Learning about Language第二课时教学设计

Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice 教学设计

江苏省仪征中学

冷雪梅

Teaching aims: 1.

learn about Jane Austen’s life, major works and writing style and techniques 2.

Introduce some basic information about Pride and prejudice 3.

learn to appreciate some classic sentences in the work. Teaching procedures: Step one: introduction to Jane Austen 1.

Jane Austen(1775-1817) an English writer. Her romantic fictions earn her a place as one of the most widely read writers.

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Family and education Born as the sixth child in her family Was educated primarily by her father as well as her own reading 3.

Her major works Sense and sensibility (1811) Pride and prejudice (1813) Emma (1816) Persuasion (1818) 4.

Her writing style With her female’s unique sharp observation, she describes a real world in her fictions, especially the love and marriage between gentlemen and ladies. Her works reveal the stupidity, the selfishness and blind confidence of people, and reflected the comedies of British middle class.

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Main writing techniques: Irony : one of Austen’s most characteristic and most discussed literary techniques. She contrasts the plain meaning of a statement with the comic, undermining the meaning of the original to create ironic disjunctions. Free indirect speech: Austen is most renowned for her development of free indirect speech. Step two: discussion In what aspects are Jane Austen’s works different from her contemporary writers? She is very realistic, whille her contemporary writors are romantic. Step three: introduction to pride and prejudice------As Jane Austen’s most widely read novel, this book certainly deserve reading

1. Main characters:

Elizabeth ---- beautiful, and quite intelligent with sharp language Darcy ----wealthy and proud Jane ----Elizabeth’s elder sister, gentle and kind Bingley ----Darcy’s best friend, wealthy and gentle Mrs. Bennet ---- foolish and eager to marry her daughters to wealthy man Mr. Bennet ---- wise, indifferent and show his special favor to Elizabeth

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Background information Mr. and Mrs. Bennet live with their five daughters at Longbourn, countryside near London. Because they have no sons to inherit their property, Mrs. Bennet is desperate to marry her daughters to wealthy man. Step four: enjoy the film pride and prejudice Step five: discussion

1. How many marriages are there in the novel?

2. What is your attitude toward marriage? Step six: sentences appreciation

1. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

凡是有钱的单身汉总想娶一位太太，这已经成为举世公认的真理

2. You want to tell me and I have no objection to hearing it.

既然你一定要说给我听，

那我听听也无妨。

3. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least.

至少在最近20年来，我一直听到你郑重其事地提到他们。

Step seven after-class activity

Read the book,

find more beautiful sentences, and share them with your classmates.

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