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ShortStoriesinEng1UnitSixFlashbackandForeshadowingReading:“TheSwing”

byMaryGavellUnitSix2Flashback(1):Awritermaynotpresentastory’seventsinfirst-thing-firstorder.Instead,hemayplungeusintotheverymiddleofthings,orchoosetobeginfromtheendingpartandthenmovebackintothepasttoreconstructtheeventsthatleaduptothefinaloutcome.Bythedeviceofflashback,thewriteroffictioncanfreelyinterruptthenaturalflowofevents,moveoutofchronologicalsequencetoexamineaneventorsituationthatoccurredearlier,andbringinthepastwheneveritismostrelevanttothepresent.

Flashback(1):3Flashback(2):

Differentformsofflashbackscanbeusedtoachievethedesiredeffect,suchasthenarrator’sre-creationofearliersituations,thestoriesandeventsofthepastthatthecharacterstell,ormemoriesofapersonintheformofdreamsanddaydreams.Flashback(2):4Flashback(3):Forexample,ashortstorymaybeginwithafuneral,andthengoesbackintothepastlifeofthedeadpersontounfold,stagebystage,hispersonalhistoryandtoprovideglimpsesofwhathadmadehimthepersonthathewas.Insuchacase,themainbodyofthefictionalworkisconstructedonaseriesofflashbacks.Flashback(3):5Foreshadowing(1):

Foreshadowingmeanstheintroductionearlyinastoryofsituations,events,objectsorcharactersthatwillrevealthemselvesasthingsorpersonsofimportancelaterinthefiction.Inallcases,thepurposeofforeshadowingistopreparethereaderforwhatisyettohappen.Itisadevicemostoftenseenindetectivestoriesas“clues.”Anordinaryobject,achanceremarkoraseeminglytrivialeventcouldbeofgreatsignificanceifitisplantedintentionallybytheauthorasforeshadowingofwhatoccurslaterinthefiction.Foreshadowing(1):6Foreshadowing(2):Readersmaynotbeimmediatelyawareoftheexistenceofaparticularforeshadowing,butasthestorydevelops,itsrolebecomesapparentintherelationshipofthings.Intheprocessofdiscoveringtherelationshipandthesignificancethatsuchrelationshipreveals,readersgrowincreasinglyinvolvedastheyseethelikelihoodofaparticularoutcome.Foreshadowing(2):7Foreshadowing(3):Foreshadowingappliesprimarilytoplot,asasignificantlatereventispreparedforbyinformationprovidedearlier.Aminorepisodemayforeshadowamajorlaterone.Asubplotoftenparallelsandmayforeshadowamainplot.Adialoguemaysuggestalateraction.Asymbolearlyinastorymaysowtheseedofunderstandingfortheend.Foreshadowing(3):Fores8Examplesofflashback.Whatthematicfunctionsdotheyplay?Theswingwassuspendedfromsohigh,anditsarcwassowide,thatridinginitwaslikesailingthroughtheairwiththeleisurelyswoopofawheelingbird.Oneseemedtotravelfromonehorizontotheother.AndhowproudJuliushadbeenofitwhenJamiewasoldenoughtoswinginit,andtheneighborhoodchildrenhadstoodaroundtoadmireandbegivenaturn,fortherewasnootherswinglikeit.(“TheSwing,”lines38-42)Theydidgohomebytheriverroad,anditseemedverylong;shewasalittledepressed,assheoftenwaswhenshereturnedfromJames’shouse.(“TheSwing.”lines75-76)Examplesofflashback.Whatth9Examplesofforeshadowing.Whatthematicfunctiondotheyplay?TheConsularServiceisillpaid,andshewasdressedalwaysverysimply;butsheknewhowtowearherclothes.(“Mr.Know-All,”lines111-112)Mrs.Ramsayinhermodestwayflushedalittleandslippedthechaininsideherdress.(“Mr.Know-All,”lines138-139-)Asshegrewold,shebegantodreamagain.Shehadnotdreamedmuchinhermiddleyears;or,ifshehad,thebusynessofherdays,convergingonherthemomentsheawoke,hadpushedherdreamsrightoutofherhead…(“TheSwing,”lines1-3)Examplesofforeshadowing.Wha10TheStory:MaryGavell

TheSwingTheStory:11ReadingTips:

Thereisaphenomenoncalled“emptynestsyndrome”（空巢綜合癥）,aconditionofdepressionthataffectsparentsaftertheirchildrenleavehome.Thisstoryisaboutanagingmothertroubledbyfeelingsofemptiness,lossandloneliness.Yetsomehow,shebeginstohavemysteriousreunionswithherseven-year-oldboy,nightafternight,summonedbythecreakingsoundofanoldswingandenjoyswarmandheartyconversationswithhersonofthirtyyearsearlier.Thebeginningsentenceofthestoryforeshadowsthedirectionofinterpretationofthewholestorywhichiscomposedofalotofflashbacks--memoriesofthepastlife.ReadingTips:12QuestionsforDiscussion:Whatisthesignificanceoftheopeningsentence“Asshegrewold,shebegantodreamagain”?Isitonlytheoldagethatcausesthemothertodreamanddaydreammoreoftennow?WhatisitaboutJulius,thehusband,thatannoysthewife?Isheanannoyingperson?Whydoyouthinkhebehavesthewayhedoes?Doesheunderstandheremotionalsituation?Inoneoftheflashbacks,thereisdescriptionofoneoftheSundaydinnersattheadultson’shome.Howisthemother-sonconversationdifferentfromhertalkswithherboyontheswing?Howdoyouexplainthejackethangingonthenail?QuestionsforDiscussion:13TheMagicRealism:

Thereisakindoffictionthatwecall“magicrealism,”inwhichthefantastic,absurdorimpossibleelementsareincludedinanarrativethatismainlyobjectiveandrealistic.

