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English Department R-516
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Unit 10
? The Sad Young Men
? by Rod W,Horton & Herbert W,Edwards
Teaching Points
? I,Background knowledge
? II,Introduction to the passage
? III,Text Analysis
? IV,Rhetorical devices
? V,Questions
The Author
? Rod W.Horton (1910-)
? Born in White Plains N.Y.
? Instructor,New York University,(1937-45)
? Assistant professor (1945-49)
? Associate professor (1949-57)
? Cultural affairs officer (1957-64)
? Professor,Colorado University (1964-)
? Visiting professor,University of Brazil,Coimbra
I,Background Knowledge
? Publications:
? Backgrounds of American Literary Thought
(1952)
? Backgrounds of European Literature (1954)
I,Background Knowledge
? 1,Some terms:
? --The Sad Young Men
? --The Lost Generation
? --The Beat Generation
? --The Angry Young Men
I,Background Knowledge
? 2,Some literary figures:
? --Gertrude Stein
? --E,Hemingway
? --F,Scott Fitzgerald
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 3,The Twenties:
? -- A period in American history
? -- World War I (1914-1918)
? -- Economic development
? -- Attitudes of the young people
Introduction to the Passage
? 4,The theme:
?, The intellectuals of the twenties,the ‘sad
young men,’ cursed their luck but didn’t die;
escaped but voluntarily returned; flayed the
Babbits but loved their country,and in so
doing gave the nation the liveliest,freshest,
most stimulating writing in literary
experience.”
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 5,Type of literature,
? a piece of expositive writing
II,Introduction to the Passage
The structural organization of this essay,
? --- P,1 introducing the subject
? --- P,2-9 supporting and developing the
thesis
? --- P,10-11 bringing the discussion to an
end
Introduction to the Passage
? Supports:
? The rejection of Victorian gentility was (3)
? The rebellion started with World War I (5)
? Greenwich Village set the pattern (7)
? Meanwhile the true intellectuals were far (9)
III,Text Anaylsis
? 1,Identifying and understanding Americanisms in
this essay,
? --speakeasy
? --sheik
? --flask-toting
? --drugstore cowboy
? --flapper
? --Babbittry
Americanisms in this essay
? --Soap opera
? --fast
? --boobery
Words and expressions
? Speakeasy --- a place where alcoholic
drinks are sold illegally during Prohibition.
Words and expressions
? Sheik --- a masterful man to whom women
are supposed to be irresistably attracted
Words and expressions
? Flask-toting --- adj,Always carrying a small
flask filled with whisky or other strong
liquor.
Words and expressions
? Drugstore cowboy --- A western movie
extra who loafs in front of drugstores
between pitures
Words and expressions
? Flapper --- (colloq) a young woman
considered bold and unconventional in
actions and dress.
Words and expressions
? Soap opera --- a daytime radio r television
serial drama of a highly melodramatic,
sentimental nature,It has been so call since
many original sponsors were soap
companies.
Words and expressions
? Fast --- adj,Living in a reckless,wild,
dissipated way
Words and expressions
? Babbittry --- (after George Babbit,title
character of a satirical novel by Sinclair
Lewis)
? a smugly conventional person interested
chiefly in business and social success and
indifferent to cultural values.
Words and expressions
? Boobery --- same as Babbittry,smug,self-
satisfied,conformist in cultural matters
words and expressions
? --Prohibition
? --Greenwich Village
? --keep up with the Joneses
? --Victorian
? --Puritan morality
? --Bohemian
words and expressions
? Prohibition --- the forbidding by law of the
manufacture,transportation,and sale of
alcoholic liquors for beverage purposes (the
period of 1920-1933),the prohibition by
Federal law.
words and expressions
? Greenwich Village --- section of New York
City,on the lower west side of Manhattan;
noted as a center for artists,writers,etc.
words and expressions
? Keep up with the Joneses --- strive to get all
the material things one’s neighbors or
associates have.
words and expressions
? Victorian --- Showing the middle-class
respectability,prudery,bigotry,etc,
generally attributed to Victorian England
? Queen Victoria ruled (1837-1901)
? Very respectable and religious in a formal
way that sometimes only pretends to be
good and pure.
