大学英语必备教案Lesson 10.pptVIP

Lesson 10 The Sad Young Men Rod W. Horton and Herbert W. Edwards Aims To analyze the writing style of the passage; the structure of the passage; the thesis of the passage Some background information of the sad young men and the lost generation Topics for discussion: The writing style of the passage The structure of the passage The thesis of the passage 1. This is a piece of expository writing It focuses esp. on the attitudes and revolt of the young people who returned from World War I, disappointed and disillusioned (幻灭). 2. structure: Part 1. para. 1 introduction Part 2. Para. 2-9 support and develop the thesis (the rejection of Victorian gentility was, in any case, inevitable (para.3); the rebellion started with World War I. (para. 5); meanwhile the true intellectuals were far from flattered (para. 9) Part 3. para. 10-11 conclusion 3. The thesis of the passage: (in the last para.): ”The intellectuals of the twenties, the ‘sad young men,’ as F. Scott Fitzgerald called them, cursed their luck but didn’t die; escaped but voluntarily returned; flayed the Babbitts but loved their country, and in so doing gave the nation the liveliest, freshest, most stimulating writing in its literary experience.” Some background information Rod William Horton: (1910-), New York University, New York, N.Y., instructor (美，大学讲师）1937－45; assistant professor, 1945-49; associate professor of general literature, 1947-57; United States Information Service, in Brazil and Portugal, cultural affairs officer, 1957-64; Temple Buell College (formerly Colorado Women’s College), Denver, Colorado, professor of English, 1964-; Visiting professor at University of Brazil, 1954-56; University of Coimbra, 1961-64. Publications: (with Herbert W. Edwards) Backgrounds of American Literary Thought (1952), ( with Vincent F. Hopper) Backgrounds of European Literature (1954) The Sad Young Men and The Lost Generation refer to the same group of people: Seeking the bohemian （波希米亚的，生活放荡不羁的） lifestyle an