大连海事大学：《高级英语 Advanced English》课程教学资源（PPT课件讲稿，英文版）Unit 12 The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American

Unit 12 o The discovery of what it Means to Be an american by James Baldwin

Unit 12 ⚫ The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American ⚫ ⚫ by James Baldwin

Teaching Points Background knowedge oIl. Introduction to the passage ●Ⅲ. Text Analysis ●ⅣV. Rhetorical devices o V Questions

Teaching Points ⚫ I. Background knowledge ⚫ II. Introduction to the passage ⚫ III. Text Analysis ⚫ IV. Rhetorical devices ⚫ V. Questions

Background Knowledge ●1. About the author o James baldwin and his major works o-a leading Negro novelist and essayist in the 50s O --a major spokesman for his race in the civil rights movement of the 60s

I. Background Knowledge ⚫ 1. About the author ⚫ James Baldwin, and his major works ⚫ --a leading Negro novelist and essayist in the 50’s ⚫ --a major spokesman for his race in the civil rights movement of the 60’s

Background Knowledge o james arthur baldwin was born in Harlem, New York City, Aug. 2, 1924 and died on nov. 30. 1987

I. Background Knowledge ⚫ James Arthur Baldwin was born in Harlem, New York City, Aug. 2, 1924 and died on Nov. 30, 1987.

Background Knowledge o The eldest of nine children his stepfather was a minister o At age 14, Baldwin became a preacher at the small fireside pentecostal Church in harlem o After he graduated from high school, he moved to greenwich village

Background Knowledge ⚫ The eldest of nine children, his stepfather was a minister. ⚫ At age 14 , Baldwin became a preacher at the small Fireside Pentecostal Church in Harlem. ⚫ After he graduated from high school, he moved to Greenwich Village

Background Knowledge o In the early 1940s, he transferred his faith from religion to literature

Background Knowledge ⚫ In the early 1940s, he transferred his faith from religion to literature

Background Knowledge o Go Tell lt on the Mountain (1953) o Notes of a Native Son(1955) o Another Country (1962) o Going to Meet the Man (1965 o Nobody knows My Name(1961) ●7e∥ Me How Long the train's been Gone(1968)

Background Knowledge ⚫ Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953) ⚫ Notes of a Native Son (1955) ⚫ Another Country (1962) ⚫ Going to Meet the Man (1965) ⚫ Nobody Knows My Name (1961) ⚫ Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone (1968)

Background Knowledge o From 1948 Baldwin made his home primarily in the south of France, but often returned to the usa to lecture or teach o In 1957, he began spending half of each year in New York City

Background Knowledge ⚫ From 1948, Baldwin made his home primarily in the south of France, but often returned to the USA to lecture or teach. ⚫ In 1957, he began spending half of each year in New York City