复旦大学：《英美短篇小说 British and American Short Stories》教学课件（PPT）Virginia Woolf, A Haunted House

A Haunted House V irginia woolf

A Haunted House Virginia Woolf

Outline ● The author Plot ● Analysis ● Comments

Outline ⚫ The author ⚫ Plot ⚫ Analysis ⚫ Comments

The Author Virginia woolf (1882.1.25-1941.3.28) o English writer and one of the foremost modernists of the 20th century Frail health, with metal disturbance Suffered from several nervous break downs in 1941 and in fear of losing her sanity she committed suicide Most famous works: Mrs Dalloway(1925) To the Lighthouse (1927)and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Ro oom of One's Own(1929

The Author Virginia Woolf (1882.1.25-1941.3.28) ⚫ English writer and one of the foremost modernists of the 20th century ⚫ Frail health, with metal disturbance. Suffered from several nervous break￾downs in 1941 and in fear of losing her sanity she committed suicide. ⚫ Most famous works : Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929)

Plot of a Haunted house I: A Mysterious start-a ghostly couple wander through the narrators house 11: The narrator tells us the ghostly couple are looking for something in the house, which might be lost in the garden, the loft III: The narrator tells us a few details of the ghosts past. IV: The narrator realizes that what the man could not find on his journey, and what the ghost couple still seek, is the joy of a loving relationship

Plot of A Haunted House Ⅰ：A Mysterious start - a ghostly couple wander through the narrators house. Ⅱ：The narrator tells us the ghostly couple are looking for something in the house, which might be lost in the garden, the loft…… Ⅲ：The narrator tells us a few details of the ghost’s past. Ⅳ：The narrator realizes that what the man could not find on his journey, and what the ghost couple still seek, is the joy of a loving relationship

Plot of a haunted house V: The ghostly couple come on the narrator and her husband asleep in their bed. The ghosts seem to realize that the living couple may feel the kind of love that they themselves once ed share w hat the ghostly couple search the light in the heart oy and love

Ⅴ：The ghostly couple come on the narrator and her husband asleep in their bed. The ghosts seem to realize that the living couple may feel the kind of love that they themselves once shared. What the ghostly couple search for is the light in the heart——Joy and Love. Plot of A Haunted House

Analysis Character. The ghostly couple Protagonists): past occupants of the bouse The living couple current occupants of the bouse Point of viem. First-person, third-person Setting possibly in the late 1800's at an old England bouse ith a garden

Analysis Character: The ghostly couple (Protagonists): past occupants of the house (The living couple):current occupants of the house Point of view: First-person, third-person Setting: possibly in the late 1800’s at an old England house with a garden

Analysis The repetition of2it”amnd“ere Here we left it. ●lt' upstairs.. ● They are looking for it. Perhaps it's upstairs then Here we slept ●‘Iere,"'s/ he murmurs. ● Here e left our treasure

Analysis The repetition of “it” and “here”: ⚫ Here we left it. ⚫ It’s upstairs. ⚫ They are looking for it. ⚫ Perhaps it’s upstairs then. ⚫ Here we slept. ⚫ “Here,” she murmurs. ⚫ Here we left our treasure

Analysis The pulse of the ho ●“Sane,saye,saye” the pulse of the house beat softly.be treasure buried; the room. the pulse stopped short. yfe, safe, safe, the pulse of the house beat gladky."The treasure yours. ●Sa,n,sgye,” the heart of the bouse beats prou Long years. he sighs..“ gain you found me

Analysis The pulse of the house: ⚫ “Safe, safe, safe” the pulse of the house beat softly. “The treasure buried; the room…”the pulse stopped short. ⚫ “Safe, safe, safe,” the pulse of the house beat gladly. “The treasure yours.” ⚫ “Safe, safe, safe,” the heart of the house beats proudly. “Long years—”he sighs. “Again you found me

Comments Love is eternal and immortal Other comments

Comments Love is eternal and immortal. Other comments？

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