1、,Brife introduction of the writer and the setting,Plots and theme analysis,Charcteristics analysis,Style and techniques,Questions,Brife Introduction of the Writer,Stephen Crane(1871-1900),born in New Jersey, is known as a novelist and short story writer .,His first book, Maggie, A Girl of the Street
2、s(1893) was the first naturalist novel written by an American. Then he turned his attention to more popular topics and wrote The Red Badge of Courage (1895). The book was serialized by a newspaper syndicate, and Crane became an international celebrity at age 24. In 1898,Crane wrote The Bride Comes t
3、o Yellow Sky , one of his Western short stories.,Setting,The story happened in the period of American industrialized transition. In the 19th century, the industrial and commercial civilization in Eastern America was a sharp contrast to Western America, which remained in the original ecological civil
4、ization. In late 19th century, with the increasing development of American transportation, the status of cowboys fell sharply. They all switched to another job and since then their vigorous figures diappeared. The short story, The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, is drawn from his experience as a correspo
5、ndent of New York World during the Spanish-American War. It depicts a short story that the hero Jack Potter and his bride comes to Yellow Sky from San Antonio by train.,Part One,Part Two,Part Four,Part Three,Plots Analysis,Part Five,Narrative Angle,The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky reveals the influence
6、 made by the development of industrial civilization in late 19th century on American western culture, providing a new angle for exploring American western culture. Its exquisite narrative art strengthens the aesthetics effect and deepens the theme.,Jack Potter with his new bride aboard a luxury trai
7、n, coming back from San Antonio, heads back to Yellow Sky with a feeling of tension.,Part One,He sat with a hand on his knee, like a man witting in a barbers shop.,Part Two,A drummer from the east was drinking with another five in the bar of Yellow Sky and interrupted by the drunken man Wilson.,Part
8、 Three,Scratchy Wilson is wandering in the main street of Yellow Sky, seeking for some fun-gunfights-but in vain. This is the turning point as Scratchy finally remembers Jack, his old rival, and walks up to his house.,The man yelled.,Scratchy stops Jack and his bride and points his gun to Jacks face
9、 just before they arrive at their house. The situations deadlocked until Jack tells Scratchy that he doesnt take a gun and he is married.,Part Four,“I aint got a gun on me, Scratchy,Honest, I aint.”,Part Five,An expected fight wasnt happen for Potter hasnt got a gun with him and he was married. This
10、 news makes Scratchy completely at a loss and walks off.The conclusion is unexpected.,Married ?,Theme Analysis,The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen crane has more than one theme. One theme of the short story is the conflict between East and West of America. Another theme is that of the passing o
11、f the cowboy era. It shows that “The change is inevitable.”,This story is the background for Yellow Sky , a town of western America. It follows the influence of Potters marriage on Yellow Sky, reappearing peoples life in the town of the western frontier in late 19th century, which also sees the fina
12、l of the cowboy era . It also exposes the influence and permeation on the west by the evolution of industrial civilization . And the story shed a new light for us on the understanding of the history of western America.,Style and Technique Analysis,Writing style,NaturalismRealismImpressionism,Techniq
13、ues 1:Narrative angle 1 Non-linear narrative 非线性叙事 (Two-lane structure （非线性平行叙事）=双线结构 The two-lane structure means narrating a story about two people or more at the same time and meanwhile combine it to a complete one through a certain relationship. 12:17-15:42 The potters had lunch in the dining ca
14、r with complicated feelings of excitement and tension ,as well as, killed their time on the train by enjoying the view out of window and chatting. Meanwhile, in different space, six men were drinking and chatting with each other in the bar in Yellow Sky but forced to interrupt their daily life becau
15、se of a drunken man named Wilson.,2 Linear narrative 线性叙事 Linear-narrative is a narrative skill which emphasis time order that means events and its development are due to certain time logic.The local people The dog The bride Jack Potter,The types of conversion of narrative angle 1、外视角与内视角的转换 2、内视角人物
16、视点的转换( The local people The dog The bride Jack Potter The author isnt depicting(描述） events faithfully, but conveying the inner essence（内在实质） in his eyes to the readers )The rhetorical function of narrative perspective,Character Analysis Bride,As the only woman character in the novel, there is no inf
17、ormation of her name,origin, and so on. What is known to us is that she is neither young nor beautiful and that she is rather cold and distant. Her image serves for the represent of eastern American culture and order.,Jack Potter,Jack Potter, the Yellow Sky marshal, is well-known and both loved and
18、feared by some people in the town. However, he is shy and furtive with new black clothes in the front of the passengers in the train. Contrary to the image of the bride, he represents the western American culture and order. From his performation towards the eastern people, he shows his approval and
19、aspirations to the East.,Scratchy Wilson,Scratchy Wilson, a perfect wonder with gun, is about the last one of the old gang that used to hang out along the river in the Yellow Sky. “He is terror when he is drunk, and is all right when he is sober.“ As the last “cowboy“, he is intended to fight with h
20、is ancient antagonist(宿敌)-Potter, but is totally astonished saying “ I suppose its all off now.“ and go away，when he find Potter has got married.,Jack Potter takes the bride from east home and Scratchy Wilson stops the fight with Potter for Potters marriage. All of this transfer a massage that the w
21、est has yield to the east, since the east is superior to the west in economy and technology which appears to be advanced culturally.,TO,EAST,WEST,2,1,Questions,Talk about the five stages of the plot of the story.,Whats the function of the traveling salesman? of the bride? of the dog?,4,3,Whats the relationship between the East and the West?,Interpret the concluding sentence.,6,5,Whats the tone of the story? How does the auther achieve it?,What comes to your mind when talking about one culture influences the other cultures? Make an example.,谢谢！,Thank You!,
