1、Lesson Eleven,The Pen of My Aunt By Josephine Tey,What is the background of this story?,Warm-up Qs,Could you find the similar Chinese character in modern Beijing opera?,Who impresses you most among the four main characters, Madame, Simone, the stranger, or the corporal?,The end of Warm-up Qs.,ENTER,
2、Part Two,Background Information,Elizabeth Mackintosh (18961952), one of the best-known and best-loved of all crime writers, wrote mysteries under the pen names of Gordon Daviot and Josephine Tey.,AuthorLife,To be continued on the next page.,As a Scottish writer and dramatist, she wrote 8 mystery nov
3、els, 6 of which feature Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard. Much of the novels appeal comes from Teys loving portrayal of traditional English country living, and life on a horse-breeding farm. By a fascinating character study, her novels are powerful combination and make for fascinating plots.,Au
4、thorLife,To be continued on the next page.,Six Novels in the Alan Grant Mysteries by Tey 1. The Man in the Queue (1929) 2. A Shilling for Candles (1936) 3. The Franchise Affair (1948) 4. To Love and Be Wise (1950) 5. The Daughter of Time (1951) 6. The Singing Sands (1952),The Franchise Affair The Da
5、ughter of Timefor which she is still best rememberedin his Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books.,AuthorWorks,To be continued on the next page.,The Man in the Queue (The first book in the Alan Grant series) (1929),A Shilling for Candles (The second book in the Alan Grant series) (1936),The Franchise A
6、ffair (The third book in the Alan Grant series) (1948),To be continued on the next page.,AuthorWorks,To Love and Be Wise (The fourth book in the Alan Grant series) (1950),The Daughter of Time (The fifth book in the Alan Grant series) (1951),The Singing Sands (The sixth book in the Alan Grant series)
7、 (1952),AuthorWorks,To be continued on the next page.,Part Three,Text Appreciation,ENTER,Plot of the storySetting of the storyProtagonists of the storyTheme of the storyStructure of the storyCharacter Analysis of the storyAnalysis of the story,Text Analysis,For Reference,Discuss these questions with
8、 your partners.,Plot: an episode during the Nazi German Occupation of France during the Second World Warsocial setting: Occupation of France by Setting: German forcesstory setting: in the Madames country house Protagonists: Madame, Simone, Stranger, and Corporal,I. Text AnalysisPlot, Setting and Pro
9、tagonists,For Reference.,The end of Text AnalysisPlot, Setting and Protagonists.,Text AnalysisTheme,The story tells us an episode during the Nazi German Occupation of France during the Second World War. An upper-class woman, in collaboration with her servant, outwits a German corporal and has him dr
10、ive a soldier (in civilian clothes) of the Resistance to a location on his way to the coast.,Please find details in the text to bear it out.,The end of Text AnalysisTheme.,Part 1 (Paras. 137): Introduction Two characters, Madame and Simone, are introduced. Their attitude toward the Nazi occupation i
11、s revealed. Madames response to the approach of the soldiers toward the house is contrasted with that of Simones.,Text AnalysisStructure,To be continued on the next page.,Part 2 (Paras. 38103)The other two characters, the stranger and the corporal, are introduced.Madame confirms the strangers identi
12、ty as her nephew. (Paras. 3850)Madame explains why “her nephew” behaved as he did in the wood, and she argues with the corporal about young French peoples behavior. (Paras. 5161)The corporal demands the stranger show his papers, and Simone and the stranger trick the German into believing that the ne
13、phews coat, with the papers in the pocket, has been sent to the laundry. (Paras. 6194)Madame promises to have the papers sent to the corporal, who then leaves. (Paras. 95103),Text AnalysisStructure,To be continued on the next page.,Part 3 (Paras. 104172)Madame tells the stranger she does have a neph
14、ew who is a collaborator. (Paras. 104128)Madame makes sure that the stranger is a comrade. (Paras. 129140)The stranger is surprised that Madame hides her list of names in a quill, and she tells him why she does so. (Paras. 141150)Madame and the stranger discuss the route for him to take to get to th
15、e coast. (Paras. 151172),Text AnalysisStructure,To be continued on the next page.,Part 4 (Paras. 173246) The corporal drags Simone in and demands that Madame explain why her servant said she had never set eyes on “her nephew” before. (Paras. 173181) Madame convinced the corporal, using the exchange
16、between Simone and the stranger, that her servant dislikes her nephews sloppy ways and that what the girl said was that she wished she had never set eyes on her nephew. (Paras. 182201),Text AnalysisStructure,To be continued on the next page.,Madame makes the corporal feel that he has treated her dis
