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Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,*,Photo by DarkElfPhoto-Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https:/ with Haiku Deck,Welcome to my class,!,Photo by DarkElfPhoto-Creati,Photo by Zitona-Creative Commons Attribution License http:/ with Haiku Deck,Instructor:Wang Jiumin,25th,October,2016,Week 8,Photo by Zitona-Creative Com,Photo by 55Laney69-Creative Commons Attribution License https:/ with Haiku Deck,Todays Agenda,about the course,Chapter 1 Plot(I),Photo by 55Laney69-Creative,Photo by 55Laney69-Creative Commons Attribution License https:/ with Haiku Deck,Definition of plot,II.Functions,III.Case,Study,Chapter 4 Setting(I),Photo by 55Laney69-Creative,Setting refers both to the time and place in which,the action of a story takes place.In other words,it is the,background,against which the action of story occurs.,The elements,of setting may include,：,geographic location,specific time period:the time of day or year or century,Definition of setting,Setting refers both to,(3)General environment of the characters,such as,historical background,religion,occupation,moral and emotional conditions.,The characters occupation and daily manner of living.,(3)General environment of the,II.Function of setting,As the background,it is of great significance in the story,not only gives the reader the impression of verisimilitude,but also may functions as follows:,create a certain atmosphere e.g.Poes stories,Japan horror movies(midnight,desolate house/lift),reveal the inner thought of the character,Setting is often established by description,but it may also be shown through characters action,dialogue or thinking.,II.Function of setting As the,(3)help portray the characters and develop the theme either through symbolic suggestion or more direct imagery.,(3)help portray the charact,It was a big,squarish frame house that had once been white,decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies,set on what had once been our most select street.But,garages and cotton gins,had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood;only Miss Emilys house was left,lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above,the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps-,-an eyesore among eyesores.,Case study I:A Rose for Emily,It was a big,squarish,那是一幢过去漆成白色的四方形大木屋，坐落在当年一条最考究的街道上，还装点着有十九世纪七十年代风味的圆形屋顶、尖塔和涡形花纹的阳台，带有浓厚的轻盈气息。可是,汽车间和轧棉机之类的东西侵犯了这一带庄严的名字，把它们涂抹得一干二净。,只有爱米丽小姐的屋子岿然独存，,四周簇拥着棉花车和汽油泵,。房子虽已破败，却还是执拗不驯，装模作样，真是丑中之丑。,那是一幢过去漆成白色的四方形大木屋，坐落在当年一条最考究的街,Case study I:A Rose for Emily,After civil war,the Souths outdated plantation,economy,based so long upon slave labor,was,devastated.The northern industry invaded and,became widespread.With widespread,industrialization,Southern aristocratic family,declined and lost its honor and authority.,People hold a mixed feeling towards the Old South,Culture,respect/question,and gradually forgot,the life of Emily(1861-1935)witnessed the great,change of the south.,Case study I:A Rose for Emily,Case study I:A Rose for Emily,She tried hard to cling to the past,which meant privilege and glory to her.She cut herself off from the changing world and lived in complete self-isolation.,Gradually,her characters distorted.,Over the years,she was transformed from a subordinate young lady controlled by her domineering father to a middle-aged woman courting a laborer against the accusation of the community and then to a crazy murderer who not only killed her love but also slept with the dead body.,Case study I:A Rose for Emily,Setting:,helping to understand the motivations,actions,and reactions of Miss Emily/others,a small American Southern town after,civil war(18611865),Case study I:A Rose for Emily,Setting:Case study I:A Rose,Case study II:The story of an Hour,the story takes place,in one hour in the Mallard home,.,Detailed information:season/historical background.,She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver,with,the new spring life,.The delicious breath of rain was in the air.In the street below a peddler was crying his wares.The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly,and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled above the other in the west facing her window.,Case study II:The story of an,Case study II:The story of an Hour,透过窗口，她可以看到屋前广场上的树梢在新春的气息中兴奋地颤抖着。空气中弥漫着芬芳的雨的气息。窗下的街道上，一个小贩正在叫卖他的器皿。远处依稀传来缥缈的歌声，数不清的麻雀也在屋檐下叽叽喳喳地唱个不停。,对着她窗口西边的天空上，云朵层层叠叠地堆积着，间或露出一绺绺蔚蓝的天空。,Case study II:The story of an,Spring,When Mrs.Mallard sits down in the room she becomes calm.She looks out of the window and see a new spring life outside.The beautiful images represent her feeling of new life,(Spring:Easter,rebirth of Jesus,new life,full of vitality and hope),setting symbolizes,a new beginning for Mrs.Mallard,Time,SpringTi
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