The Twelve Angry Men 精品课程首页 西北工业大学十二个愤怒的人精品课程首页西北工业大学.pptVIP

Lesson Five Text A Twelve Angry Men (Part One) Contents 1. Teaching objectives 2. Background Knowledge 3. Structure of the text 4. Language points 5. Comprehension questions 6. Writing techniques Teaching objectives Introduction to American legal/judicial system Introduction to drama: types and elements Features of dramatic language: 1) the loose use of pronouns; 2) the context; 3) the tone of certain remarks Background Knowledge - About the author Reginald Rose (1920- ) is a native New Yorker, best known as a writer for television. The Twelve Angry Men was written in 1954 based on his experience as a juror. The play was turned into a movie in 1957 with Henry Fonda starring as No. 8. The present text is based on that movie, with much abridgement. What distinguished Rose’s teleplays was their direct preoccupation (专注) with social and political issues. Introduction-about the play Twelve Angry Men, by the American playwright Reginald Rose, was originally written for television, and it was broadcast live on CBSs show Studio One in 1954. The fifty-minute television script can be found in Roses Six Television Plays, published in 1956 (out of print in 2005). Rose expanded the play for the stage, and a new version was published in 1955 (Dramatic Publishing Company; in print). Two years later, in 1957, Rose wrote the screenplay for a film version, which he coproduced with the actor Henry Fonda. The play has subsequently been updated and revived; for example, in a production at the American Airlines Theater in New York City in 2004. Introduction-about the play cont’d The play was inspired by Rose‘s own experience of jury duty on a manslaughter (过失杀人)case in New York City. At first, he had been reluctant to serve on a jury, but, he wrote, the moment I walked into the courtroom … and found myself facing a strange man whose fate was suddenly more or less in my hands, my entire attitude changed. Rose was greatly impressed by the gravity of the situation, the somber activi