《英文小说与电影》课程教学课件（PPT讲稿）N.H.科琳宝姆与死亡诗社

Dead Poets Society(1989)Lead-inMajorCharactersPlotAppreciationDVDD

Dead Poets Society (1989) Lead-in Major Characters Plot Appreciation

IntroductionDead Poets Society is a 1989 American drama filmdistributed by Touchstone PicturesAcademy awards: Won: Best Original Screenplay (Tom Schulman) Nominated: Best Actor in a Leading RoleNominated: Director (Peter Weir)Nominated: Best Picture

Introduction Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American drama film distributed by Touchstone Pictures. • Academy awards: • Won: Best Original Screenplay (Tom Schulman) • Nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role • Nominated: Director (Peter Weir) • Nominated: Best Picture

The film's line “ Carpe diem. Seize the day,boys. Make your lives extraordinary.wasvoted as the 95th greatest movie quote by theAmerican Film Institute. Also, the film wasvoted one of the 100 Most Inspirational Filmsof All Time by the AFI

◆The film’s line “Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. ” was voted as the 95th greatest movie quote by the American Film Institute. Also, the film was voted one of the 100 Most Inspirational Films of All Time by the AFI

Questions1. What's your definition for a good tteacherthemovie?Doesbefore you watchSyourdefinition have any change after you watchedthe movie?2. What's your definition for a good studentthemovie? Doesyourbeforeyouwatchdefinition have any change after you watchedthe movie?3. What's the purpose of education?4.Who should be responsible for Neil Perry'sdeath?

Questions 1. What’s your definition for a good teacher before you watch the movie? Does your definition have any change after you watched the movie? 2. What’s your definition for a good student before you watch the movie? Does your definition have any change after you watched the movie? 3. What’s the purpose of education? 4.Who should be responsible for Neil Perry’s death?

合UMajor CharactersMr.JohnKeatingMr.NolanRobin WilliamsNeil's FatherNeil PerryTodd AndersonCharlieDaltonKnoxOverstreetRobert Sean LeonardEthanHawke

Major Characters Mr. John Keating Robin Williams Todd Anderson Ethan Hawke Neil Perry Robert Sean Leonard Mr. Nolan Charlie Dalton Knox Overstreet Neil’s Father

Major CharactersRichardGeraldPittsSteven MeeksCameron

Major Characters Richard Cameron Gerald Pitts Steven Meeks

PlotWelton Academy prep school, whose ethos is defined bythe headmaster Gale Nolan as "tradition, honour,disciplineand excellence".The new English teacher, John Keating's teachingmethods are unorthodox by Welton standards. He focuson the idea of carpe diem. Inspired by Keating, the boyssecretly revive a school literary club, the “"Dead PoetsSociety"Neil wants to be an actor but his father disapproves. Hisfather finds out Neil goes against his wishes so he takesNeil home and tells him that he intends to enroll him in amilitary school to prepare him for Harvard University and acareer in medicine.Neil commits suicide in despair

Plot Welton Academy prep school, whose ethos is defined by the headmaster Gale Nolan as "tradition, honour, discipline and excellence". The new English teacher, John Keating’s teaching methods are unorthodox by Welton standards. He focus on the idea of carpe diem. Inspired by Keating, the boys secretly revive a school literary club, the “Dead Poets Society”. Neil wants to be an actor but his father disapproves. His father finds out Neil goes against his wishes so he takes Neil home and tells him that he intends to enroll him in a military school to prepare him for Harvard University and a career in medicine. Neil commits suicide in despair

Appreciation1. The four pillars: Tradition, honor discipline.excellence. ("Travesty, Horror, Decadence, andExcrement".)the Ivy Leagues:A term for the most elite American Universitieson the East coast, including Harvard, Yale andPrinceton. Ivy is the green plant that grows onmany of their buildings

Appreciation ◆1. The four pillars: Tradition, honor discipline, excellence. (“Travesty, Horror, Decadence, and Excrement”.) ◆the Ivy Leagues: A term for the most elite American Universities on the East coast, including Harvard, Yale and Princeton. Ivy is the green plant that grows on many of their buildings

Appreciation2. Keating's first class(0:11:16-0: 16:40)2.1 "O Captain, my captain."A poem of Walt Whitman f from the Leaves ofGrass(1900)2.2"Carpe Diem!"The most important words in the movie! Latin for"seize the day," or more generally, "live life tothe fullest."2.3 We are food for worms, lads

Appreciation ◆2. Keating’s first class(0:11:16-0:16:40): ◆2.1 “O Captain, my captain. ” A poem of Walt Whitman from the Leaves of Grass(1900) ◆2.2 "Carpe Diem!" The most important words in the movie! Latin for "seize the day," or more generally, "live life to the fullest." ◆2.3 We are food for worms, lads

Appreciation3. Keating's second class(0:21:01-0:26:44)Excrement: shitWe're not laying pipe. We're talking about poetry我们不是在装水管我们谈论的是诗"To rip out" a page from a book is to remove itby tearing it outYou will learn to savor words and language你们将学会品尝文字与语言

Appreciation ◆3. Keating’s second class(0:21:01-0:26:44): ◆Excrement: shit ◆We're not laying pipe. We're talking about poetry. 我们不是在装水管 我们谈论的是诗 ◆"To rip out" a page from a book is to remove it by tearing it out. ◆You will learn to savor words and language. 你们将学会品尝文字与语言