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1、Photo by Zitona Creative Commons Attribution License with Haiku Deck Instructor Esther Lv 29th September 2014 Week 5 Photo by 55Laney69 Creative Commons Attribution License with Haiku Deck Today s Agenda Review on Unit 2 I discussion on story 3 Summary of Unit 2 I Definition of point of view It refe
2、rs to the standpoint from which the author presents the actions of the story or to put it in another way who tells us the story and how it is told II Functions of point of view n influence our understanding n decide how much the reader should know III Categories of point of view By the narrator s re
3、lationship with the character First person and third person point of view By the extent of the narrator s knowledge of the events Omniscient limited omniscient objective dramatic and innocent eye story 3 The Tell Tale Heart Edgar Allen Poe Point of view Story 3 Discussion Adapted film 泄密的心 Tell Tale
4、 2009 全片播放 导演 迈克尔 科斯塔 编剧 戴夫 卡拉汉姆 埃德加 爱伦 坡 主演 乔什 卢卡斯 琳娜 海蒂 类型 剧情 科幻 惊悚 恐怖 制片国家 地区 英国 美国 语言 英语 上映日期 2009 04 24 片长 93 分钟 Story 3 Discussion About the author Edgar Allan Poe 1809 1849 was an American author poet editor and literary critic Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre Poe was one o
5、f the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre He was the first well known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone resulting in a financially difficult life and career Story 3 Discussion His writi
6、ng style Poe s best known fiction works are Gothic a genre he followed to appease the public taste His most recurring themes deal with questions of death Beyond horror Poe also wrote satires and humor tales For comic effect he used irony and ludicrous extravagance Story 3 Discussion Summary of the p
7、lot unnamed narrator calculating murder dismembering beating of the heart officers confess Story 3 Discussion Close reading lFrom what point of view is this story told lDo you think this point of view is effective Story 3 Discussion Close reading lDid the story scared you Which part of the story sca
8、red you most What could have made it scary Story 3 Discussion Close reading lThrough what kind of ways did the author build the atmosphere Find words or sentences in the story that create an atmosphere Story 3 Discussion Close reading lPoint to the details that identify its speaker as an unreliable narrator Assignment for this week preview on story 4 extensive reading Your presentation about the author Photo by Nina Matthews Photography Creative Commons Attribution License with Haiku Deck See you next week
