英语专业毕业论文选题课件.pptVIP

Writing with Specific Fields 方向：英美文学 选定 一个作家（比如Hawthorne） 读文学史和文学手册中的相关章节（了解他从事文学创作的年代特点和文学上的潮流，以及他在文学史上的地位及其作品等。（第二章详解） 选一篇你最感兴趣和最熟悉的作品（如Scarlet Letter ) 反复阅读原著（汉译本仅为参考） 进一步缩小范围，选定作品的一个方面，（若是几个作品的比较，则选定几个作品的一个方面） 查找一些介绍和评论这些作品的著作和文章，作者传记，作者的其它作品等。 Elements of a novel Plot? To uncover important and even profound things by focusing on the plot? The plot is usually not just a linear sequence of events(“and then…and then…and then”). Plotting a pattern of actions, events and situations. The plot is also an expressive device. The narrative pattern has been carefully organized by the author to create a certain effect or set of effects on the reader---suspence, humor, sadness, excitement, terror. The organizaion also suggests the relationship between characters, events and situations. Point of view To identify the narrator of a story, describing any part he or she plays in the events and any limits placed upon his knowledge, is to identify the story’s point of view. “You don’t know about me, without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, but that ain’t no matter.” Narrator a Participant 1) a major character 2) a minor character Nonparticipant 1) all-knowing 2) seeing into one major character 3) seeing into one minor character 4) objective (not seeing into any character) Reliable or innocent? Character A character is an imagined person who inhabits a story. Individual physical, mental, moral or behavior traits the character display Do the qualities foreshadow the action Tone Whatever leads us to infer the author’s attitude is commonly called tone. Tone refers not to attitudes but to those techniques that create attitudes. Irony: Verbal irony----opposite Situation irony ----incongruity Ironic twist of fate Theme Theme is the center, the moving force, the principle of unity. Look back at the title of the story Does the main character in any way change? does he arrive at any eventual