A-Story-of-an-Hour教学内容.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,*,*,A Story of an Hour,Kate Chopin,Author,Kate Chopin,bornKatherine OFlaherty(February 8,1850 August 22,1904),was an American author ofshort storiesand novels.She is now considered by some to have been a forerunner offeministauthors of the 20th century.From 1892 to 1895,she wrote short stories for both children and adults which were published in such magazines as,Atlantic Monthly,Vogue,The centuries Magazine,and,The Youths Companion,.,2025/12/12 周五,2,Within a decade of her death,Chopin was widely recognized as one of the leading writers of her time.In 1915,Fred Lewis,wrote,some of Chopins work is equal to the best that has been produced in France or even in America.She displayed what may be described as a native aptitude for narration amounting almost to genius.,2025/12/12 周五,3,The story of an hour unveils in half concealing the inequality between men and women in the late 19th century where women are depressed under the,man-oriented society,and the heroine well reflects the typical image of woman in that period of time.,2025/12/12 周五,4,Plot,Can you use one or two sentences to summarize the whole story?,Mrs.Mallards reaction and mental activities from the moment she heard the news of her husbands death to her death,2025/12/12 周五,5,What are the four stages of the story and what is the main idea of each stage?,Exposition 13:,Mrs.Mallard knew the news of her husbands death,Development 47:,Mrs.Mallards reaction to the news after she went to her own room,2025/12/12 周五,6,Climax 817 :,After a long period of mental activities,she found the reason for living.it was free.body and soul free,Resolution 1821 :,Mrs.Mallard died suddenly when she saw her husband still alive,2025/12/12 周五,7,Background and Perspective,Place:thisstorytakesplaceinMrs.MallardshousewithLouise,JosephineandRichard.Themajorityofthestorytakesplaceinaspecificpartofthehouse,Louiss bedroom.,2025/12/12 周五,8,Time:after louies heard of the news of her husband-Mr Mallards death.,To be specific:paragraph 5,trees:,aquiver,with the,new spring life,in the air:,delicious,breath of rain,sparrow:,twitter,in the eaves,2025/12/12 周五,9,show a happy and cheerful circumastance,reveal the character louise s emotion,makes a striking contrast with the death of her husband,why author arange story happening in a house rather than an outdoor setting?,house symbolizes a cage,indicate louise was not that into her husband.,What is the purpose of using these sceneries?,2025/12/12 周五,10,Narrators point of view,A,third-person,narrator,enable us readers to see details rather than be limited to the protagonists point of view,show integrated plot and multidimensional characters,2025/12/12 周五,11,Character,The main character：,Mrs,.,Louise Mallard,The minor character:,Josephine,Mrs Mallards sister,Brently Mallard,Mrs Mallards husband,Richards,Brently Mallards friend,Doctors.,2025/12/12 周五,12,Mrs Louise Mallard,young,beautiful,afflicted with a heart trouble,well protected,physical exhaustion after hearing her husbands death,lock herself in the room,dead when she saw her husband coming back,2025/12/12 周五,13,Characters implied in the story,Her life was bound by the marriage and moral concept,She is yearn for the new things,The awakening of self-consciousness and her strong desire for freedom.,2025/12/12 周五,14,Tone and Style,Tone:Ironic,(situational irony),Situational irony,irony that is established,when there is an incongruity between what is expected to happen and what actually happened,Dramatic irony,irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play,.,Verbal irony,irony in which a person writes or says one thing and means another,or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.,2025/12/12 周五,15,Theme,The theme about this story:a woman in the patriarchal society at that time who must suppress her individuality.She was weak in appearance but strong in heart.She was different from other women that she pursued the freedom of herself.However,she could not realize her dream because of powerlessness at last.This short story reflects that a woman must pay price of life to get the freedom in that period of time,2025/12/12 周五,16,The ending of the story of an hour is a surprise ending.Mrs.Mallard didnt expect her husband to come back;instead she prepared herself for the future liberated life and went through the awakening of feminine consciousness and freedom.,The sudden and unexpected appearance of Mr.Mallard and the death of Mrs.Mallard constitute the surprising elements of the ending.,At the view of her husband Mrs.Mallard died of heart disease-of joy that kills.,2025/12/12 周五,17,