farewell 永别了武器的report.ppt

Analysis ofFarewell to Arms Main character analysis Small potatoes Iceberg theory’ practice How:1.less adj/adv—be more objective 2.easy grammar 3.cut the decorative elements 4. ellipsis(省略） 4.recreate the scene The art of clever escapism Compare with oriental “Blank” Example:beginning In the late summer of that year we lived in a house in a village that looked across the river and the plain to the mountains. In the bed of the river there were pebbles and boulders, dry and white in the sun, and the water was clear and swiftly moving and blue in the channels. Troops went by the house and down the road and the dust they raised powdered the leaves of the trees. The trunks of the trees too were dusty and the leaves fell early that year and we saw the troops marching along the road and the dust rising and leaves, stirred by the breeze, falling and the soldiers marching and afterward the road bare and white except for the leaves. War and love The relationship plunge headlong into love as a means of overcoming their fear, pain, and grief Catherine and Henry, upon meeting, play a seductively distracting game in which they pretend to love and care for each other The author and novel Hemingway’s most prominent masterpiece one of the anti-war series Autobiography---experience the war Representive of “Lost generation” * * Character analysis Language style Theme and ideas Author and novel Frederic Henry a volunteer ambulance driver from the U.S Code Hero mans man passionate love and dedication to Catherine Barkley attracted to the simple goodness of the priest Catherine Barkley British Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse Finance killed in war Typically feminine: Emotional dependent Perfect woman: Wise and cynical Consistently ignored because of gender Rinaldi Italian male loves women and alcohol Devoted:ignoring all danger, giving himself Priest Chaplain（牧师） in Henrys unit Baite