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Appreciating literature
--An introduction to Pygmalion
Module 8 Unit 1
Advance with English
Making the bet(打赌)
Yes,
of course.
No,
I think otherwise.
A literary work written for performance on the stage; a _______.
Definition of a play(戏剧)
What makes a play?
drama
curtain
actor
actress
custume(服装)
setting(背景)
stage
powerful language
Read the lines
Scripts(台词)
Climax(高潮)
Character
In London,outside a theatre.
It’s pouring with rain.
Eliza Doolittle (E),
Professor Higgins (H) &
Colonel Pickering (CP).
Setting
Theme
What makes a good play?
Powerful language
Read the lines
Act One:Fateful(决定性的) meetings
Colonel Pickering
(an officer)
Professor Higgins
(an expert in phonetics语音学)
Eliza
(a poor flower girl)
acquaintance
(a poor flower girl)
stranger
Read the lines
What is the name of the man hiding from the rain?
Colonel Pickering
Professor Higgins
Eliza
Why is Eliza frightened of him at first?
She thinks he is a policeman in disguise.(便衣警察)
Who is Henry Higgins anxious to meet and why?
Colonel Pikcering. Because they are studying in the same academic field.
What is Eliza's ambition and what does she decide to do about it?
A shop assistant. She decides to take lesons.
Q1:What is the name of the man hiding from the rain?
Q2:Why is Eliza frightened of him at first?
Q3:Who is Henry Higgins anxious to meet and why?
Q4:What is Eliza’s ambition and what does she decide to do about it?
Read between the lines
Act One:Fateful meetings
social position
Colonel Pickering
Professor Higgins
Eliza
(high class)
(low class)
(middle class)
Read between the lines
Act One:Fateful meetings
social position
behaviour or attitudes
language
respectful to people of higher class
call gentleman “sir” & “cap'in”(captain)
rude to lower class while polite and respectful to the same or upper class
takes notes of Eliza's reaction
call Eliza “you silly girl” &C.P. “my dear man”, “sir”
confident, polite, and ask H.H.'s opinion, but ignores Eliza
prepared to begin a conversation
(low class)
(high class)
(middle class)
How is the excerpt(节选) written?
Description? Conversation!
What can conversations do?
Offer information
Reveal the relationship
Show the feeling/ personality
Writing technique(写作技巧)
Double negation(双重否定)
L16: I ain't done nothing wrong
by speaking to that gentleman.
L45:Who are you?
L28:Phonetics studied and classified from
people's own speech.That's my profession...
Read between the lines
Act Two:Changing Eliza
H:Good morning, Eliza.My goodness, how pretty you are after a good bath!......
CP:Do you konw, Higgins, I think that was better.
H:(far from ___) Once more,Eliza.Do you think I don’t know anything!
H:Now to the alphabet, my girl. Don't argue-just say it.
CP:Yes, say it, Eliza! You’ll understand soon. Do what he tells you and let him teach you...
E:Oh, well if you put it like that! Ahyee, Bayee,Cayee,Dayee....
H:(_____)Stop at once. Now say A,B,C and D.
E:(__ ___)But I am saying it. Ahee, Bayee, Sayee, Dayee...
E:C-c-c, I can’t. I can’t hear no difference'cept that. It sounds more genteel-like when
you say it.(begins to _____)
H:(_______) Well, if you can hear that, why are you crying? Now trying again, Eliza.
E:C-cup.
CP:Splended,Miss Doolittle. Never mind a little crying, you are doing very well.
Role Play
Higgins:impatient,rude,
confident,superior...
Pickering:kind,polite,
generous,enthusiastic,
eager,confident…
The art of conversation
Eliza:anxious,eager,emotional,
ambitious,unsure,dynamic
What’s the style of the play? Tragedy, comedy or historical play?
Read beyond the lines
If you were the author, how would you end the story between Eliza and Higgins?(2-4 sentences)
teacher & student only?
now ?
stranger?
lover?
closer friend?
Professor Higgins
Eliza
Original ending
Higgins succeeds and a young man from high class falls in love with Eliza.
But when Higgins teaches Eliza successfully and forgets to acknowledge her efforts, Eliza angrily leaves him. Suddenly Higgins realizes he has already fallen in love with her!
Finally, Eliza comes back to Higgins.
Background
He is the first person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize for Literature and an Oscar, for his contributions to literature and for his work on the film Pygmalion(adaption of his play of the same name), respectively.
In the era(时代) of Shaw, standard pronunciation(发音) was extremely popular. Voice is a sign of a person's social status. Shaw pointed out the importance of language and pronunciation has a lot to do with changes in social structure.
George Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion
fall in love
bring the statue to life
Background
make the dream comes true
People tend to behave as you expect them to.
The Pygmalion Effect
Critical thinking
Who is pygmalion in the play?
Colonel Pickering
Professor Higgins
Eliza
Critical thinking
What are the changes ?
Eliza changes from______________________________________________
______________________________________________.
Pygmalion changes from a man who dislikes women into
one who loves one particular woman.
Contrast
(对比;反衬)
a rough, dirty flower girl who spoke bad English into
a beautiful and accomplished lady
Have you made any changes since you came into Yuqi Senior High? Who might be the Pygmalion that changed you most?
As far as I am concerned, I have/have not changed
(in appearance/attitude/study/performance/activities)
because_____________________________________.
It is ___________ who/that_____________________.
I am dying to ________________________________.
Theme
When I was young,I dreamed of changing the world.
As I grew older and wiser, I decided to change only my country.
As I grew into my twilight years(暮光之年), I settled for changing only my family.
And now, as I lie on my death bed, I realize:
If I had only changed myself first,
I would have changed my family.
I would then have been able to better my country,
and I may have even changed the world.
Westminster Abbey
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