《英语短篇小说选读》讲义(第一周)精品PPT课件
英文经典短篇小说阅读与赏析课件
The star guided the three men to a manger ( /ˈmeɪndʒə/马槽) where they discovered the child.
The men offered the child their gifts: gold（黄金）, incense （乳香） and myrrh（/ mə/殁 药）. This event is known as
But later Jim gives Della a beautiful set of combs, which proves to be of no use for her now.
Then, Della gives the chain to Jim, but is told that Jim has sold his gold watch to get the money to buy the combs for her hair.
Part I Comprehension and appreciation
Time: On Christmas Eve
Event: Buying gifts
Characters: Della and Jim (Magi)
About the plot Logic: Beginning-Development-Result
the Adoration of the Magi.
That night, God told them in
their dreams to ignore Herod's
orders. The next day the Magi
left secretly.
Massacre of the Innocents /ˈmæsəkə(r) / /ˈɪnəsnt /
《英语短篇小说选读》讲义(第一周)(12英本2班) (1)
Today‟s Agenda
—about the instructor
—about the course —class website
—Chapter 1 Plot (I)
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A woman is sitting in her old, shuttered house. She knows that she is alone in the whole world; every other thing is dead. The doorbell rings.
Story? Essay? Poem? Play?
Novel
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About the course
Expected duration: 16 weeks Overview Selected readings of English short stories is a class that uses famous short stories in both American and British literature to help students enhance their reading ability, get to know the cultures of foreign countries, and most importantly, master the basic literary criticism skills. Students in this course will focus on the function and significance of basic elements of the short stories upon various selected readings.
英国文学史及作品选读课件Chapter 1The Anglo-Saxon Period (450-1066)
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(2) Caedmon:
The earliest English poet. According to Bede, he was an elderly herdsman who received the power of song in a vision. died c. 680
(2) Anglo-Norman Period (Middle English)--- as a result of Norman conquest of the island.
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3. Historical background:
(1) The earliest settlers of the British Isles were the Celts;
King Alfred’s contribution to English literature: 3 aspects.
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King Alfred’s Contribution to English Language &British Literature
In the 9th century, the Christian Anglo-Saxons were invaded by the Danes. The Danes occupied the northern part of the island. They were stopped by Alfred, King of the West Saxons from 871 till 899, who for a time united all the kingdoms of southern England. Alfred translated various works from Latin. Practically all of Old English poetry is preserved in copies made in the West Saxon dialect after the reign of Alfred.
Reading Short Stories-英语短篇小说课件
Theme
-- major idea
-- presented indirectly -- diverse
Techniques of Short Story
a. b. c. d. Allegory Central symbols Scenic technique (objective point of view) Irony (language and theme) --verbal irony --satirical irony --situational irony Unreliable narrators Epiphany (Designate an event in which the essential nature of something – a person, a situation, an object – was suddenly perceived) Interior monologue Stream of consciousness Flashback
The End!
2. Development of Short Stories in America
19th century (stereotyped pattern) --The tale of unified effect of Poe --Surprise-ending story of O. Henry 20th century (formula was broken) --Chehkov: stories with effect on mood and evocative description --Maupassant: „twist‟ ending, a restrained tone, impeccable use of detail
英语阅读小说的ppt课件
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The characters in the novel are rich and colorful, with fantastic and thrilling plots and humorous and vivid language.
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By reading the Harry Potter series, one can gain an understanding of the modern magical world and fantasy literary styles, while also enhancing the cultivation of imagination and creativity.
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Read activity
Use skimming, scanning, and detailed reading techniques to understand the text
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Expand vocabulary
Make a note of new words and phrases and try to use them in your own writing or conversation
Novel Reading and Cultural Background
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要点三
History
The diverse history of Europe, with its many countries and languages, has created a rich tapestry of cultural influences that are reflected in its literature and art
英语短篇小说阅读指导ppt课件
Focusing on emotions
Setting: outside the station the night before
This part of the story is told in flashback(倒叙).
That had taken some time, so much he missed the last train and when the police found him shivering outside the locked up station, so cold he couldn’t answer loudly enough the pink-faced big copper who yelled in his face, “What’s your name sir?” spraying his face with spittle as he did so, leaving them no choice but to search an exhausted, frozen old black man and finding him in possession of mysterious condiments including a bag of dried bitter-leaf which could of course be mistaken for anything that resulted in him getting read his rights and charged with … possession???