words and expressions
? Puritan morality --- extreme or excessive
strictness in matters of morals,
? Strict Puritans even regarded drinking,
gambling and participation in theatrical
performances as punishable offences.
words and expressions
? Bohemian --- a person,especially an artist,
poet,etc,who lives in an unconventional,
nonconforming way
Words and expressions
? Romanticize vt.使浪漫化,使传奇化
? romantic movement
? Romantically adv.浪漫地
? Romanticism n.浪漫精神,浪漫主义
? Romanticist n.浪漫主义者
? Romanza n.浪漫曲,叙事短诗,抒情短诗
Words and expressions
? jingoism
? n.主战论,武力外交政策,沙文主义,侵略主
义
? jingoist
? n.沙文主义者,侵略主义者
? jingo
? n.沙文主义者
Words and expressions
? Babbittry
? n,市侩作风
? Philistine [5filistain]
? n.(中东古国 )腓力斯人,仇敌,俗气的人
? adj,俗气的,无教养的
Words and expressions
? boobery
? n,愚人之统称,愚笨
? booby
? n,呆子,傻瓜
Effective Writing Skills
? 1,Effective use of topic sentences
? 2,Developing a new but related aspect of
the thought stated in the thesis in each
paragraph or paragraph unit,
IV,Rhetorical Devices
? 1,metaphor
? 2,personification
? 3,metonymy
? 4,transferred epithet
Special Difficulties
? 3,Prefixes,-un” and,-in” (-im,-il,-ir)
bearing a negative meaning
? 4,Paraphrasing some sentences
? 5,Identifying figures of speech
V,Questions
? 1,How did World War I affect the younger
generation?
? 2,Why did young intellectuals of this
period emigrate to Europe?
? 3,Why were these writers called the,lost
generation”? Were they really lost?
V,Questions
? 4,How does the writer develop his central
thought? Does he support his opinions with
convincing facts and details?
? 5,Do you agree with the conclusion of the
writer? Give your reasons,
Lvhong
English Department R-516
Lhong9904@yahoo.com
82066873
Unit 10
? The Sad Young Men
? by Rod W,Horton & Herbert W,Edwards
Teaching Points
? I,Background knowledge
? II,Introduction to the passage
? III,Text Analysis
? IV,Rhetorical devices
? V,Questions
The Author
? Rod W.Horton (1910-)
? Born in White Plains N.Y.
? Instructor,New York University,(1937-45)
? Assistant professor (1945-49)
? Associate professor (1949-57)
? Cultural affairs officer (1957-64)
? Professor,Colorado University (1964-)
? Visiting professor,University of Brazil,Coimbra
I,Background Knowledge
? Publications:
? Backgrounds of American Literary Thought
(1952)
? Backgrounds of European Literature (1954)
I,Background Knowledge
? 1,Some terms:
? --The Sad Young Men
? --The Lost Generation
? --The Beat Generation
? --The Angry Young Men
I,Background Knowledge
? 2,Some literary figures:
? --Gertrude Stein
? --E,Hemingway
? --F,Scott Fitzgerald
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 3,The Twenties:
? -- A period in American history
? -- World War I (1914-1918)
? -- Economic development
? -- Attitudes of the young people
Introduction to the Passage
? 4,The theme:
?, The intellectuals of the twenties,the ‘sad
young men,’ cursed their luck but didn’t die;
escaped but voluntarily returned; flayed the
Babbits but loved their country,and in so
doing gave the nation the liveliest,freshest,
most stimulating writing in literary
experience.”
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 5,Type of literature,
? a piece of expositive writing
II,Introduction to the Passage
The structural organization of this essay,
? --- P,1 introducing the subject
? --- P,2-9 supporting and developing the
thesis
? --- P,10-11 bringing the discussion to an
end
Introduction to the Passage
? Supports:
? The rejection of Victorian gentility was (3)
? The rebellion started with World War I (5)
? Greenwich Village set the pattern (7)
? Meanwhile the true intellectuals were far (9)
III,Text Anaylsis
? 1,Identifying and understanding Americanisms in
this essay,
? --speakeasy
? --sheik
? --flask-toting
? --drugstore cowboy
? --flapper
? --Babbittry
Americanisms in this essay
? --Soap opera
? --fast
? --boobery
Words and expressions
? Speakeasy --- a place where alcoholic
drinks are sold illegally during Prohibition.
