Theme 文学原理教程课件教学教材

ThemeThemeDefinition----Thecentralideaorstatementaboutlifethatunifiesandcontrolsthetotalwork.DefinitionAthememaybestatedorimplied.Itistheperceptionaboutlifeorhumannaturethatthewriterwantstocommunicate.Theme文学原理教程课件教学教材Misconceptions

aboutTheme1.Eachanovelhasatheme/themes.Misconceptions

aboutTheme1.Themeonlyexistsinthenovelthat①seriouslyattemptstoreflectlifefaithfully;②intendstorevealtruthaboutlife;③arebasedonideasortheoriesoflife.ThemeonlyexistsinthenovelEg:Novelsofratiocination(推理)/horrorhavenotheme.----Theyareaimedatentertainingthereader,notatimprovinghisunderstandingoflife.Eg:Novelsofratiocination(推2.Thethemeislargelywhatthenovelis.2.ThethemeislargelywhattThedifferencebetweenTheme&Novel:Theme----AnabstractideaappealingsolelytotheintellectuallevelofreadingVitaminsNovel----AworkofartappealingtotheemotionallevelVegetablesThedifferencebetweenTheme3.Thethemeisconfusedwithamoralorlesson.3.ThethemeisconfusedwithMoral/Lesson①theadvicestatedorimpliedinaparable/fable;②sth.ofarulebywhichonecanregulatehisbehavior.Eg:----Bekindtoyourneighbours.----Honestyisthebestpolicy.Moral/LessonTheme----Morecomplicatedasanovelistoenhanceone’sawarenessofliferatherthansimplytotellhimhowtobehave.Theme4.Onenovelhasonlyonetheme.Somehaveseveralsubthemestothemaintheme.Someareappreciatedfortheirthematicambiguity.4.Onenovelhasonlyonethem5.Thethemeisconfusedwiththesubject.

5.ThethemeisconfusedwithSubject----Amatter/anaffairTheme----Anidea

Subject----Thetopiconwhichanauthorhaschosentowrite.Theme----Somestatementaboutorsomeopiniononthattopic.Subject----Amatter/Eg:Love----SubjectLoveisinvincible.----ThemeWar----SubjectWarisuseless.----ThemeEg:Love----SubjectTheme----Particulartothenovel,thoughsomearesimilar;Subject----Universal.Eg:TheScarletLetter

TheGreatGatsby

WomeninLove

Subject----Love

Theme----DifferentTheme----ParticulartoFiveRequirements

forStatingaThemeAthememustbeexpressedintheformofastatementwithasubjectandapredicate.Eg:“Loveofone’scountryofteninspiresheroicself-sacrifice”.FiveRequirements

forStatingPayattentiontoitsconvertibilitytosentenceformifathemeisstatedinthephraseform.Eg:“Futilityofenvy”Envyisfutile.“Selflessmaternallove”Maternalloveisselfless.★Theme文学原理教程课件教学教材2.Namesofcharacters&placesshouldnotbementioned.----Thethemeisageneralizationaboutlifebasedonthenovel,andthestatementofthemeshouldbetruealsoofotherpeopleorlifesituations.2.Namesofcharacters&placeEg:WutheringHeights----People’spsychologyofrevenge----Heathcliff’spsychologyofrevenge★Eg:WutheringHeights3.Thoughathemeisageneralization,overgeneralizationshouldbeavoided.3.Thoughathemeisageneral①Sinceathemeisextractedfromaparticularnovel/event,itmaynotbeapplicabletoallsituations.

Always/never/all/every

----beavoided

Some/sometimes/may

----beused①Sinceathemeisextractedf②Whenmakingageneralization,oneshouldstrictlykeeptowhatisactuallyinthenovelandnotsmuggleintoitassumptionssuppliedfromhispastexperience.②Whenmakingageneralization4.Thethememustaccountforallthemajordetailsandmustnotbecontradictedbyanydetailsinthenovel.4.Thethememustaccountfor5.Oneshouldavoidreducingathemetoaclichéorplatitudesinceathemeisdifferentformamoraloralesson.Eg:“Beautyisonlyskin-deep”.★5.OneshouldavoidreducingaSomeThemesJusticeprevails.Loveconquersall.Societywillalwaysoverwhelmtheindividual.Childrenoftenseemoreclearlythanadults.There’snoplacefortheartistinthejungle.

