现代大学英语精读3第二版Unit12-Book3.ppt
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1、The Most Dangerous GameRichard ConnellR einforcementT ext AnalysisB ackgroundW arming upUnit 12The Most Dangerous GameQuestions/ActivitiesCheck-on PreviewObjectivesWarming upThe Most Dangerous GameUnit 12Warming upQuestions/Activities1.Retelling How many rounds of game does Rainsford go through with
2、 the general?Who wins in each round?2.Mapping Draw a map of the island according to the text and mark out the escape route taken by Rainsford.3.Watching Movie(1932)Discuss the following questions in groups:How does the cinematic adaptation differ from the original story?Which one do you like better,
3、the movie or the short story?Why?Check-on PreviewDefine the following words.1.a wild chance(para.34)a bit of wild grapevine(para.36)2.the dead black eyes(para.3)the trees dead ahead(para.38)3.the baying of the hounds(para.37)a beast at bay(para.44)Warming upObjectives1.Understand the moral of the st
4、ory.2.Review the elements of a short story.3.Study characterization.4.Appreciate the style:verbs,step-up,imagery,irony and personification.Warming upThe Most Dangerous GameUnit 12BackgroundHistory Setting AuthorRichard Connell(1893-1949)Age 10:covered baseball games for the newspaper,Poughkeepsie Ne
5、ws-Press at the payment of 10 cents for each game.Age 16:became city editor of the paper.Age 22:graduated from Harvard.Age 26:married and turned a professional writer.BackgroundAuthorHis Life“The Most Dangerous Game”(1924)Won the OHenry Memorial Prize,the top short story prize in America.Included as
6、 a classic into American primary school and high school textbooks and the worlds best short fiction anthologies.Adapted into a dozen of filmsthe latest one:Lethal Woman(1998);the best-known one:The Most Dangerous Game(1932).BackgroundHis WorksAuthorOne of the most prolific short story writers of the
7、 20th century.Successful screenwriter and novelist.Many of his stories are made into movies and TV series.BackgroundAuthorHis AchievementsBig game hunting in African and South American countries was popular with wealthy Europeans and Americans.In 1909,Theodore Roosevelt and his son killed 512 animal
8、s on an African safari.Right after WWI,“a war to end all wars,”the Bolshevik revolution toppled the old hierarchy of classes.Americas interest in Central America and the Caribbean,rivaling with Russia.HistoryBackgroundthe social milieu in which the events of a novel occurthe main backdrop and mood f
9、or a storyText AnalysisSettingReview:What is the setting of a story?1.Where is the story set?a Caribbean island a Gothic chateau a jungle and a swamp2.Is this setting symbolic?In which way?Text AnalysisSettingDetailedAnalysisCharactersTheme The Most Dangerous GameText AnalysisPlot Structure Unit 121
10、.What moral lesson does the writer intend to tell by the story?Is he successful in that?2.Why do men hunt?How do you understand“Human society is nothing but a hunting ground.”?Human society is nothing but a hunting ground”?Do you agree?Why or why not?“Human society is nothing but a hunting ground”?D
11、o you agree?Why or why not?Text AnalysisThemeQuestions for thinking:1.Social Darwinism the survival of the fittest self-reliance in the struggle for survival competition between individuals in laissez-faire capitalism social evolution 2.Classism,Racism,ElitismText AnalysisThemeThemes Related “When a
12、 man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport;when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.”George Bernard ShawCharacters Why is the general so obsessed with hunting?How do you understand his choice of men as prey?Do his profession and social class help to explain his belief and behavior?T
13、ext Analysis1.General ZaroffDo you think Rainsford is better than the general?ambivalence:similarity to Zaroff vehicle of irony:hunter turned “huntee”How is he different from traditional heroes?Text Analysis2.RainsfordCharacters Russianaristocraticmilitarymaniacdemonicprofessional hunterobsessed wit
14、h huntingprivileged class,classist Americandemocraticcivilian still“normal”humanZaroff Rainsford Stereotype,Cossack Text AnalysisCharacters Text AnalysisPlot1.How many parts can we divide the story into?2.In which part is the climax reached?3.How is tension built up?suspense(study para.19)sentence l
15、ength and type(compare paras.18,34-36,38)4.The conclusion/resolution consists of only one sentence.Why?Expositionintroduction of the characters,background and settingConflict struggle between opposing forcesRising Actionthree statements that summarize the storyClimaxpoint where the protagonist chang
16、esFalling Actionone statement about what leads to the end of the conflictResolutionthe end of the conflictPlotText AnalysisPlot Diagram of“The Most Dangerous Game”Setting:Ship-Trap IslandProtagonist:RainsfordAntagonist:ZaroffConflictsMan vs.ManMan vs.NatureMan vs.Self3.Rainsford jumps over the cliff
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