TheMagicRealism:14英語(yǔ)短篇小說(shuō)教程

ShortStoriesinEnglish:AReadingCourse虞建華編寫(xiě)英語(yǔ)短篇小說(shuō)教程

ShortStoriesinEng15UnitSixFlashbackandForeshadowingReading:“TheSwing”

byMaryGavellUnitSix16Flashback(1):Awritermaynotpresentastory’seventsinfirst-thing-firstorder.Instead,hemayplungeusintotheverymiddleofthings,orchoosetobeginfromtheendingpartandthenmovebackintothepasttoreconstructtheeventsthatleaduptothefinaloutcome.Bythedeviceofflashback,thewriteroffictioncanfreelyinterruptthenaturalflowofevents,moveoutofchronologicalsequencetoexamineaneventorsituationthatoccurredearlier,andbringinthepastwheneveritismostrelevanttothepresent.

Flashback(1):17Flashback(2):

Differentformsofflashbackscanbeusedtoachievethedesiredeffect,suchasthenarrator’sre-creationofearliersituations,thestoriesandeventsofthepastthatthecharacterstell,ormemoriesofapersonintheformofdreamsanddaydreams.Flashback(2):18Flashback(3):Forexample,ashortstorymaybeginwithafuneral,andthengoesbackintothepastlifeofthedeadpersontounfold,stagebystage,hispersonalhistoryandtoprovideglimpsesofwhathadmadehimthepersonthathewas.Insuchacase,themainbodyofthefictionalworkisconstructedonaseriesofflashbacks.Flashback(3):19Foreshadowing(1):

Foreshadowingmeanstheintroductionearlyinastoryofsituations,events,objectsorcharactersthatwillrevealthemselvesasthingsorpersonsofimportancelaterinthefiction.Inallcases,thepurposeofforeshadowingistopreparethereaderforwhatisyettohappen.Itisadevicemostoftenseenindetectivestoriesas“clues.”Anordinaryobject,achanceremarkoraseeminglytrivialeventcouldbeofgreatsignificanceifitisplantedintentionallybytheauthorasforeshadowingofwhatoccurslaterinthefiction.Foreshadowing(1):20Foreshadowing(2):Readersmaynotbeimmediatelyawareoftheexistenceofaparticularforeshadowing,butasthestorydevelops,itsrolebecomesapparentintherelationshipofthings.Intheprocessofdiscoveringtherelationshipandthesignificancethatsuchrelationshipreveals,readersgrowincreasinglyinvolvedastheyseethelikelihoodofaparticularoutcome.Foreshadowing(2):21Foreshadowing(3):Foreshadowingappliesprimarilytoplot,asasignificantlatereventispreparedforbyinformationprovidedearlier.Aminorepisodemayforeshadowamajorlaterone.Asubplotoftenparallelsandmayforeshadowamainplot.Adialoguemaysuggestalateraction.Asymbolearlyinastorymaysowtheseedofunderstandingfortheend.Foreshadowing(3):Fores22Examplesofflashback.Whatthematicfunctionsdotheyplay?Theswingwassuspendedfromsohigh,anditsarcwassowide,thatridinginitwaslikesailingthroughtheairwiththeleisurelyswoopofawheelingbird.Oneseemedtotravelfromonehorizontotheother.AndhowproudJuliushadbeenofitwhenJamiewasoldenoughtoswinginit,andtheneighborhoodchildrenhadstoodaroundtoadmireandbegivenaturn,fortherewasnootherswinglikeit.(“TheSwing,”lines38-42)Theydidgohomebytheriverroad,anditseemedverylong;shewasalittledepressed,assheoftenwaswhenshereturnedfromJames’shouse.(“TheSwing.”lines75-76)Examplesofflashback.Whatth23Examplesofforeshadowing.Whatthematicfunctiondotheyplay?TheConsularServiceisillpaid,andshewasdressedalwaysverysimply;butsheknewhowtowearherclothes.(“Mr.Know-All,”lines111-112)Mrs.Ramsayinhermodestwayflushedalittleandslippedthechaininsideherdress.(“Mr.Know-All,”lines138-139-)Asshegrewold,shebegantodreamagain.Shehadnotdreamedmuchinhermiddleyears;or,ifshehad,thebusynessofherdays,convergingonherthemomentsheawoke,hadpushedherdreamsrightoutofherhead…(“TheSwing,”lines1-3)Examplesofforeshadowing.Wha24TheStory:MaryGavell

TheSwingTheStory:25ReadingTips:

Thereisaphenomenoncalled“emptynestsyndrome”（空巢綜合癥）,aconditionofdepressionthataffectsparentsaftertheirchildrenleavehome.Thisstoryisaboutanagingmothertroubledbyfeelingsofemptiness,lossandloneliness.Yetsomehow,shebeginstohavemysteriousreunionswithherseven-year-oldboy,nightafternight,summonedbythecreakingsoundofanoldswingandenjoy