1、Lesson ElevenThe Pen of My AuntBy Josephine TeyWhat is the background of this story?I.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.ENTERPart TwoJo
2、sephine TeyElizabeth 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.I.AuthorLifeTo be continued on the next page.vAs a Scottish writer and dramatist,she wrote 8 mystery novels,6 of which feature In
3、spector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard.vMuch 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.I.AuthorLifeTo be continued on t
4、he next page.v Six Novels in the Alan Grant Mysteries by Tey 1.The Man in the Queue(1929)2.A Shilling for Candles(1936)v3.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 Daughter of Timefor which she is still best re
5、memberedin his Crime&Mystery:The 100 Best Books.I.AuthorWorksTo 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 Affair(The third book in the Alan Grant series)(1948)To
6、 be continued on the next page.I.AuthorWorksTo Love and Be Wise(The fourth book in the Alan Grant series)(1950)The Daughter of Time(The fifthbook in the Alan Grant series)(1951)The Singing Sands(The sixth book in the Alan Grant series)(1952)I.AuthorWorksTo be continued on the next page.Part ThreeENT
7、ER Plot of the story Setting of the story Protagonists of the story Theme of the story Structure of the story Character Analysis of the story Analysis of the storyI.Text AnalysisFor ReferenceDiscuss these questions with your partners.Plot:an episode during the Nazi German Occupation of France during
8、 the Second World War social setting:Occupation of France by Setting:German forces story setting:in the Madames country house Protagonists:Madame,Simone,Stranger,and CorporalI.Text AnalysisPlot,Setting and ProtagonistsFor Reference.The end of Text AnalysisPlot,Setting and Protagonists.I.Text Analysi
9、sThemeThe 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 drive a soldier(in civilian clothes)of the Resistance to a location on his way to the coast.Please
10、find details in the text to bear it out.The end of Text AnalysisTheme.vPart 1 (Paras.137):IntroductionvTwo characters,Madame and Simone,are introduced.Their attitude toward the Nazi occupation is revealed.Madames response to the approach of the soldiers toward the house is contrasted with that of Si
11、mones.I.Text AnalysisStructureTo be continued on the next page.vPart 2(Paras.38103)The other two characters,the stranger and the corporal,are introduced.Madame confirms the strangers identity as her nephew.(Paras.3850)Madame explains why“her nephew”behaved as he did in the wood,and she argues with t
12、he 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 nephews coat,with the papers in the pocket,has been sent to the laundry.(Paras.6194)Madame promises to have the papers se
13、nt to the corporal,who then leaves.(Paras.95103)I.Text AnalysisStructureTo be continued on the next page.vPart 3(Paras.104172)Madame tells the stranger she does have a nephew who is a collaborator.(Paras.104128)Madame makes sure that the stranger is a comrade.(Paras.129140)The stranger is surprised
14、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 the coast.(Paras.151172)I.Text AnalysisStructureTo be continued on the next page.vPart 4(Paras.173246)The corporal drags Simone in and de
15、mands 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 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 se
16、t eyes on her nephew.(Paras.182201)I.Text AnalysisStructureTo be continued on the next page.Madame makes the corporal feel that he has treated her discourteously,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.Lu
17、ckily Simone knows the real nephews ID number,which the corporal has to write in in the pass.(Paras.202226)I.Text AnalysisStructureTo be continued 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 leav
18、es to get his car ready,and Simone goes to get a coat for“Madames nephew”.(Paras.227246)I.Text AnalysisStructureTo be continued on the next page.vPart 5 (Paras.247262)ConclusionvThe stranger expresses admiration for Madames extraordinary abilities and gratitude for what she has done for him.They bot
19、h 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 a toast togetherto Freedom.(Paras.254262)I.Text AnalysisStructureThe end of Text AnalysisStructure.vMadame:She uses her social standing and the cloak of a“good collaborator”t
