英美短篇小_说Unit_9_Through_the_Tunnel教材教学课件.pptVIP

Unit 9 Through the Tunnel ——Doris Lessing;Author Biography; Doris Lessing grew up in South Africa, a daughter of British citizens. She left school and home at an early age, finally moving to England in 1949. There she began her career as a novelist, publishing The Grass is Singing in 1950. During the 1950s she worked on what was to become 5 novels in the Children of Violence series, and in 1962 she gained international notice for her novel The Golden Notebook.;Early life Education;Writing Career;Her Books\Alphabetically by Title;Children of Violence;The Golden Notebook;Awards;2007 The Nobel Prize for Literature;Background ;Introduction;Plot;Theme;Characters; Jerry’s mother is a rational, thoughtful and responsible woman. She is a widow and Jerry is her only child. But instead of being too protective and doting, she decides to be neither possessive nor lacking in devotion to her son. She is struggling to be a reasonable mother to a teenage boy. ;Writing Features;; She uses large numbers of words concerning color to present the sea, the rocks, the tentacle and the tunnel vividly. And she employs a series of verbs to describe the boy ,especially the hard training for preparing his adventure and the procedure where he swim through the tunnel, which both reveal the boy’s courage as well as determination and express his expectation to ripe. The most important feature is the psychological description. It is used in abundance. ;Analysis Of Psychology; Besides, those local children can not be left out as well, for they are the guide for Jerry in some degree; they point out a way of growing for him; they are one of the motives for his defiance, contributing to that no one can deny that they play a vital role in the story. This is actually the most outstanding feature. Thus, we can observe the boy’s inner heart directly; we can have contact with his thoughts; even we can share