lesson4_text appreciation.ppt

1、Part Three,Text Appreciation,ENTER,Text Appreciation,Text Analysis Writing Devices Point of View Flashback Figurative Language Sentence Paraphrase,Contents,Plot of the story Setting of the story Protagonists of the story Writing techniques of the story Theme of the story,Text Analysis,For reference,

2、Discuss these questions with your partners.,Text Analysis,For reference.,To be continued on the next page.,Text Analysis,The story tells us how racial prejudice can prevent us reaching, touching and connecting with each other. This invisible wall exists between the white and the black and hampers th

3、eir free communication and full understanding. It is not just a wall imposed by apartheid laws, but a wall deeply rooted in their hearts.,Please find details in the text to bear it out.,To be continued on the next page.,Part 1 (Paras. 1-6 ) about: Part 2 (Paras. 7-76) about:,Text Analysis,Against wh

4、at background and from whom the story comes,How the story goes,To be continued on the next page.,Text Analysis,In the year 1960 the Union of South Africa celebrated its Golden Jubilee, and there was a nationwide sensation when the one-thousand-pound prize for the finest piece sculpture was won by a

5、black man (Para. 1),To be continued on the next page.,(1),Questions: Why did the black mans success cause such a nationwide sensation? What background does this opening sentence intend to unravel?,Text Analysis,However, a crisis was averted, because the sculptor was “unfortunately unable to attend t

6、he ceremony”. (Para. 3),To be continued on the next page.,(2),Questions: What did the author mean by saying that a crisis was finally averted? What is it about? What would have happened if Simelane had attended the ceremony personally to accept the prize?,Text Analysis,“I wasnt feeling up to it.” Si

7、melane said mischievously to me. “My parents, and my wifes parents, and our priest, decided that I wasnt feeling up to it. And finally I decided so too. (Para. 4),To be continued on the next page.,(3),Questions: In what sense did Simelane think he wasnt “feeling up to it”? Did he mean he was physica

8、lly unable to attend the ceremony? Why did Simelane give the author that mischievous look?,Text Analysis,Of course Majosi and Sola and the others wanted me to go and get my prize personally, but I said, “boys, Im a sculptor, not a demonstrator.” (Para. 4),To be continued on the next page.,Questions:

9、 Who do you think Majosi and Sola were? Why did they strongly advise Simelane to and get the prize personally? How to understand “Im a sculptor, not a demonstrator”?,(4),Text Analysis,They gave a whole window to it, with a white velvet backdrop, if there is anything called white velvet, and (Para. 7

10、),To be continued on the next page.,Questions: What did he mean when he said “ if there is anything called white velvet”? Could he be playing with the word “white” here? What qualities are usually associated with “velvet”?,(5),Text Analysis,“Its beautiful,” he said. “Look at that mothers head. Shes

11、loving that child, but shes somehow watching too. Like someone guarding. She knows it wont be an easy life.” (Para. 14),To be continued on the next page.,Questions: Did the white man admire the sculpture purely from an artistic point of view? Why and why not? Do you think the exhibited sculpture tra

12、nsformed the mind of this young Africaner? In what way?,(6),Text Analysis,I couldnt have told him my name. I said I was Vakalisa, living in Orlando.,To be continued on the next page.,Questions: Why didnt Simelane tell the white man his true name? What do you think was the reason why van Rensburg dec

13、ided to befriend this black stranger?,(7),Text Analysis,Then he said to me, “Are you educated?” I said unwillingly. “Yes.” Then I thought to myself, how stupid, for leaving the question open. (Para. 27),To be continued on the next page.,Question: Why did he say that he was a fool to leave the questi

14、on open?,(8),Text Analysis,Now I certainly had not expected that I would have drink in the passage. (Para. 30),To be continued on the next page.,Questions: How did Simelane feel when he realized that they were going to drink in the passage? Did he feel insulted and angry? Why do you think Simelane w

15、as not invited in?,(9),Text Analysis,On the other side were the doors, impersonal doors. (Para. 37) I was thinking that one of the impersonal doors might open at any moment (Para. 39),To be continued on the next page.,Question: Why did Simelane keep referring to the “impersonal doors”? Why impersona