17、courteously, and with a little blackmail, she obtains a special pass for “her nephew” to go to a place from where a comrade is to take him to the coast. Luckily Simone knows the real nephews ID number, which the corporal has to write in in the pass. (Paras. 202226),Text AnalysisStructure,To be conti
18、nued on the next page.,Madame makes the corporal, again with a little blackmail, agree to drive “her nephew” somewhere near an ideal hiding place. The corporal leaves to get his car ready, and Simone goes to get a coat for “Madames nephew”. (Paras. 227246),Text AnalysisStructure,To be continued on t
19、he next page.,Part 5 (Paras. 247262) Conclusion The stranger expresses admiration for Madames extraordinary abilities and gratitude for what she has done for him. They both hope they will meet again in a couple of years. (Paras. 247253) Madame is proud of Simone for what she has done, and they drink
20、 a toast togetherto Freedom. (Paras. 254262),Text AnalysisStructure,The end of Text AnalysisStructure.,Madame: She uses her social standing and the cloak of a “good collaborator” to work for the anti-Nazi underground. She is intelligent, quick-witted, calm when faced with danger, good at reading oth
21、er peoples minds, (e.g. knowing where the enemy soldier is vulnerable), and very ingenious (e.g. keeping the list of names in a quill pen).,I. Text AnalysisCharacter Analysis,To be continued on the next page.,Simone: She has a strange hatred for the occupiers, and she is unable to hide this hatred b
22、efore the enemy at the beginning, but is quick to seize opportunities to get the stranger out of trouble. She is not experienced enough in dealing with the Germans at first, e.g. not very calm when she sees soldiers approaching the house.,I. Text AnalysisCharacter Analysis,To be continued on the nex
23、t page.,Stranger: As a soldier of the Resistance, his hatred of the enemy is such that he seizes every opportunity to ridicule the enemy and is quick to take hints as to what to do or say.,I. Text AnalysisCharacter Analysis,To be continued on the next page.,Corporal: He is arrogant and single-minded
24、. He takes his duties seriously, carrying out instructions like an automaton. He is obsessed with his rank, therefore vulnerable to threat and blackmail.,I. Text AnalysisCharacter Analysis,The end of Text AnalysisCharacter Analysis.,Question1: Who were introduced? Answer: Madame: lady of the house;
25、Simone: her servant,Question 3,Question2: What did their brief conversation reveal about the time setting of the story? Answer: Nazi German occupation of France during World War II,Text Analysis,To be continued on the next page.,Question 3: What attitude did they hold toward the German occupation tr
26、oops? The same? Answer: Similarity: both against German occupation of France Differences: Madame: quit-witted, and calm before the danger Simone: unable to hide hatred before the enemy,For more reference,To be continued on the next page.,Text Analysis,Question1: What are the other two characters? Wh
27、o were they?,Question 2 and 3,Text Analysis,To be continued on the next page.,Answer: Stranger: the soldier of the Resistance Corporal: arrogant German occupier,(Paras. 3849) Question2: Why was Stranger brought before Madame?,Question3: How did Madame respond? What was reaction of Simone?,Question 4
28、,To be continued on the next page.,Text Analysis,Answer: to ask Madame to help confirm his identity as her nephew,Answer: Madame confirmed the stranger. Simone later on also helped by making up a story.,(Paras. 50103) Question 4: How did they manage to remove the suspicions in the mind of the German
29、 corporal? What qualities did they demonstrate?,1st Conflict:,Cultural clash: collardiscipline,Text Analysis,To be continued on the next page.,Answer: Strangertried to be more wordy and talked a lot to let Madame figure out what was going on Qualitiesobservant, clever, patriotic, a sense of humor Ma
30、dametried to explain the way the stranger wore Qualitiesquick-witted, extremely genius,Simonetricked the German into believing the coat had been sent to the laundry Qualitystrongly against Nazi, patriotic, immature,Text Analysis,To be continued on the next page.,Result: Corporalconvinced and left wi
31、th Madames promise to show the papers Qualitiessimple-minded, responsible, strict, serious, respectful to Madame,(Paras. 104130) Question 1: What new information do we have about Madame? Question 2: What did Madame do to make Stranger trust her? Question 3: What do we know about Madames nephew?,Ques
32、tion 4 and 5,To be continued on the next page.,Text Analysis,(Paras. 131172) Question 4: How did Madame plan to help Stranger? Question 5: Where did she keep all those secret names and addresses? Question 6: What was the pen for? Why did she put them in her quill pen?,2nd conflict,Text Analysis,To b
33、e continued on the next page.,(Paras. 173201) Question 1: What was the climax of the story?,Text Analysis,To be continued on the next page.,Answer: Corporal dragged Simone in and demanded that Madame explain why her servant said she had never set eyes on “her nephew” before.,(Paras. 182201) Question