SomeThemesJusticeprevails.WheretoLookfortheTheme1.Howthenovelisentitled.----Thecentralthemeofthenovelissometimespresentinthetitle.WheretoLookfortheTheme1.Eg:PrideandPrejudice----AboutDarcy’sPrideElizabethBennet’sPrejudiceEg:PrideandPrejudice2.Howthenovelistshowshisinterest.----Ifthenovelistisinterestedinsth.,hewouldallowmorespacetoit,describingornarratingingreatdetail.2.Howthenovelistshowshis3.Howthenovelistdealswithacommonsubject.----Ifthenovelisttreatsthecommonsubjectsinanuncommonway,itshowsthatheistryingtoconveysth.neworimportantinthenovel.3.Howthenovelistdealswith4.Importantsymbols.----Symbolsareloadedwithimportantmeanings.Soifasymbolappearsrepeatedlyoratimportantmoments,itmaypointtothethemeofthenovel.Eg:TheScarletLetter

----theletter“A”4.Importantsymbols.AnalyzingTheme1.Doestheworkhaveatheme?Isitstatedorimplied?2.Whatgeneralization(s)/statement(s)aboutlife/humanexperiencedoestheworkmake?AnalyzingTheme1.Doesthewor3.Whatelementsoftheworkcontributemostheavilytotheformulationofthetheme?4.Doesthethemeemergeorganicallyandnaturally,ordoestheauthorseemtoforcethethemeuponthework?3.Whatelementsoftheworkc5.Whatisthevalue/significanceofthework’stheme?Isittopicaloruniversalinitsapplication?5.Whatisthevalue/signifi主题：是故事的意义；是作者对题材的某种评论，不论明示或暗示；是作者在写作过程中，与读者在阅读过程中所发现的总意义；也是人类欲使经验意义化的一种小说形式的反映。

主题：ARoseforEmilyDeath1.FuneralofEmily;2.DeathofEmily’sfather;3.DeathofoldladyWyatt,Emily’sgreat-aunt;4.CorpseofHomerBarronARoseforEmilyDeathTheDeclineoftheOldSouth

1.Atonetime,theGriersonhomewasinoneofthefinestneighborhoodsinJefferson;bythetimeofEmily’sdeath,“...garagesandcottonginshadencroachedandobliteratedeventheaugustnamesofthatneighborhood.”TheDeclineoftheOldSouth2.ThereactiontotheYankee,HomerBarron:----TheyoungergenerationfindsiteasiertoacceptHomer,whiletheolderfolksfindhisrelationshipwithawomanborntooldSoutherngentilityunacceptable.2.ThereactiontotheYankee,CommunityVs.Isolation----TheoddrelationshipbetweenthetownofJeffersonandEmily.CommunityVs.Isolation1.Atherfuneral,thenarratornotesthatEmilyhasbeen“...atradition,aduty,andacare;asortofhereditaryobligationuponthetown.”However,Emilyhasverylittletodowiththetownspeopleduringherlife.1.Atherfuneral,thenarrato2.Herfatherpreventsherfromdatinganyone;afterhisdeath,Emilycontinuestoisolateherselffromtherestofthecommunityforthebetterpartofherlife.

2.Herfatherpreventsherfro3.AlthoughEmilyisindifferenttothetown,thetownseemstobealmostobsessedwithher.ThereactionJeffersonhastoherrelationshipwithHomerBarronexemplifiesthisobsession.3.AlthoughEmilyisindiffere4.Thesevariousreactionsdemonstrateaninterestingconflict.EventhoughEmilyviewsherselfasseparatefromthecommunity,thecommunitystillembracesher.4.Thesevariousreactionsdem

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aboutTheme1.Eachanovelhasatheme/themes.Misconceptions

aboutTheme1.Themeonlyexistsinthenovelthat①seriouslyattemptstoreflectlifefaithfully;②intendstorevealtruthaboutlife;③arebasedonideasortheoriesoflife.ThemeonlyexistsinthenovelEg:Novelsofratiocination(推理)/horrorhavenotheme.----Theyareaimedatentertainingthereader,notatimprovinghisunderstandingoflife.Eg:Novelsofratiocination(推2.Thethemeislargelywhatthenovelis.2.ThethemeislargelywhattThedifferencebetweenTheme&Novel:Theme----AnabstractideaappealingsolelytotheintellectuallevelofreadingVitaminsNovel----AworkofartappealingtotheemotionallevelVegetablesThedifferencebetweenTheme3.Thethemeisconfusedwithamoralorlesson.3.ThethemeisconfusedwithMoral/Lesson①theadvicestatedorimpliedinaparable/fable;②sth.ofarulebywhichonecanregulatehisbehavior.Eg:----Bekindtoyourneighbours.----Honestyisthebestpolicy.Moral/LessonTheme----Morecomplicatedasanovelistoenhanceone’sawarenessofliferatherthansimplytotellhimhowtobehave.Theme4.Onenovelhasonlyonetheme.Somehaveseveralsubthemestothemaintheme.Someareappreciatedfortheirthematicambiguity.4.Onenovelhasonlyonethem5.Thethemeisconfusedwiththesubject.

