1、Katherine Mansfield A Dill Pickle第1页R einforcementT ext AnalysisB ackgroundW arming upA Dill PickleUnit 3第2页Questions/ActivitiesCheck-on PreviewObjectivesUnit 3Warming upA Dill Pickle第3页Warming upQuestions/Activities1.RetellingReconstructthestorybychronologicalorderhowtheyfellinloveandthenbrokeup,wh
2、atmighthavehappenedtoeachofthemduringthetimebeforetheymetagain.2.Role playDramatizethesceneoftheirreencounterpayattentiontothesubtletyoftone,look,andaction.3.Love counselingImaginethatyouarearelationshipcounselorandgiveadvicetothetwoloversonwhatgoeswrongintheirrelationshipandhowtheycanmakeup,ifpossi
3、ble.第4页Fill in the blanks.1.Heclosedhiseyesaninstant,butopeningthemhisface_upasthoughhehad_amatchinadarkroom.2.He_downtheorangeand_onthetableforthewaitress.3.Histhoughts_overthelastmeetingbetweenthem.Andhismemory_ashelistenedtothefamiliarsong.Warming upCheck-on Previewlitstrucklingeredlaytappedunfol
4、ded第5页Objectives1.Understandthestory:theme&character.2.Appreciateliterature:readbetweenthelines;readthestoryfromaparticularperspective:feminism;interpretthesymbols.3.Learntodescribeasceneorobjectwithaccuracy:verbs.Warming up第6页BackgroundHistoryAuthorUnit 3A Dill Pickle第7页AuthorBackgroundKatherineMan
5、sfield(1888-1923)rebellious,dangerouslywitty,andlonelycreativeyearsburdenedwithloneliness,illness,jealousyandalienation:bitterdepictionofmaritalandfamilyrelationshipsdiedofTBthe“romanticdisease”Her Life第8页AuthorBackgroundHer WorksIn a German Pension(1911)The Garden Party:and Other Stories(1922)The D
6、oves Nest:and Other Stories(1923)Bliss:and Other Stories(1923)StreamofconsciousnessCharacterspsychologicalactivitieswithdetaileddescriptionsandsymbolism第9页AuthorBackgroundHer InfluenceRevolutionizedtheEnglishshortstory;MarkedthematurityofEnglishshortstory;WasoftencomparedtoDickensandChekhov.第10页1.Wo
7、mens condition at the time:Womenwereadvocatedtocultivatesuchqualitiesas“tendernessofunderstanding,unworldlinessandinnocence,domesticaffection,andaboveall,submissivenessinvariousdegrees.”2.“The Woman Question”:risingwaveoffeministmovement(lateVictorianagetotheearly20thcentury)HistoryBackground第11页Det
8、ailedAnalysisCharacterAnalysis Style ThemeA Dill PickleText AnalysisStructure Unit 3第12页Questions for thinking:1.Doyouthinkthecharacterofthetwoloversplaysanimportantroleintheirrelationship?2.Whatdoyouthinkresultsinthefailureoftheirloveandcommunication?3.Howwouldyoudescribethetwocharactersrelationshi
9、paspresentedinthestory?Doyouthinkthisisatypicallovestory?Ifnot,whydoesthewriterchoosetotellitthisway?Orwhatisherrealpurposeinwritingsuchastory?Text AnalysisTheme第13页1.Man-Woman relationship:sexualpolitics(ideasandactivitiesthatareconcernedwithhowpowerissharedbetweenmenandwomen,andhowthisaffectstheir
10、relationships)2.Feminist concern:What does a woman want?Itwasher“borndutytoreckoneverythingsubordinatetohiscomfortandpleasure,andtolethimneitherseenorfeelanythingcomingfromher,exceptwhatisagreeabletohim.”J.S.Mill,The Subjection of WomenText AnalysisTheme第14页Sexual politics1.Themantalkswhilethewomanl
11、istens.2.Themancontrolstheconversation,demandingattention.3.Themanistantalizing,offeringhopesthathewithdrawsatwish.4.Thewomansreaction:contradictioncompromiserebellion5.ThewomansdesiretobeheardandunderstoodText AnalysisTheme第15页1.Characteristicsofmodernistwriting:symbolicimagesfragmentedplottrivials
12、ubjectspsychologicalinsightinternalmonologues,“streamofconsciousness”2.Manyoftheimagesinthestoryaredeliberatelysymbolic.Forexample,theflowers.Canyoufindouttheimplicationoftheflowers?Dotheytakeonasecondmeaninginthestory?3.Whyisthestorytitled“ADillPickle”?Howisitrelevanttoalovestory?Whatmightitreprese
13、ntsymbolically,ifitdoes?Text AnalysisStyle 第16页Character AnalysisVeraQuestions for thinking:1.HowdidVerafeelwhenshesawherformerlover?Wasshestillattachedtohim?2.WhydidVerabreakupwiththemansixyearsearlier?3.DoyouthinkVeraleftthemanagainforthesamereasonsasthefirsttime?4.WhatindeeddidVerawant?Whyhadsheb
14、eensolonely?Wasitbecause,asthemansaid,shewasanegoist?Text Analysis第17页Character AnalysisVera5.Whatdoesthe“strangebeast”standfor?Whydoestheauthordescribeitasa“strangebeast”?Isthisimageconventionallyassociatedwithwomen?6.HowdoyouunderstandthatVerawas“bornoutofhertime”?Text Analysis第18页Character Analys
15、isThe manQuestions for thinking:1.Whatisthemansname?Whyisnthegivenaname?2.WasthemanstillinlovewithVera?Ifnot,whydidheseemsohappytalkingtoherandaskhertostay?3.Whydidhe“letitgoatthat”whenVeratoldhimshehadsoldherpiano?4.Inwhattonedidhementionthebreak-upletter?DoyouthinkhereallyunderstoodnowwhatVerahadw
