4Appreciation of The Open Boat (大外).ppt

The Open Boat -- by Stephen Crane Brief Introduction of the Author Brief Introduction of Background Information Appreciation of the Writing Brief Introduction of Stephen Crane (1871 -- 1900) Brief Introduction of Stephen Crane New Jersey; Methodist (卫理公会教) clergyman’s; family poor; job; in school; university quit; school; sophomore earn his living; as; free-lance; journalist Brief Introduction of Stephen Crane died；tuberculosis；28 pioneer；naturalistic tradition novels；short stories；poems；journals Brief Introduction of Stephen Crane first; novel; “Maggie: A Girl of the Street” 《街头女郎麦姬》 first; naturalistic novel; America describes; bitter; life; slum-dwellers attracted; little attention; contemporaries Brief Introduction of Stephen Crane second; “The Red Badge of Courage” 《红色英勇勋章》 brought him into prominence; one; greatest war novels “The Open Boat” 《一叶扁舟》; best Brief Introduction of Stephen Crane “The blue Hotel” 《蓝色旅店》 “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” 《新娘来到黄天镇》 basic theme ：environment; heredity; beat; man human nature; beast; part Background Information Background Information --Naturalism believe; man; dominated; environment; heredity can; never; predominate; their fate tend to; interpret; world; Darwin’s biological; view “the survival of the fittest”; “the human beast” write; elaborate; helplessness; insignificance men; in face of; crushing; forces Background Information --Naturalism still; instinct to live; drive man; struggle lead to; nowhere; in vain extreme; part; realism naturalist; realists; too; restrained; genteel tell about; harsh; realities write; show; directly; helplessness; insignificance facing; cold; indifferent; forces Background Information --Naturalism see the world in Darwin’s biological perspective of “the survival of the fittest” and “the human beast” believe; man; guided; beast part; human nature