5.ThethemeisconfusedwithSubject----Amatter/anaffairTheme----Anidea

Subject----Thetopiconwhichanauthorhaschosentowrite.Theme----Somestatementaboutorsomeopiniononthattopic.Subject----Amatter/Eg:Love----SubjectLoveisinvincible.----ThemeWar----SubjectWarisuseless.----ThemeEg:Love----SubjectTheme----Particulartothenovel,thoughsomearesimilar;Subject----Universal.Eg:TheScarletLetter

TheGreatGatsby

WomeninLove

Subject----Love

Theme----DifferentTheme----ParticulartoFiveRequirements

forStatingaThemeAthememustbeexpressedintheformofastatementwithasubjectandapredicate.Eg:“Loveofone’scountryofteninspiresheroicself-sacrifice”.FiveRequirements

forStatingPayattentiontoitsconvertibilitytosentenceformifathemeisstatedinthephraseform.Eg:“Futilityofenvy”Envyisfutile.“Selflessmaternallove”Maternalloveisselfless.★Theme文学原理教程课件教学教材2.Namesofcharacters&placesshouldnotbementioned.----Thethemeisageneralizationaboutlifebasedonthenovel,andthestatementofthemeshouldbetruealsoofotherpeopleorlifesituations.2.Namesofcharacters&placeEg:WutheringHeights----People’spsychologyofrevenge----Heathcliff’spsychologyofrevenge★Eg:WutheringHeights3.Thoughathemeisageneralization,overgeneralizationshouldbeavoided.3.Thoughathemeisageneral①Sinceathemeisextractedfromaparticularnovel/event,itmaynotbeapplicabletoallsituations.

Always/never/all/every

----beavoided

Some/sometimes/may

----beused①Sinceathemeisextractedf②Whenmakingageneralization,oneshouldstrictlykeeptowhatisactuallyinthenovelandnotsmuggleintoitassumptionssuppliedfromhispastexperience.②Whenmakingageneralization4.Thethememustaccountforallthemajordetailsandmustnotbecontradictedbyanydetailsinthenovel.4.Thethememustaccountfor5.Oneshouldavoidreducingathemetoaclichéorplatitudesinceathemeisdifferentformamoraloralesson.Eg:“Beautyisonlyskin-deep”.★5.OneshouldavoidreducingaSomeThemesJusticeprevails.Loveconquersall.Societywillalwaysoverwhelmtheindividual.Childrenoftenseemoreclearlythanadults.There’snoplacefortheartistinthejungle.

SomeThemesJusticeprevails.WheretoLookfortheTheme1.Howthenovelisentitled.----Thecentralthemeofthenovelissometimespresentinthetitle.WheretoLookfortheTheme1.Eg:PrideandPrejudice----AboutDarcy’sPrideElizabethBennet’sPrejudiceEg:PrideandPrejudice2.Howthenovelistshowshisinterest.----Ifthenovelistisinterestedinsth.,hewouldallowmorespacetoit,describingornarratingingreatdetail.2.Howthenovelistshowshis3.Howthenovelistdealswithacommonsubject.----Ifthenovelisttreatsthecommonsubjectsinanuncommonway,itshowsthatheistryingtoconveysth.neworimportantinthenovel.3.Howthenovelistdealswith4.Importantsymbols.----Symbolsareloadedwithimportantmeanings.Soifasymbolappearsrepeatedlyoratimportantmoments,itmaypointtothethemeofthenovel.Eg:TheScarletLetter

----theletter“A”4.Importantsymbols.AnalyzingTheme1.Doestheworkhaveatheme?Isitstatedorimplied?2.Whatgeneralization(s)/statement(s)aboutlife/humanexperiencedoestheworkmake?AnalyzingTheme1.Doesthewor3.Whatelementsoftheworkcontributemostheavilytotheformulationofthetheme?4.Doesthethemeemergeorganicallyandnaturally,ordoestheauthorseemtoforcethethemeuponthework?3.Whatelementsoftheworkc5.Whatisthevalue/significanceofthework’stheme?Isittopicaloruniversalinitsapplication?5.Whatisthevalue/signifi主题：是故事的意义；是作者对题材的某种评论，不论明示或暗示；是作者在写作过程中，与读者在阅读过程中所发现的总意义；也是人类欲使经验意义化的一种小说形式的反映。

主题：ARoseforEmilyDeath1.FuneralofEmily;2.DeathofEmily’sfather;3.DeathofoldladyWyatt,Emily’sgreat-aunt;4.CorpseofHomerBarronARoseforEmilyDeathThe