高级英语loveisafallacyppt课件

1、LOVE IS A FALLACYMAX SHULMANCONTENTS1 Detailed study of Pragraph1-42About love and fallacy3Supplementary information 4 Video episodeBackground Information1BiographyMax ShulmanMax Shulman Max Shulman (March 14, 1919August 28, 1988) was an American writer and humorist best known for his television and

2、 short story character Dobie Gillis, as well as for best-selling novels. His writing often focused on young people, particularly in a collegiate setting. more Max Shulman Max Shulman first delved into the world of writing as a journalism student at the University of Minnesota. Shulman was the author

3、 of several fairly well-received novels, including Rally Round the Flag, Boys! and Sleep Till Noon. He was also a co-writer, with Robert Paul Smith, of the long-running Broadway play, The Tender Trap, starring Robert Preston, which was later made into a successful movie. However, he is probably best

4、 remembered for his creation of the character Dobie Gillis, who was the subject of a series of short stories compiled under the title, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, which became the basis for a CBS television series of the same name, and had previously been the subject of a film, The Affairs of Do

5、bie Gillis (1953)Shulman was also a screenwriter. He was one of the collaborators on a television documentary, Lights Diamond Jubliee, which was supposedly a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the invention of the light bulb by Thomas A. Edison, but which was in reality little more than a public

6、 relations piece for the electric industry, as its predecessor film, Lights Golden Jubilee, had been 25 years before. Love Is a Fallacy was published in 1951 and brings to light issues of the day including the stereotyping of women. After his success with the Gillis character, Shulman continued to w

7、rite. His humor column, On Campus, was syndicated in over 350 collegiate newspapers at one point. A later novel, Anyone Got a Match?, satirized both the television and tobacco industries, as well as the South and college football. His last major successful project was his work on House Calls, which

8、began as a 1978 movie based on one of his stories which starred Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson, and later became a television series (1979-1981) starring Wayne Rogers and Lynn Redgrave in the same roles, for which he was the lead writer.Supplementary informationLove Is a Fallacy is taken from The

9、 Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” published in 1951 and brings to light issues of the day including the stereotyping of women. In it, Max Shulman demonstrates a wit and clarity of languageThe theme of the story covers two human relationships. The story tells us one specific way how people try to “habitua

10、te” the other and shape the persons character the way they need to see the other one they live with. The entire story demonstrates the way people get to know each other.Moving forward, the story begins with a clear introduction where the reader gets all the information about the main characters: the

11、 lawyer and Polly Espy. Everything is clearly exposited. The lawyer gives Polly a course in logic. From my point of view, the story ends with the climax when Polly twists the lawyer around her finger and simply turns him down.The Many Loves of Dobie GillisThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis was produced

12、by Martin Manulis Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television; creator Shulman also wrote the theme song in collaboration with Lionel Newman.The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The series and some episode scripts were adapted from

13、 a 1951 collection of short stories of the same name, written by Max Shulman, that also inspired the 1953 film The Affairs of Dobie Gillis with Debbie Reynolds, Bob Fosse, and Bobby Van as Dobie Gillis. A follow-up novel, I Was a Teen-Age Dwarf, appeared in 1959.Other Most Widely Held Works by Max S

14、hulmanA1982Help Wanted: MaleScreenwriterB1978House CallsScreenwriterC1958Rally round the Flag, Boys!Book AuthorD1955The Tender TrapPlay AuthorE1953Confidentially ConnieScreenwriterF1953The Affairs of Dobie GillisScreenwriterG1953Half a HeroScreenwriterCharles Lamb (1775-1834)English essayist and cri

15、tic. Lamb was employed as a clerk at East India House (headquarters for the East India Company) from 1792 to 1825. From 1796 he was guardian of his sister, the writer Mary Lamb who, in a fit of madness (which proved recurrent), had killed their mother. He is best known for the often autobiographical

16、 essays he wrote under the pseudonym Elia for London Magazine, collected in Essays of Elia (1823) and The Last Essays of Elia (1833). Among the greatest of English letter writers, he included some of his most perceptive literary criticism, often in the form of marginalia, in letters. He collaborated

17、 with Mary on Tales from Shakespear (1807), a highly popular retelling of the plays for children.Thomas Carlyle(1795-1881) Scottish historian and essayist. The son of a mason, Carlyle was reared in a strict Calvinist household and educated at the University of Edinburgh. He moved to London in 1834.

