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1、Lesson Thirteen No Signposts in the Sea Victoria Mary Sackville- West,Teaching Objectives,To learn to read between the lines To appreciate the literary text To learn words and expressions,The Author: Victoria Mary Sackville- West,(1892-1962) an English poet and novelist, a member of the Bloomsbury g
2、roup, an informal group of literary and artistic friends, a close friend of Virginia Woolf. Her poems include The Land (1926), Solitude (1938), The Garden (1946), All Passion Spent (1931). Her poetry is traditional in form, reminiscent of the work of the English nature poets of the age of romanticis
3、m. A prolific writer, the author of 15 novels, as well as biographies and travel books.,Synopsis of the Text,Edmund Carr is at sea in more ways than one. An eminent journalist and self-made man, he has recently discovered that he has only a short time to live. Leaving his job on a Fleet Street paper
4、, he takes a passage on a cruise ship where he knows that Laura, a beautiful and intelligent widow whom he secretly admires, will be a fellow passenger. Exhilarated by the distant vista of exotic islands and his conversations with Laura, Edmund finds himself rethinking all his values. A voyage on ma
5、ny levels, those long purposeless days at sea find Edumnd relinquishing the past as he discovers the joys and the pain of a love he is simultaneously determined to conceal.,Theme of the Text,This piece of writing presents how the main character Edmund Carr transforms from a hard materialist to a lib
6、erated being free from all his former frailties on his sea voyage with his secret live Laura.,Structure of the Text,Part I: Paras. 1-2 It serves as an introduction to the setting and all the three characters and their relationship of the story: Edmund Carr, Laura and Colonel Dalrymple. Part II: Para
7、s. 3-33 This part emphasizes Carrs complete transformation from his former values about the world to his present ones. The narrator Carr sets out to review his surprise change in his attitude toward life and other people he begins to like what he used to despise. He is a new convert to natural beaut
8、y. He has found what is real happiness, beauty an peace with Laura on this sea voyage. Part III: para.34 This part functions as a summary of his whole journey at sea. It is not only a physical journey, but also a life-changing journey, a spiritual journey to the main character.,Detailed Study of the
9、 Text,I have never had much of an eye for noticing the clothes of women: I have never paid much attention to nor have ever had a keen appreciation of the clothes of women. have an eye for : to have the ability to see, judge and understand clearly; to have a keen appreciation of,2. she wears soft ric
10、h colours: Metonymy. The word colours stands for clothes of these colours. rich colours: deep, intense colours such as dark red, olive green and midnight blue . The word rich conveys various meanings when applied to modify different objects, e.g. a rich banquet ( luxurious, sumptuous ) rich wine ( f
11、ull of strength and flavor ) rich soil ( fertile, yielding in abundance ) a rich mine ( producing in abundance ) a rich prize ( worth much, valuable ),3. I ventured to say : I expressed my opinion, expecting her to laugh at me. venture: to express ( an opinion ) at the risk of criticism, objection,
12、denial 4. beguile ourselves: pass our time pleasantly, while away our time beguile: to cause (time) to pass without being noticed 5. who is not too offensively an Empire-builder: In Carrs eyes, Empire-builders are all aggressive people causing offence and disgust. But this one ( a military officer s
13、ent to the colonies ) is not so bad.,6. he used to read me : Metonymy. Me stands for books or articles written by me. Examples: I like Shakespeare. ( Shakespeares works ) I find Saul Bellow very difficult to understand. ( books written by Saul Bellow ) 7. He is by no means stupid or ill-informed: He
14、 is not at all stupid or ignorant. In the compound adjective ill-informed, ill means badly, imperfectly, wrongly, improperly, e.g. ill-advised, ill-bred, ill-considered, ill-defined, ill-founded, ill-mannered, ill-treatment, etc.,8. just about as far to the Right as anybody could go : just about as
15、conservative as anybody could be; extremely conservative politically 9. try not to tease him by putting forward views which would only bring a puzzle look to his face: Carr knew if he put forward some liberal views the conservative Colonel would look puzzled. So he refrained from doing so because pe
16、rsonally he like the Colonel and didnt want to make fun of him .,10. I observe with amusement how totally the concerns of the world to the extent of a bored distaste: I was once so completely absorbed in the important affairs of the world that I devoted all my attention, time and energy to them and only occasionally did I allow myself a little rest by reading poetry or listening to music. Yet now these world problems no longer hold any interest for me. Actua
