Lesson5-LoveIsAFalacy现代大学英语精读5课件.ppt

Love Is a Fallacy Max Shulman Love Is a Fallacy About the author Max Shulman (March 14, 1919–August 28, 1988) is a 20th century American writer, best known for his television and short story character Dobie Gillis, as well as for his best-selling novels. His writing often focuses on young people, particularly in a collegiate setting. Love Is a Fallacy He is one of America’s best-known humorists. He is a writer of many talents---he has written novels, stories, Broadway plays, movie screenplay(电影剧本), and television scripts(电视剧本). Love Is a Fallacy The story: This text is taken from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis(1951). Dobie Gillis, the narrator, is a typical American teenager who frequently suffers from romantic angst (worry, anxiety). The character appeared on a popular television sitcom (situation comedy) during the 1950s . Love Is a Fallacy This is an interesting and humorous story. In this story the narrator tells his failure to win the heart of a young woman with the force of logic, which proves to him that “Love is a fallacy”. Love Is a Fallacy The narrator is quite sure of his final success because he is smarter and it is only logical that the girl will choose him. However, the result is a great surprise to him because the girl turns down his proposal and choose Petey Burch, all because of what Dobie Gillis regards as a “sth silly”, thus proving that “love is a fallacy”. Love Is a Fallacy Introduction 1. Warm-up activity What is your opinion about love? What does love mean according to you? Love Is a Fallacy 2. theme : Love is a fallacy---love is inconsistent with logic. The author wants to lead readers to the conclusion that love’ is an error, a deception and an emotion that does not follow the principles of logic, i.e. love is blind. Love Is a Fallacy 3. What does the name Espy mean? Espy: to catch sight of ( esp. faults, shortcomings, etc.) , glimpse. the author might have deliberately chosen this name, which may allude to her amazin