroughthesestruggles.Whenwegro