Focusing on emotions
Setting: on the way home
Tip: Read emotions through characters’ interaction!
英语短篇小说阅读指导PPT课件
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Guidance on reading short stories
---focusing on emotions
把握短篇小说中的情感表达
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A sample of a short story
• Setting: when and where • Characters: who • Plot: what • Theme: the message of the story
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Warm-up activity—sentence relay game
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Warm-up activity—sentence relay game
• 1. Every man is guilty of all the good he didn’t do. • 2. Love is like war: easy to begin but hard to stop. • 3. Hope is being able to see light despite the darkness. • 4. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. • 5. When anger rises, think of the consequences. • 6. Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.
Focusing on emotions
Setting: outside the station the night before
英语短篇小说教程本科课件Unit1、2
The narrator of a story may be:
reliable or unreliable, objective or subjective, fair or partial, sympathetic or detached, simple-minded or sophisticated, ignorant or insightful.
John M. Ellis: The Theory of Literary Criticism
The word literature is something like the word weed. A weed is just a plant that gardeners for one reason or another don’t want in the garden, but no plant has characteristics that clearly make it weed and not merely a plant.
The Random House Dictionary definition of the word “fiction”:
The class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, esp. in prose form.
The four main categories of literature:
Reading and Textual Analysis
Langston Hughes: “Early Autumn”
Questions
1. Even though we call it a “short story,” is there much “story” in the usual sense of the word? Is “story” an inevitable part?
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第一篇：英语短篇小说鉴赏PPTAbout the authorStory presentation"Miss Brill," Katherine Mansfield's short story about a woman's Sunday outing to a park, was published in her 1922 collection of stories entitled The Garden Party. The story's enduring popularity is due in part to its use of a stream-of-consciousness narrative in which Miss Brill's character is revealed through her thoughts about others as she watches a crowd from a park bench. Mansfield's talent as a writer is illustrated by the fact that she at no point tells what Miss Brill is thinking about her own life, yet the story draws one of the most succinct, complete character portraits in twentieth-century short fiction. "Miss Brill" has become one of Mansfield's most popular stories, and has been reprinted in numerous anthologies and collections. The story is typical of Mansfield's style; she often employed stream-of-consciousness narration in order to show the psychological complexity of everyday experience in her characters' lives.About stream-of-consciousnessPlot summaryThe story is about Miss Brill, a middle-aged English teacher in an unnamed French vacation town. It follows her on a regular Sunday afternoon in the park, which she spends walking and sitting in the park, wearing an old but beloved fur. She sees the world as if it was a stage, and enjoys watching the people around her, often judging them condescendingly（谦逊的）. However, she then overhears a young couple's cruel remark about herself, and the story ends with her realizing that she is not really needed in the busy world, and she thinks that she heard the fur crying. Mansfield's personification（化身）throughout the passage reveals a sense of loneliness belonging to Miss Brill for she not only fabricates（构成）a connection with the other park passers-by, but also personifies（使人格化）her inanimate（死气沉沉的）piece of clothing by conversing（谈话）with it as well as feeling for it.CharactersMiss Brill, an English professorMany other passers-by, includingYoung coupleMajor motifslonelinessillusion versus（对（指诉讼、比赛等中），与…相对）realityrejectionisolation（隔绝，孤立，隔离，绝缘，离析）ThemeWhat this story is trying to illustrate is that sometimes people can be happy through living in an illusion. However, this kind of happiness is fragile and can be easily destroyed. Unfortunately, modern society does not provide a place for everyone. Inevitably, there are those people, often elderly, who become marginalized; they live alone, friendless and mostly ignored. Miss Brill is one of these people, which becomes clear in her lack of communication with the people around her in the park. “They did not speak.Literary significanceThe text is written in the modernist mode, third-person limited point of view, without a set structureMy understandingsThe author is very perceptive（有理解的）. She describes the protagonist’s inner mind in detail. Miss Brill is an old, lonely woman (for she always goes to a place where there are a lot of old men and women). She is single all through her years. She has no child, no husband, and no relatives. So she has nobody to talk to when she feels lonely. She is left alone. However, she serves in a community, whose aim is to help the poor people in need. Sometimes she teaches pupils English, sometimes reads the newspaper to the old invalid gentleman. After finishing her work in the community, she goes back home alone. No one shares her joys and sorrows of life. So she always talks to her “little thing”, fur.第二篇：英语说课PPT大学英语说课讲稿课件ppt一、introduction（导言）英语说课是英语教学中的重要一环，也是衡量一位英语教师对教材的把握、分析及教师本人对上课进程的宏观控制能力的有力手段，能从理论上指导教师贯彻教学大纲，真正做到教与学相结合，将教材、大纲、教师、学生、课堂融为有机整体，对不断提高教师教学能力和教研能力，有着突出的作用。
外国小说介绍英文版ppt课件
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Gone With The Wind
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The Writer
Name: Margaret Mitchell
Born ：November 8, 1900
Die: August 16, 1949
Nationality: American
Occupation: Author
Works:
《Gone with the [,ɑkjə'peʃən]
• Although Wuthering Heights is now widely regarded as a classic of English literature, it received mixed reviews when first published, and was considered controversial because its depiction of mental and physical cruelty was so unusually stark.In the second half of the 19th century, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre was considered the best of the Brontë sisters' works, but later critics argued that Wuthering Heights was superior.