18、An energetic, irritable, fiercely independent idealist, he became a leading moral force in Victorian literature. His humorous essay Sartor Resartus (1836) is a fantastic hodgepodge of autobiography and German philosophy. The French Revolution, 3 vol. (1837), perhaps his greatest achievement. On Hero

19、es, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (1841) showed his reverence for strength, particularly when combined with the conviction of a God-given mission. He later published a study of Oliver Cromwell (1845) and a huge biography of Frederick the Great, 6 vol.John Ruskin(1819-1900)John Ruskin was t

20、he leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, watercolorist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects ranging from geology to architecture, myth to ornithology, literature to education, and botany to political economy. His writing sty

21、les and literary forms were equally varied. Ruskin penned essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel guides and manuals, letters and even a fairy tale. His works : Modern Painters (1843- 1860), The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849), Sesame and Lilies (1865), The Crown of Wild Olive (1866), T

22、ime and Tide (1867), Fors Clavigera (8 vols,1871-1884).Detailed study of Paragraph1-4(para1-4)Questions to think:1).What implication does the title contain?2).What does the writer say about his own essay? Is he serious?About the TitleThe title is humorous and well-chosen. When “fallacy” is taken in

23、its ordinary sense, the title means there is a deceptive or delusive quality about love.When taken as a specific term in logic, the title means love cannot be deduced from a set of given premises. Love is an error, a deception and an emotion that does not follow the principles of logic. There is no

24、such thing as love in terms of logic.Vocabularyfallacy (n.) : a false or mistaken idea，opinion，etc.；error 谬论，谬见；错误 enterprising (adj.) :full of energy and initiative；willing to undertake new projects 有进取心的；充满首创精神的；有胆量的 unfetter (v.) : free from fetters；free from restraint of any kind；liberate 除掉的脚 镣

25、；解放；使获得自由 limp (adj.) :lacking or having lost stiffness；flaccid；drooping，wilted 柔软的 flaccid (adj.) : hanging in loose folds or wrinkles：soft and limp；flabby 不结实； 松驰的；松软的 Vocabularyspongy (adj.) :of or like a sponge；soft and porous 海绵(状)的；柔软有弹性的 pedantic (adj.) : of or like a pedant迂腐的，书呆子气的 trauma (

26、n.) :a painful emotional experience，or shockoften producing a lasting psychic effect and sometimes a neurosis(精神)心灵创伤 calculating (adj.) : shrewd or cunning. esp. in a selfish way；scheming 精明的；(尤 指)专为自己打算的；有算计的 Vocabularyperspicacious (adj.) :having keen judgement or understanding；acutely perceptive

27、 聪颖的；敏锐的 astute (adj.) : having or showing a clever or shrewd mind：cunning；crafty；wily 聪 明的，敏锐的；精明的；狡猾的 dynamo (n.) :generator发动机 Vocabulary scale (n.) : either of the shallow dishes or pans of a balance秤盘；天平盘 penetrating (adj.) :sharp；piercing 锐利的 scalpel (n.) : a small，light，straight knife with a

28、very sharp blade，used by surgeons and anatomical dissections 解剖刀，手术刀 Words and Phrases 1) There followsfrontier(Para.1,line3): The informal essay that follows here is freer than the one Charles Lamb wrote. (metaphor)Unfettered (Para.1): v. to be free from fetters; to be free restraint of any kind (除

29、掉的脚镣，解放)2) Vague thoughan essay(Para.2): Though its category is vague, it is certainly an essay. (Inversion and ellipsis) 3) Could CarlyleCould Ruskin? Carlyle could not write a better essay than this one. Neither could Ruskin (two rhetorical questions for emphasis) 4).My brain a scalpel. My brain w

30、as like a forceful dynamo, accurate scales, and a fierce scalpel. (simile and hyperbole) calculating: shrewed or cunning, esp in a selfish way; Scalpel: a small, light, straight knife with a sharp blade used by surgeons 解剖刀,手术刀Words and Phrases scheming: 精明的,(尤指)专为自己打算的 perspicacious: a. having keen

31、 judgment or understanding 聪颖的，敏锐的 astute: a. showing a clever mind; crafty; wily 精明的，狡猾的 dynamo：generator 发电机Words and PhrasesIMy roommateMy roommates girlfriendCool. Logical. Keen. Calculating. Perspicacious. Acute Astute.Dumb as an ox. Emotional. Unstable. ImpressionableFaddistBeautiful. Gracious

32、. Not intelligent. IMy roommateMy roommates girlfriendWant the girlHave a raccoonWant a raccoonHave the girlGet the girlGet the raccoonAvailableTaught her a lot of things to make her clever enough for him. Definition of Love n, a strong feeling of liking someone a lot combined with sexual attraction

33、 v, to have a strong feeling of affection for someone, combined with sexual attractionLove QuotesLove comes in a second, and goes at the same speed.If you judge people, you have no time to love them.The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly, and the best way to keep it is to give it win

34、gs.The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved.Love QuotesLove is friendship set on fire. - unknown Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing. GoetheTo be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia.“ H.L. Mencken It was impossible to love and to be wise. Ba

35、conLogical fallacies are errors of reasoning, errors which may be recognized and corrected by prudent thinkers.Logical FallaciesFallacy: 1. a false or mistaken idea, opinion, etc, e.g. Its a popular fallacy that success brings happiness. 2. a false reasoning: e.g. I was able to show the fallacy of his argument. Fallacythree groups of fallaciesThe material fallacies are also known as fallacies of presumption, because the premises presume too much. The v