(美国文学与文本的文学解读方法)：Appreciation-of-The-cask-of-amontillado.pptVIP

你成天吸进那刀剑似的、不堪呼吸的空气， ……白浪碧波的水中生活，你丝毫也不 能分享？ 有时我看见你们成双成对地走过海滩, 你的鳍挽着她的鳍，多难看，多不体面! (选自英国浪漫主义诗人亨特的名诗《鱼、人和精灵》） Questions: What is described here? It is narrated from whose point of view? What is the attitude to the thing described here? The sentence “你成天吸进那刀剑似的、不堪呼吸的空气” reminds us of …? What kind of situation?有时我看见你们成双成对地走过海滩,/ 你的鳍挽着她的鳍，多难看，多不体面! ★ What is your opinion on the relationship between nature and human? Elements of Fiction: Irony is created by the gap between what is said and what readers believe to be true. Three types of irony: a. Dramatic irony (戏剧性反讽)occurs when a narrator or character knows less than readers do; b. Situational irony （情景式反讽）occurs when what happens is at odds with what readers are led to expect; c. Verbal irony （言语反讽）occurs when the narrator says one thing but actually means another. 2: The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe A. novelist, poet, critic; B. good at writing Gothic and detective fiction, father of western detective stories; C. father of psychoanalytic criticism; I. Life D. His aesthetics has influenced such French symbolists and advocates for “art for art’s sake” as Baudelaire; E. His writings have influenced such writers as H. G. Wells, T. S. Eliot and William Faulkner. II. Poe’s Theory for the Short Story: a. The short story should be so brief as to be read at one sitting. b. The first sentence ought to help to bring out the “single effect” of the story. c. No word should be used which does not contribute to the work. d. A tale should reveal some logical truth, and should end with the last sentence, leaving a sense of finality with the reader. III. Analysis of the Story: The Cask of Amontillado 那桶阿芒蒂雅朵酒 The story is set in a deep, gloomy, ghastly wine vault… Montresor lures Fortunato deep into the wine vault, intending to murder him… By character Montresor is more sinister (阴险) and crueler than Fortunato; He