Cat-in-the-Rain解析与鉴赏讲义.pptVIP

Cat in the Rain Ernest Hemingway Background Information Ernest Hemingway is one of the greatest 20th-century American writers who have a tremendous influence on the literature. His “iceberg” technique makes most of his stories meaningful and effective. “Cat in the Rain” is the one of the best.  According to him, There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that you show. Any thing you know you can eliminate and it only strengthens your iceberg”. The “iceberg” theory reveals that the design of every scene, character, plot, movement has its implicit meaning. The Story A couple of American stays in an Italian hotel in a rainy day. The wife catches a sight of a poor cat crouching under a table from the rain outside. She wants to bring it in. However when she comes to the yard only finds the cat is missing. After returning to the room a maid sends her a cat. characteristic Rain:a powerful omnipresent coverage, unstoppable mandatory and power, Cat: Pathetic, independence, The husband and the hotel keeper—superiority The wife: to be ordered or to be serviced, lack of her own independence. The maid: low status　　 Rain is a powerful omnipresent coverage, unstoppable mandatory and power, symbolizing the male-centered patriarchal society as well as the powerful male discourse hegemony 雨”是一个强大的无所不在的覆盖，不可阻挡的强制性和力量，象征着男性为中心的男权社会以及强大的男性话语霸权 cat as a symbol of the image of women in the patriarchal society, its characteristics are: homeless to people, erratic, to avoid danger, struggling for life, the survival status means that women in a patriarchal society, the male dominated by left and right, it is difficult to find their own position. 猫作为象征男权社会中的女性形象，其特点无非是：寄身于人，漂泊不定，躲避危险，苟且为生，这种生存状态意味着女性在男权社会中被男性所支配、所左右，难于找到自己的位置。 Besides the cats, the theme disclosed by male figures, the husband and the hotel keeper in the story， can be found through analyzing their attitude to the wife. 除了猫以外，由男性人物（丈夫和酒店主人的故事）揭露的主题可以发现通过