大学英语 Love is a Fallacy.ppt

大学英语_Love is a FallacyLesson Five
Love is a Fallacy
Ⅰ. Additional background knowledge
Ⅱ. Introduction to the passage
Ⅲ. Detailed study of the text
Ⅳ. Effective writing skills
Ⅴ. Logical fallacy
Ⅵ. Questions for discussion
The author:
Max Shulman (1919~1988) 
20th century American writer 
best known as his television, short story and best-selling novels.
 His writing often focused on  young people, 
particularly in a collegiate setting.
Ⅰ. Additional background knowledge
Carlyle:
Thomas Carlyle(1795-1881), British historian
and essayist. He developed a peculiar style of his own which was called “Carlylese” which is pound of biblical phrases, colloquialisms, and his own coinges, arranged in unexpected sequences.
3. Ruskin:
John Ruskin(1819-1900),
British writer, art critic and social theorist. 
His works :
Modern Painters (1843- 1860),
The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849), Sesame and Lilies (1865),
The Crown of Wild Olive (1866),
Time and Tide (1867),
Fors Clavigera (8 vols,1871-1884).
Lamb
Lamb
English essayist and poet,
famous for his collection:
The Essay of Elia (1823,1833)
Tales from Shakespeare (1807)
his ments:
Specimens of English Dramatic poets (1808)
Ⅱ Introduction to the passage
This text is a piece of narrative writing. Narrative writing is a style of writing, which is based on personal experience and change of things development.
Narration is the main way of expression.
The essential element are: time, person, place and event
The author employs a whole variety of writing techniques to make his story vivid,dramatic and colorful.
1, A large lexical spectrum;
2,figurative language;
3, inversion for special emphasis;
4,many figures of speech like simile:
metaphor; hyperbole;
metonymy; antithesis
Detailed study of each part
Part 1:(para1-3)
1. Main idea :
a brief introduction to, and ment, on the story.
2. Questions to think:
1).What implication does the title contain?
2).What does the writer say