吉林大学：《大学英语泛读》课程PPT教学课件（book 3）Unit 27 Discovery of a Father

27.Discovery of a Father Sherwood Ande

27. Discovery of a Father Sherwood Anderson

Content Background knowledge Warm-up activity Text Exercise

Content ◼ Background knowledge ◼ Warm-up activity ◼ Text ◼ Exercise

Exercise Multiple-choice questions Translation Questions for consideration

Exercise ◼ Multiple-choice questions ◼ Translation ◼ Questions for consideration

Sherwood Anderson(1876-1941): Sherwood Anderson was a very famous American writer.Born of a poor family in Camden,Ohio,he had to earn money to help the family from the time he was quite young.At 22,he fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American War,and then worked writing advertisements in Chicago;later,he worked in a factory in Ohio.In 1913,he quit work,and devoted himself to writing.In 1919,he published his outstanding book of stories,Winesburg,Ohio.The book recounts the lives of people in a small town, isolated in their own lives from one another,and deprived of love and creativity

◼ Sherwood Anderson(1876 – 1941): Sherwood Anderson was a very famous American writer. Born of a poor family in Camden, Ohio, he had to earn money to help the family from the time he was quite young. At 22, he fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, and then worked writing advertisements in Chicago; later, he worked in a factory in Ohio. In 1913, he quit work, and devoted himself to writing. In 1919, he published his outstanding book of stories, Winesburg, Ohio. The book recounts the lives of people in a small town, isolated in their own lives from one another, and deprived of love and creativity

Sherwood Anderson was also celebrated for his story collections such as The Triumph of the egg(1921) and Horses and Men(1923).His best novels were Poor White(1920)and Dark Laughter(1925).His autobiography,A Story-Teller's Story,was published in 1924.Anderson died on March 8,1941,while on a tour of South America. The text is a short story from A Story-Teller's Story.The author develops his story around the striking contrast between a humble,talkative,foolish father in the boy's eyes and a proud,silent,dignified one as the boy expects him to be.Swimming in the pond is the turning point of the story when the boy begins to understand and be proud of his father

Sherwood Anderson was also celebrated for his story collections such as The Triumph of the egg(1921) and Horses and Men(1923). His best novels were Poor White (1920) and Dark Laughter (1925). His autobiography, A Story-Teller’s Story, was published in 1924. Anderson died on March 8, 1941, while on a tour of South America. The text is a short story from A Story -Teller’s Story. The author develops his story around the striking contrast between a humble, talkative, foolish father in the boy’s eyes and a proud, silent, dignified one as the boy expects him to be. Swimming in the pond is the turning point of the story when the boy begins to understand and be proud of his father

Anderson's short stories are famous for their "moment of revelation in which the characters either make themselves understood or understand others.Here,in swimming in darkness,the son reached an understanding with his father

Anderson’s short stories are famous for their “ moment of revelation” in which the characters either make themselves understood or understand others. Here , in swimming in darkness, the son reached an understanding with his father

1.What did the boy desire his father to be?

◼ 1. What did the boy desire his father to be?

The boy desired his father to be a proud, silent,dignified father

◼ The boy desired his father to be a proud, silent, dignified father

2.What did the boy think of his father at the beginning？

◼ 2. What did the boy think of his father at the beginning?

The boy thought that his father was talkative,boastful,shameless,foolish, humble.The boy hated his father,even wished he weren't his father

◼ The boy thought that his father was talkative, boastful, shameless, foolish, humble. The boy hated his father, even wished he weren’t his father