16、l?,(10),Text Analysis, and van Rensburg, in a strained voice that suddenly came out of nowhere, said, “Our land is beautiful. But it breaks my heart.” (Para. 44) “You know,” he said, “about our land being beautiful?” (Para. 69),To be continued on the next page.,Question: What did van Rensburg mean w

17、hen he said that he thought their land was beautiful but sometimes broke his heart?,(11),Text Analysis,What he was thinking, God knows, but I was thinking he was like a man trying to run a race in iron shoes, and not understanding why he cannot move. (Para. 75),To be continued on the next page.,Ques

18、tion: What did Simelane mean when he said that van Rensburg was like a man trying to run a race in iron shoes, and not understanding why he cannot move?,(12),Is the story told in the first person or third person? What do you think is the relationship between the author and the protagonist? Can you d

19、escribe the occasion when the author heard Simelane relate the story? What did the author mean when he said that sculpture touched the conscience of white South Africa? Why did Simelane say that he didnt feel like a drink at that time of night, with a white stranger and all?,Text Analysis,To be cont

20、inued on the next page.,Do you think their discussion about what language they should use was idle talk? Did the white man want to touch and hug Simelane? Why didnt he if he really felt that way? The sculptor also felt like hugging his white friend, didnt he? Why didnt he do that? Why did Simelanes

21、wife weep when she heard the story that night?,Text Analysis,The end of Text Analysis.,Writing Devices,Now observe the following sentences carefully. What is the focus of narration? Then one night I was working late at the Herald, and when I came out there was hardly anyone in the streets, so I thou

22、ght Id go and see the window, and indulge certain pleasurable human feelings. I must have got a little lost in the contemplation of my own genius, because suddenly there was a young white man standing next to me. (Para. 9),the first person point of view,To be continued on the next page.,Writing Devi

23、ces,Do you know what the other types of narration are?,To be continued on the next page.,What is point of view? Point of view signifies the way a story gets toldthe mode (or modes) established by an author by means of which the reader is presented with the characters, dialogue, actions, setting, and

24、 events which constitute the narrative in a work of fiction.,Writing Devices,The end of Point of View.,This narrative mode limits the matter of the narrative to what the first-person narrator knows, experiences, infers, or can find out by talking to other characters. We distinguish between the narra

25、tive “I” who is only a fortuitous witness and auditor of the matters he relates (Marlow in Heart of Darkness); or who is a participant, but only a minor or peripheral one, in the story (Nick in F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby); or who is himself or herself the central character in the story (C

26、harlotte Brontes Jane Eyre).,What is the first person point of view?,Writing Devices,Now study the following paragraph. What is the function of it? He said to me. “This is the second cognac Ive had in my life. Would you like to hear the story of how I had my first?” (Para. 6),Do you know what flashb

27、ack means?,This paragraph serves to introduce a flashback.,To be continued on the next page.,Writing Devices,Can you come up with a story told in a flashback?,What is flashback? Flashbacks are interpolated narratives or scenes (often justified, or naturalized, as a memory, a reverie, or a confession

28、 by one of the characters) which represent events that happened before the time at which the work opened. Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman (1949) and Ingmar Bergmans film Wild Strawberries make persistent and skillful use of this device.,The end of Flashback.,Writing Devices,metaphor simile for hi

29、s eyes had been blinded by years in the dark. And I thought it was a pity he was blind, for if men never touch each other, theyll hurt each other one day. (Para. 70),Yes, I knew what he meant, and I knew, too, that he really wanted to touch me. But he couldnt, for he had been influenced by racism fo

30、r so long that he was now unable to see the truth and behave accordingly. And I thought it was a sad thing, because if you dont understand each other and dont care for each other, some day you will hurt each other. Racial prejudices are bound to lead to terrible sufferings for both sides.,go to 14,S

31、entence Paraphrase 14,And it was a pity he was blind, and couldnt touch me, for black men dont touch white men any more; only by accident, when they make something like Mother and Child. (Para. 70),And it was a pity he could not see the truth and couldnt open up completely to me and embrace me as his brother, for black people could only touch them by accident as in this case. They would not have had the chance to be moved by the sculptu