WeekUnitTheCelebratedJumpingFr.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,*,*,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,*,Week 16 Unit 8 The Celebrated Jumping Fr.,Topic 1Introduction,Key words:,1.Different titles,2.Background,3.a lie or the truth,4.The narrator and the story-teller,5.Reverend Leonidas W.Smiley and Jim Smiley,6.The image of Simon Wheeler,7.The narrative pattern,8.Andrew Jackson and Daniel Webster,Topic 2Characters,Who is the narrator,？,Who is the story-teller,？,Who is the hero in these stories,？,Who is the stranger,？,Topic 3Main idea,Key words:,stranger,gambler,hoaxing,Topic 4Themes,Key words:,competition between the pioneers;,selfishness and mercilessness of capitalism;,the social injustice;,the capitalist cruelty;,human disgrace;,human follies,Topic,5Quotations of humor,He never betrayed the slightest suspicion of enthusiasm;but all through the interminable narrative there ran a vein of impressive earnestness and sincerity.,(P69),Thish-yer Smiley had a mare and kicking up m-o-r-e dust and raising m-o-r-e racket with her coughing and sneezing and blowing her nose and always fetch up at the stand just about ahead,as near as you could cipher it down.,(PP69-70),And he had a little small bull-pup till the money was all up,；,and then all of a sudden he would grab that other dog jest by the jint of his hind leg and freeze to it not chaw.(P70),and the money was all up,and he come to make a snatch for his pet holt,he see in a minute how hed been imposed on,and hepeared surprised,and then he looked sorter discouraged-like(P70),a stranger and then he got the frog out and prized his mouth open and took a teaspoon and filled him full of quail shotfilled him pretty near up to his chinand set him on the floor.,(P71),the new frog hopped off lively,but Danl give a heave,and hysted up his shoulderssolike a Frenchman,but it warnt no usehe couldnt budge.(P71),Topic 6,Artistic features of humor,1.Hyperbole,(,some skills of exaggeration,):,“if there was a dog-fight,，,hed bet on it,；,if there was a cat-fight,，,hed bet on it to Mexico but what he would find out where he was bound for and how long he was on the road.,”,The use of Hyperbole enforces the essential,characteristics of the object.,2.By means of caricature,Simon Wheeler backed me into a corner and blockaded me there with his chair,and then sat down and reeled off the monotonous narrative.He never smiled,he never frowned,he never changed his voice from the gentle-flowing key to which he tuned his initial sentence,he never betrayed the slightest suspicion of enthusiasm,and never interrupted him once.,(P69),“,Thish-yer,Smiley a mare and kicking up,m-o-r-e,dust and raising,m-o-r-e,racket with her coughing and sneezing and blowing her nose and always fetch up at the stand just about ahead,as near as you could cipher it down.,(PP69-70),”,“,Oh,!Hang Smiley and his afflicted cow!”muttered,good-naturedly,and bidding the old gentleman good day,I departed.,The use of caricature enhances the effect of humor.,3.Slang and Colloquialism,1)Lexical level:“feller”for“follow”;“foller”for“follow”;“jest”for“just”;“sorter,kinder”for“sort of,kind of”;“hm”for“him”;“sos so”for“long as”;“kep”for“kept”;“peared”for“appeared”;“jint”for“joint”;“doin”for“doing”;“callated for“calcalate”.,2)Syntax:“money was up on him”,（赌注压在它身上）,.“throwed up the sponge”,（认输，,thowed up:threw up).“had him in the door”,（把它难住了）,.“He got him up so in the matter of ketching flies.”,（他教会抓苍蝇）,The use of Slang and Colloquialism reflects the identification of the characters,strengthening the effect of humor.,4.Particuliar plots,“I”am trapped by“my”friend to look for a person called,Leonidas,W.Smiley who is made up.,The gamblers fall into the trap of Smiley.,The little animals are trapped by person.,The gambler Jim Smiley falls into a frame-up of the stranger.,The use of particular plots heightens the appeal of art in humor.,Topic 6 Guided practice,1.What realistic elements can you find in this story?,1)Background:,Gold Rush,This story is set in the gold rush.In 1848,in California gold was,discovered,a rapid movement of people to the newly discovered,goldfield.,2),California,was a world of men,isolated,homesick,and eager for,entertainment.,3),Gambling,was one of the easiest and most popular ways to amuse,themselves.,4),The Easterners,had a reputation for being civilized,cultured,and,advanced;whereas,the Westerners,were considered to be less-,educated,less-refined and easy to be deceived.,5)Andrew Jackson(the dogs name):,Andrew Jackson,(1767 1845)is the 7th President of the,United States,the first Westerner to become president(1829-1837).,He is described as being determined and strong-willed.,6)Daniel Webster(the frogs name):,He is a statesman(1782-1852).,He embodies the very spirit of the nation,.,Andrew Jackson,Daniel Webster,2.What role does language play in the story?,Informal language vs.formal language:,1)To highlight the educational background of the,characters,2)To create a realistic picture of how the characters speak,3)To make the narration more vivid,IV ASSIGNMENT,1.Give a brief description of the particular frog.,2.Discuss Artistic features of humor in story.,3.Try to find realistic elements in this story.,4.Get ready to understand something about Fitzgerald,Faulkner and Hemingway.,