复旦大学：《英美短篇小说 British and American Short Stories》教学课件（PPT）Saki, The Romancers

The romancers Saki

The Romancers Saki

I Contents 2 3 4 the Author Plot Main Characters Writing Styles Personal Summary Statements

Contents 4 the Author Plot Summary Main Characters Writing Styles Personal Statements 1 2 3 5

About the Author OHector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 14 November 1916) ● Pen name:Saki WItty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture COnsidered a master of the short story and often compared to O Henry and Dorothy Parker

About the Author ⚫Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916) ⚫Pen Name: Saki ⚫Witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture ⚫Considered a master of the short story and often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker

Plot Summa

Plot Summary

(A professional beggar tried to tell his fake to arouse sympathy in the latter, and eventuall miserable experience to Morton Crosby in orde get money from him. However, Crosby was too intelligent to believe the beggar's story. Instead of exposing him directly, Crosby made up an even more ridiculous story. In the end, the beggar failed to cheat Crosby of his money. I

【A professional beggar tried to tell his fake miserable experience to Morton Crosby in order to arouse sympathy in the latter, and eventually get money from him. However, Crosby was too intelligent to believe the beggar’s story. Instead of exposing him directly, Crosby made up an even more ridiculous story. In the end, the beggar failed to cheat Crosby of his money.】

Main characters

Main Characters

Analysis of characters Morton Crosby wary of strangers street- smart江湖智慧 concerned about personal interests The beggar liar who wants to make use of others' sympathy and get something for nothing

Morton Crosby The Beggar • wary of strangers • street-smart 江湖智慧 • concerned about personal interests • a liar who wants to make use of others' sympathy and get something for nothing Analysis of Characters

Analy sis of Characters The Beggar: I daresay you've found it to be a strange world, mister? Morton Crosby: The strangeness has worn off in the course of thirty-Six years The Beggar: Marvelous things that have really happened to me Morton Crosby: Nowadays there is no demand for marvelous things that have really happened, the professional writers of fiction turn these things out so much better

The Beggar: I daresay you've found it to be a strange world, mister? Morton Crosby: The strangeness has worn off in the course of thirty-six years. The Beggar: Marvelous things that have really happened to me. Morton Crosby: Nowadays there is no demand for marvelous things that have really happened, the professional writers of fiction turn these things out so much better. Analysis of Characters

Battle and rebuttal The Beggar: I take it that you are a professing Christia Morton Crosby: I am a prominent and I think I may say an influential member of the Mussulman community of Eastern Persia The Beggar: Persia. I should never have taken you for a Persian Morton Crosby: I am not, my father was an Afghan The Beggar: Afghanistan, Ah! A very wealthy country, I believe No real poverty there Morton Crosby: It possesses, nevertheless, a number of highly talented and ingenious beggars

The Beggar: I take it that you are a professing Christian. Morton Crosby: I am a prominent and I think I may say an influential member of the Mussulman community of Eastern Persia. The Beggar: Persia. I should never have taken you for a Persian. Morton Crosby: I am not, my father was an Afghan. The Beggar: Afghanistan. Ah! A very wealthy country, I believe. No real poverty there. Morton Crosby: It possesses, nevertheless, a number of highly talented and ingenious beggars... Battle and Rebuttal

Battle and rebuttal The conversation had at last taken a favourable turn The Beggar: Then if I was to ask you for a small loan -if I was to ask you for Morton Crosby: At any other time, certainly, in the months of November and P December, however, it is absolutely forbidden for anyone of our race to give or receive loans or gifts The Beggar: But it is still October! wants eight days to the end of the month Morton Crosby: The Afghan November began yesterday

The conversation had at last taken a favourable turn. The Beggar: Then if I was to ask you for a small loan - if I was to ask you for, say - Morton Crosby: At any other time, certainly, in the months of November and December, however, it is absolutely forbidden for anyone of our race to give or receive loans or gifts... The Beggar: But it is still October! wants eight days to the end of the month! Morton Crosby: The Afghan November began yesterday. Battle and Rebuttal