【精编】英美文学选读课PPT lecture one.pptVIP

Point of View Objective (Dramatic) “‘You’ll be drunk,’ the waiter said. The old man looked at him. The waiter went away.” (Ernest Hemingway, “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”) * Style, Tone, and Language Style: word choice, syntax, sentence length and structure, and the presence, frequency, and prominence of imagery and figures of speech; * Tone Tone: the attitude of the narrator or author of a work toward the subject matter, characters, or audience. (Word choice and sentence structure ) The tone can be intimate or distant, bitter or affectionate, straightforward or cautious, supportive or critic