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• Charles Dickens:
• (born Feb. 7, 1812,--died June 9, 1870) British novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period.
英语短篇小说教程本科课件(上)
disguised, speaking through a persona.
Discussion: Is it literature?
The old dog barks backward without getting up. I can still remember when he was a pup.
The Random House Dictionary definition of the word “fiction”:
The class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, esp. in prose form.
The four main categories of literature:
In other words, he may or may not present an accurate picture of events.
The Reader:
Since the narrator does not always represent the author, the reader can not take the narrator’s words for granted, but needs to weigh and decide how much he can trust the narrator’s story.
Do you agree to this opinion?
“Autobiography is fiction, for in the process of writing the author will have inevitably created a fictitious character.”
英语短篇小说选读 Ernest Hemingway 海明威
Iceberg Theory (冰山原则)
• Iceberg theory originated from a short speech of Hemingway: “The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one eighth of it being above water． ”
Ernest Hemingway
Ⅰ. A Brief Introduction
Ⅱ. Life
Ⅲ. Major Works and Writing Style Ⅳ. Theme--A Clean and Well-lighted Place
Born
Ernest Miller Hemingway July 21, 1899 Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
Ⅳ. Theme-- A Clean and Well-lighted Place
Theme is the central or dominating idea of a literary work, either implied or stated, regarding universal human behavior or condition. Author reveal themes through action and the thought of the characters as they respond to situation.
Spouse(s) Children
Four wives Jack, Patrick, Gregory
• Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century literature, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations.
英语短篇小说教程全册配套优质PPT电子教案
Comment on the following statement:
Israel Zangwill, an English writer, says something about the “truth” of fiction. Do you agree to this opinion?
“In Literature, everything is true except names and places; in history nothing is true except names and places. ”
The Random House Dictionary definition of the word “fiction”:
The class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, esp. in prose form.
The four main categories of literature:
Do you agree to this opinion?
“Autobiography is fiction, for in the process of writing the author will have inevitably created a fictitious character.”
The former has two levels of understanding, the narrative level and the authorial level, or the surface level and the deep level of understanding;
The former allows different interpretations; The former requires imaginative participation on the
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Novel
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A woman is sitting in her old, shuttered house. She knows that she is alone in the whole world; every other thing is dead.
Welcome to my class!
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It tells us something imagined rather than real.
It has something to do with an image of people we meet in our daily life.
It has a character and the character does something in a certain place at a certain time.
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Unit 1 Plot (I)
Warm-up question: Brainstorm anything when
mentioning a novel. What are the basic elements of a
The doorbell rings.
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Students in this course will focus on the function and significance of basic elements of the short stories upon various selected readings.
Reading and writing assignments and activities are designed to prepare each student for mastering the skills.
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Class Website
Each week, you can download the PPT for this class at the following website:
If you must miss a class, you can review what we learned by downloading the PPT.
Reviewing the PPTs will help you do better on the final exam.
Of course, you should also take notes during class, especially when we analyzing the literary works.
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Read again and find the
elements of a story
A woman is sitting in her old, shuttered house. She knows that she is alone in the whole world; every other thing is dead.
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Today’s Agenda
—about the instructor —about the course —class website —Chapter 1 Plot (I)
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About the course
Expected duration: 16 weeksO Nhomakorabeaerview
Selected readings of English short stories is a class that uses famous short stories in both American and British literature to help students enhance their reading ability, get to know the cultures of foreign countries, and most importantly, master the basic literary criticism skills.
The doorbell rings.
Story? Essay? Poem? Play?
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Why do you think it is a story?