16、rittenabouthim?5.DoyouagreewithwhatthemansaidaboutVera?Didheunderstandhertosomeextent?Text Analysis第19页Text AnalysisQuestions for thinking:1.Howdoesthestorybeginandend?Howisitdifferentfromatraditionalstory?2.Whyisntthestorytoldintheoriginaltimeorder?Whatkindofeffectdoesitcreateonthereadersmind?3.Wek
17、nowlittleofwhatreallyhappenedbetweenthecharacters.Insteadweareprovidedwithonlyscatteredmemoriesandfeelings.Whydoesthewriterwithholdtheinformation?Doyoufinditmoreintriguingtoworkoutthepuzzlethantohaveadirectandfullpicture?Structure第20页Text AnalysisStructure1Paras.1-12A chance reunion2Paras.13-51His s
18、tory and her story3Paras.52-66The second breakup第21页1.HowdifferentlydidVeraandthemanreacttotheirchancereencounter?Why?2.DoyouthinkthemanmeantitwhenhesaidthatVeralooked“sowell”?Whydidhesayso?3.Whatdetailsinthisparthaveyounoticedthatmighthelpusunderstandbetterthecharactersandtheproblemintheirrelations
19、hip?Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPartI:Discussion第22页Episode 1(13-15):first date 1.HowdidVerasmemorydifferfromthemansrecollectionoftheirfirstdate?2.Whydidshelateradmitthat“Hiswasthetruer.”?Episode 2(16-21):on a lawn1.WhydidVeraatthemomentthinkofthisparticularincidentintheirloveaffair?Whatmightittel
20、lofherfeelingsfortheman?2.Howdidthemanswordsatthattimecontrastwithhisatthepresent?Doyoufindthiscontrastironic?Why?Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPartII:Discussion第23页24Royal Botanical Gardens(Kew Gardens),LondonText AnalysisDetailed Analysis第24页Episode 3(22-43):the Russian trip1.Inwhatwayhadthemancha
21、ngedinthesixyears?Andthewoman?Whatinfluencewouldithaveontheirrelationship?2.Whydidtheman“letitgo”whenheknewthatthewomanhadsoldherpiano?Wasitstrangeforhimtodoso?3.Howdidthemandescribehisexperienceoftheriverlife?WhatpicturediditprovokeinVerasmind?Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPartII:Discussion第25页26Ru
22、ssia:the Volga&the Black SeaText AnalysisDetailed Analysis第26页27Boatmen on the Volga Text AnalysisDetailed Analysis第27页Episode 4(44-51):the night of the Christmas tree1.Whatdidthemansuggestwhenhepraisedthewomanasa“marvelouslistener”?WhydidVerafind“ahintofmockery”inhisvoice?2.Whatdiditshowthatthemand
23、idnotrememberhisdogsnamewhereasVeradid?3.Whatdiditimplywhentheman“snappedthecigarettecaseto”?Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPartII:Discussion第28页Fill in the blanks.1.ManyChinesepeopleareburdenedwithprices_theirincome.2.Thisdoorisnarrow_itsheight.3.He_adeepbreathanddivedintothepool.4.Ithasbeen10yearss
24、inceIwasatthehouse.Whathas_theoldgarden?out of all proportion toin proportion todrew/tookText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPartII:Exercise(1)become of第29页Fill in the blanks.5.Afterthatwonderfulperformance,theaudience_intoastormofapplause.6.Asuddengustofcoldwindandtheensuingthundermademe_.7.Mymotherwasno
25、tquitesatisfiedwiththecowboughtbymyfatherbut_.broke outshiverlet it go at thatText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPartII:Exercise(2)第30页1.WhydidVerawanttoleavewhenthemanmentionedtheirbreakupsixyearsago?Whydidshethenchangehermindandstayed?2.DoyouthinkVeraandthemanwerelonelyforthesamereasons?Wassheanegoista
26、shewas?3.Whydidsheleaveagain,andsoabruptly?Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPartIII:Discussion第31页Unit 3ReinforcementDiscussionA Dill PickleLanguage第32页1.WefindVerasimpressionormemoryverydifferentfromthemans.Whydoestheauthorpresentuswiththesecontradictorystories?2.Whoseversionisprobablymorereliable?3.F
27、ormostofthetime,itwasthemanthatspokewhileVeraremainedsilentinherthought.Whyisitso?Didshenotwanttospeak?Orwasitforanyotherreason?4.WhatdidthemanwantfromVerabyaskinghertostay?WhatdidVerawantfromhim?ReinforcementDiscussion第33页5.Whatdoesthisstorytellofthewomensconditioninthebeginningofthe20thcentury?Inw
28、hatwayisVerasdecisiontoleaveuneasyandthusadmirable?6.Doyouenjoyreadingthisstory?Ifso,whatmakesitsointerestingorpowerful?7.Whatimportantelementsofthemodernistshortstoryhaveyoulearnedaboutbystudyingthistext?ReinforcementDiscussion第34页Useful Words and Expressionsdecoratelightuploathemoanmanage(aword,smile)astoundedlingerunfoldrollbeyondwordsahintofsnaptoReinforcementLanguage第35页
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