34、 2: How did Madame deal with the last crisis?,To be continued on the next page.,Text Analysis,Answer: Madame convinced Corporal, using the exchange between Simone and Strange, that her servant dislikes her nephews sloppy habits and that what the girl said was that she wished she had never set eyes o
35、n her nephew.,(Paras. 202226) Question 3: How did Madame obtain a special pass for Stranger from Corporal?,Text Analysis,To be continued on the next page.,Answer: 1) With a little blackmail;2) Madame made Corporal feel that he had treated her discourteously;3) Simone luckily remembered the real neph
36、ews ID number.,(Paras. 227246) Question 4: How did Madame make Corporal drive Stranger to an ideal hiding place?,To be continued on the next page.,Text Analysis,Answer: threatened to report on his impolite conduct that afternoon,Question 5: What other ways did Madame use to solve the crisis and what
37、 qualities did she demonstrate?,Text Analysis,To be continued on the next page.,Answer: imposing manner, authoritative voice, and strong character Qualities: quick wit, decisive, intelligent, calm, good at reading others mind, skillful in taking advantage of situation and mastering every chance,Stag
38、e change Stage One: Stranger expressed admiration (Paras. 247253) and thanks to Madame and left. Stage Two: Back into the house, Madame and (Paras. 254262) Simone drank a toast to freedom.,Text Analysis,The end of Text Analysis.,II. Writing Devices,Drama Parallel,II. Writing Devices,Language in the
39、Drama:formal sarcastic humorous Try to find more examples in the text.,To be continued on the next page.,Drama Introduction ComplicationClimaxResolution,II. Writing Devices,II. DramaIntroduction,Two main characters are introduced Madame SimoneBackground/Setting is revealed during the occupation of F
40、rance by German forces,The struggle on which drama is based is brought inThe corporal asks to see the strangers papers, but the latter cannot produce them.,II. DramaComplication,The conflict develops and reaches the crisis or the point, at which the outcome of the conflict is determined:,II. DramaCl
41、imax,Simone says she has sent the coat with the papers in a pocket to the laundry; the corporal hears Simone saying to someone that she has never seen the stranger before and he demands an explanation from Madame.,Conclusion: all the conflicts are settled down or resolved.,II. DramaResolution,To be
42、continued on the next page.,Thanks to Madames intelligence and quick wit, the danger of the stranger getting into trouble is averted. Madame finally resolves another conflict: how to get the exhausted stranger to a safe location on his route.,Conclusion:,The end of Writing DevicesDrama.,II. DramaRes
43、olution,With all the conflicts settled and the two men gone, the two main characters are found alone in the house again, but this time not thinking of how to deal with the approaching enemy soldiers, but drinking a toast to the freedom of their country.,Study the parallel constructions:,II. Writing
44、DevicesParallel,To be continued on the next page.,1) To ask for his papers was routine; to insist on their production is discourtesy. 2) I am too old to work, but too young to die. 3) Give me liberty, or give me death. 4) He that lies down with dogs, will rise up with fleas. 5) If I put them in a hi
45、p pocket, I cant bend forward; if I put them in a front pocket, I cant bend at all.,6) Yours is not to reason why. Yours is but to do and die. (Tennyson) 7) Excess of sorrow laughs. Excess of joy weeps. 8) There are no ugly loves, nor handsome prisons.(Benjamin Franklin) 9) Women are always the last
46、 to be hired, but the first to be fired.,II. Writing DevicesParallel,The end of Writing Devices.,Simone, this may be an age of barbarism, but I will have none of it inside the walls of this house. (Para. 7),III. Sentence Paraphrase 1,none of the barbarism of the Germans,Simone, though our country is
47、 occupied by those cruel and violent invaders, I will never allow uncivilized behavior in my house.,To be continued on the next page.,One thing we still possess, thank God; and that is good manners. The enemy never had it; and it is not something they can take from us. (Para. 11),thank God/goodness/
48、heavens: used for saying that you are happy that sth. unpleasant hasnt happened or has stopped,III. Sentence Paraphrase 2,As a conquered nation, we French have lost much. The invaders have robbed us of much of what we hadour land, our natural resources, our national treasures, and of whatever they d
49、idnt have. The enemy never had good manners, but they cannot take that away from us.,To be continued on the next page.,My good Simone, that is what the steps were put there for. (Para. 31),Simone, thats exactly their purpose/use. They were put there for people to walk up to the house.,III. Sentence Paraphrase 3,To be continued on the next page.,
