马克吐温《卡拉维拉县驰名的跳蛙》-课堂分析.ppt

卡拉维拉县卡拉维拉县驰名驰名的跳蛙的跳蛙——马克马克·吐温吐温The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras CountyCharacters人物介绍I 叙述者an upper class gentleman 知识阶层的绅士Simon wheeler 西蒙·维勒A rough, rude, uneducated miner粗鲁无知的采矿工人 Jim smiley 吉姆·斯迈里A pitiable guy living on betting嗜赌为命的可怜虫Plot 情节A friend asked me to visit Simon wheeler, hoping to get some information about a man named Leonidas W. Smiley. But after meeting Simon Wheeler, he kept talking about another person named Jim Smiley who was a gambler. He told a long story about Jim and his famous frog, which bored me to death, at last I had to escape. And I supposed there was no such a person, it’s a trick of my friend. Writing style写作风格 (1)the use of native language and slangfellow-——feller wasn't——warn’tSo’s—— so long as just——jestShe don’t ——she doesn’t Smily said —— smiley says(2) the use of official languageI hereonto append the result 正式语言和俚语、俗语强烈对比，突出身份和文化反差，达到幽默的效果幽默的描写语言的使用If there is a horse-race, he’d bet on itIf there is a dog-fight, he’d bet on itIf there is a cat-fight, he’d bet on itIf there is a chicken-fight, he’d bet on itIf there was two birds setting on a fence, he’d bet you which would fly first He’d bet on anything !!!!!——She’d get well yet——I’ll risk two-and-a-half she don’t你妻子会好起来的/我打赌两块半她不会P70 But always at the fag-end ……（对母马以及斗狗的描写）P71You never seen a frog so modest……（对青蛙的描写）陌生化（defamiliarization）陌生化是指通过一系列艺术加工和处理，有意识地使被感知对象变得困难，使它和读者原有的体验不一致甚至完全相反，使意义的获得变得艰涩，延长了读者对形象的体验过程(1)语言——不同阶层语言的对比(2)离奇故事的叙述——赛马、斗狗、跳蛙比赛中怪诞的情节和结果 (3)情节构造——打听Leonidas Simon的 息，变成了听wheeler无聊唠叨，出乎意 料象征化signifyDog——Andrew Jackson对总统安德鲁•杰克逊进行一番冷嘲热讽Frog——Daniel Webster政客丹尼尔•韦伯斯特喜欢在一些问题上不断改变立场，就如青蛙啪嗒啪嗒跳一样。

跳蛙最后输掉了比赛，政客丹尼尔•韦伯斯特最后也未能当上美国总统。