Words and expressions
? Sheik --- a masterful man to whom women
are supposed to be irresistably attracted
Words and expressions
? Flask-toting --- adj,Always carrying a small
flask filled with whisky or other strong
liquor.
Words and expressions
? Drugstore cowboy --- A western movie
extra who loafs in front of drugstores
between pitures
Words and expressions
? Flapper --- (colloq) a young woman
considered bold and unconventional in
actions and dress.
Words and expressions
? Soap opera --- a daytime radio r television
serial drama of a highly melodramatic,
sentimental nature,It has been so call since
many original sponsors were soap
companies.
Words and expressions
? Fast --- adj,Living in a reckless,wild,
dissipated way
Words and expressions
? Babbittry --- (after George Babbit,title
character of a satirical novel by Sinclair
Lewis)
? a smugly conventional person interested
chiefly in business and social success and
indifferent to cultural values.
Words and expressions
? Boobery --- same as Babbittry,smug,self-
satisfied,conformist in cultural matters
words and expressions
? --Prohibition
? --Greenwich Village
? --keep up with the Joneses
? --Victorian
? --Puritan morality
? --Bohemian
words and expressions
? Prohibition --- the forbidding by law of the
manufacture,transportation,and sale of
alcoholic liquors for beverage purposes (the
period of 1920-1933),the prohibition by
Federal law.
words and expressions
? Greenwich Village --- section of New York
City,on the lower west side of Manhattan;
noted as a center for artists,writers,etc.
words and expressions
? Keep up with the Joneses --- strive to get all
the material things one’s neighbors or
associates have.
words and expressions
? Victorian --- Showing the middle-class
respectability,prudery,bigotry,etc,
generally attributed to Victorian England
? Queen Victoria ruled (1837-1901)
? Very respectable and religious in a formal
way that sometimes only pretends to be
good and pure.
words and expressions
? Puritan morality --- extreme or excessive
strictness in matters of morals,
? Strict Puritans even regarded drinking,
gambling and participation in theatrical
performances as punishable offences.
words and expressions
? Bohemian --- a person,especially an artist,
poet,etc,who lives in an unconventional,
nonconforming way
Words and expressions
? Romanticize vt.使浪漫化,使传奇化
? romantic movement
? Romantically adv.浪漫地
? Romanticism n.浪漫精神,浪漫主义
? Romanticist n.浪漫主义者
? Romanza n.浪漫曲,叙事短诗,抒情短诗
Words and expressions
? jingoism
? n.主战论,武力外交政策,沙文主义,侵略主
义
? jingoist
? n.沙文主义者,侵略主义者
? jingo
? n.沙文主义者
Words and expressions
? Babbittry
? n,市侩作风
? Philistine [5filistain]
? n.(中东古国 )腓力斯人,仇敌,俗气的人
? adj,俗气的,无教养的
Words and expressions
? boobery
? n,愚人之统称,愚笨
? booby
? n,呆子,傻瓜
Effective Writing Skills
? 1,Effective use of topic sentences
? 2,Developing a new but related aspect of
the thought stated in the thesis in each
paragraph or paragraph unit,
IV,Rhetorical Devices
? 1,metaphor
? 2,personification
? 3,metonymy
? 4,transferred epithet
Special Difficulties
? 3,Prefixes,-un” and,-in” (-im,-il,-ir)
bearing a negative meaning
? 4,Paraphrasing some sentences
? 5,Identifying figures of speech
V,Questions
? 1,How did World War I affect the younger
generation?
? 2,Why did young intellectuals of this
period emigrate to Europe?
? 3,Why were these writers called the,lost
generation”? Were they really lost?
V,Questions
? 4,How does the writer develop his central
thought? Does he support his opinions with
convincing facts and details?
? 5,Do you agree with the conclusion of the
writer? Give your reasons,