20、o work for the anti-Nazi underground.She is intelligent,quick-witted,calm when faced with danger,good at reading other 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 AnalysisTo be continued o
21、n the next page.vSimone:She has a strange hatred for the occupiers,and she is unable to hide this hatred before 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
22、she sees soldiers approaching the house.I.Text AnalysisCharacter AnalysisTo be continued on the next page.vStranger: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 Analysis
23、Character AnalysisTo be continued on the next page.vCorporal:He is arrogant and single-minded.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 AnalysisThe end of Text AnalysisC
24、haracter Analysis.Part 1(Paras.137):IntroductionvQuestion1:Who were introduced?vAnswer:Madame:lady of the house;v Simone:her servant Question 3vQuestion2:What did their brief conversation reveal v about the time setting of the story?vAnswer:Nazi German occupation of France during World War II I.Text
25、 AnalysisTo be continued on the next page.Part 1(Paras.137):IntroductionvQuestion 3:What attitude did they hold toward the German occupation troops?The same?vAnswer:vSimilarity:both against German occupation of FrancevDifferences:Madame:quit-witted,and calm before the danger Simone:unable to hide ha
26、tred before the enemy For more referenceTo be continued on the next page.I.Text AnalysisPart 2(Paras.38103)vQuestion1:What are the other two characters?Who were they?Question 2 and 3I.Text AnalysisTo be continued on the next page.Answer:Stranger:the soldier of the Resistance Corporal:arrogant German
27、 occupierv(Paras.3849)vQuestion2:Why was Stranger brought before Madame?vQuestion3:How did Madame respond?What was reaction of Simone?Question 4To be continued on the next page.I.Text AnalysisAnswer:to ask Madame to help confirm his identity as her nephewAnswer:Madame confirmed the stranger.Simone l
28、ater on also helped by making up a story.v(Paras.50103)vQuestion 4:How did they manage to remove the suspicions in the mind of the German corporal?vWhat qualities did they demonstrate?1st Conflict:Cultural clash:collardisciplineI.Text AnalysisTo be continued on the next page.Answer:Strangertried to
29、be more wordy and talked a lot to let Madame figure out what was going onQualitiesobservant,clever,patriotic,a sense of humorMadametried to explain the way the stranger wore Qualitiesquick-witted,extremely geniusvSimonetricked the German into believing the coat had been sent to the laundryvQualityst
30、rongly against Nazi,patriotic,immatureI.Text AnalysisTo be continued on the next page.Result:Corporalconvinced and left with Madames promise to show the papers Qualitiessimple-minded,responsible,strict,serious,respectful to MadamePart 3(Paras.104172)v(Paras.104130)vQuestion 1:What new information do
31、 we have about Madame?vQuestion 2:What did Madame do to make Stranger trust her?vQuestion 3:What do we know about Madames nephew?Question 4 and 5To be continued on the next page.I.Text Analysisv(Paras.131172)vQuestion 4:How did Madame plan to help Stranger?vQuestion 5:Where did she keep all those se
32、cret names and addresses?vQuestion 6:What was the pen for?Why did she put them in her quill pen?2nd conflictI.Text AnalysisTo be continued on the next page.v(Paras.173201)vQuestion 1:What was the climax of the story?Part 4(Paras.173246):ClimaxI.Text AnalysisTo be continued on the next page.Answer:Co
33、rporal dragged Simone in and demanded that Madame explain why her servant said she had never set eyes on“her nephew”before.v(Paras.182201)vQuestion 2:How did Madame deal with the last crisis?To be continued on the next page.I.Text AnalysisAnswer:Madame convinced Corporal,using the exchange between S
34、imone 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 on her nephew.v(Paras.202226)vQuestion 3:How did Madame obtain a special pass for Stranger from Corporal?I.Text AnalysisTo be continued on the next page.Answer
35、:1)With a little blackmail;2)Madame made Corporal feel that he had treated her discourteously;3)Simone luckily remembered the real nephews ID number.v(Paras.227246)vQuestion 4:How did Madame make Corporal drive Stranger to an ideal hiding place?To be continued on the next page.I.Text AnalysisAnswer:
36、threatened to report on his impolite conduct that afternoonvQuestion 5:What other ways did Madame use to solve the crisis and what qualities did she demonstrate?I.Text AnalysisTo be continued on the next page.Answer:imposing manner,authoritative voice,and strong characterQualities:quick wit,decisive
37、,intelligent,calm,good at reading others mind,skillful in taking advantage of situation and mastering every chance Part 5(Paras.247262):ConclusionvStage change vStage One:Stranger expressed admiration v(Paras.247253)and thanks to Madame and left.vStage Two:Back into the house,Madame andv(Paras.25426
38、2)Simone drank a toast to freedom.I.Text AnalysisThe end of Text Analysis.II.Writing DevicesI.DramaII.ParallelII.Writing DevicesvLanguage in the Drama:v v formal v sarcastic v humorous vTry to find more examples in the text.To be continued on the next page.v Drama Introduction v Complicationv Climax
39、v ResolutionII.Writing DevicesII.DramaIntroduction vTwo main characters are introduced v Madame SimonevBackground/Setting is revealedvduring the occupation of France by German vforcesvThe struggle on which drama is based is brought inv The corporal asks to see the strangers papers,but the latter can
40、not produce them.II.DramaComplication vThe conflict develops and reaches the crisis or the point,at which the outcome of the conflict is determined:II.DramaClimax 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 nev
41、er seen the stranger before and he demands an explanation from Madame.vConclusion:all the conflicts are settled down or resolved.II.DramaResolution To be continued on the next page.Thanks to Madames intelligence and quick wit,the danger of the stranger getting into trouble is averted.Madame finally
42、resolves another conflict:how to get the exhausted stranger to a safe location on his route.vConclusion:The end of Writing DevicesDrama.II.DramaResolution vWith 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
43、 to deal with the approaching enemy soldiers,but drinking a toast to the freedom of their country.vStudy the parallel constructions:II.Writing DevicesParallelTo 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 t
44、oo 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 hip pocket,I cant bend forward;if I put them in a front pocket,I cant bend at all.v6)Yours is not to reason why.Yours is but to do and die.(Tennyson)v7)Excess of sorrow laugh
45、s.Excess of joy weeps.v8)There are no ugly loves,nor handsome prisons.v (Benjamin Franklin)v9)Women are always the last to be hired,but the first to be fired.II.Writing DevicesParallelThe end of Writing Devices.vSimone,this may be an age of barbarism,but I will have none of it inside the walls of th
46、is house.(Para.7)III.Sentence Paraphrase 1none of the barbarism of the GermansSimone,though our country is occupied by those cruel and violent invaders,I will never allow uncivilized behavior in my house.To be continued on the next page.vOne thing we still possess,thank God;and that is good manners.
47、The enemy never had it;and it is not something they can take from us.(Para.11)thank God/goodness/heavens:used for saying that you are happy that sth.unpleasant hasnt happened or has stoppedIII.Sentence Paraphrase 2As a conquered nation,we French have lost much.The invaders have robbed us of much of
48、what we hadour land,our natural resources,our national treasures,and of whatever they didnt have.The enemy never had good manners,but they cannot take that away from us.To be continued on the next page.vMy good Simone,that is what the steps were put there for.(Para.31)Simone,thats exactly their purp
49、ose/use.They were put there for people to walk up to the house.III.Sentence Paraphrase 3To be continued on the next page.vCalm!Madame!With my inside turning over and over like a wheel at a fair!(Para.34)fair/funfair:a place of outdoor entertainment where people ride on machines,play games of skill f
50、or small prizes,and enjoy other amusementsTo be continued on the next page.III.Sentence Paraphrase 4How can I be calm when Im burning with hatred for these barbarians?How can I be calm when Im so nervous and afraid?v(Comforting)Be assured,my child.You have your place here;that is more than those cre
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