Lesson-5The-Sad-Young-Men

Lesson5TheSadYoungMenRodW.HortonandHerbertW.EdwardTeachingAims•ToknowthesocialbackgroundoftheUSin1920s.•ToknowtheLostGeneration•TolearnthecentralideaofTheSadYoungMen•TolearnthewritingtechniqueandappreciatethelanguagefeaturesTeachingContents•BackgroundInformation•DetailedLearningoftheText•RhetoricalDevices•TextAnalysisandAppreciation•ExercisesBackgroundInformation•TheSadYoungMen&theLostGeneration•TheSadYoungMenandtheLostGeneration:refertothesamegroupofpeople.ThenamewasfirstcreatedandusedbyF.ScottFitzgeraldinhisbookAlltheSadYoungMenandsecondbyGertrudeStein.BackgroundInformation•TheremarkofGertrudeStein斯泰因哥特鲁德,'youareallalostgeneration',addressedtoHemingway,wasusedasaprefacetothelatter'snovel,TheSunAlsoRises,whichbrilliantlydescribesanexpatriategrouptypicalofthe'lostgeneration'•Thesenameswereappliedtothedisillusionedintellectuals:writersandartistsoftheyearsfollowingtheWWI,whorebelledagainstformeridealsandvalues,butcouldreplacethemonlybydespairoracynical'hedonism享乐主义.BackgroundInformation•TheLostGenerationappearedinAmericaaftertheFirstWorldWar.The1920swasanageofProhibition.Alcoholicbeverageswereoutlawedbyaconstitutionalamendment宪法修正案.However,youngpeoplecheerfullyviolatedthelawinthousandsof“speakeasies”(illegalbars).Theyplayedjazz,tookdrugsandbravelydenuncedthePuritanmoralityandthesocialconventions.•Atthesametime,alotofworksappearedtoreflecttheseyoungmen’sdepressionandsademotion.Theyseemedtolosetheirdirectionsforthefuture.BackgroundInformation•TheLostGeneration’scommonpoints.•Atfirst,allofthemwerewearyoftheimperialisticwarsbutcannotfindthewayout.•Second:Expatriationwasanothercommonpoint.ManyyoungwritershadanexperiencelivingintheEuropeancountries,especiallyinParis.Thewriters'self-exilebecamethewayescapingfromthereality.BackgroundInformation•Theyoungpeople’srebellionwasinevitable•TherevoltwasnotconfinedwithintheUnitedStates,butaffectedtheentireWesternworldastheresultoftheaftermathofthefirstseriouswarinacentury.•TheOctoberRevolutionquicklysweptacrossallovertheworld,andexposedtheinherentcontradictionofcapitalism.•Theboomingoftheindustrymadethetraditionalvalueoutofworkatthattime.BackgroundInformation•Thewaractedasadirectblastingfuse.•Atthebeginningofthewar,youngpeoplewerestillidealistictowardsthewarwiththetypicalAmericanadventurousness.StrenghthenedBythestrenuousjingoism好战主义TheodoreRooseveltandthegovernmenttrieditsbesttopersuadetheyouthtojoin“thegloriouswar”underthesloganof“democracy”throughwhichtheycouldrealizetheirpersonalvalue.•ThustheyoungmenofcollegeagewhoknewlittleaboutmodernwarfaretookpartintheEuropeanconflictswiththeidealisticdreamagainstwarandtheexcitementofthemilitaryadventure.•However,afterwitnessingthemassacreofhumanbeingandtastingthecrueltyofmodernwarfare,theyoungmenbegantorealizethatthewarwasnottheonetheythoughtbefore.Theyfeltcheatedbythegovernment.Thisturningofmindmadethemangry.BackgroundInformation•Afterbeingfedupwiththepainsofthewar,alotofsoldiersreturnedhome.However,itwasdespairedtoreturntoahometowntotallyuntouchedbythewarsandtheyfoundtheiroldjobshadbeentakenbythosewhodidnotjoininthewar.Becauseoftherecessionofeconomy,theycouldnotfindanewjob.Atthesametime,thesmallvillagestheylivedinwereuncomfortabletothem.•Theyareagroupofexpatriate移居国外AmericanwritersresidingprimarilyinParisduringthe1920sand1930s.Thegroupneverformedacohesiveliterarymovement,butitconsistedofmanyinfluentialAmericanwriters,includingErnestHemingway,F.ScottFitzgerald,LewisMumford,EzraPound,SherwoodAnderson,T.S.Eliot,E.E.Cummings,etc.Questions•Inwhatwaydidtheyrevoltagainstthesociety?•Didtheyreallylosethemselves?DetailedLearningoftheText-Para.1•NoaspectoflifeintheTwentieshasbeenmorecommenteduponandsensationallyromanticizedthantheso-calledRevoltoftheYoungerGeneration.•1)sensational:presentinginformationinawaythatisintendedtoprovokepublicemotionsorfeelings.（描写，出版物）煽情的；shocking/surprising•2)romanticize:describeortreatinaidealizedfashion使浪漫化;使传奇化•TheRevoltoftheYoungGenerationinthe1920shasbeenmostcommenteduponandhasbeentreatedveryromanticallyandsensationally.Para.1•NoaspectoflifeintheTwentieshasbeenmorecommenteduponandsensationallyromanticizedthantheso-calledRevoltoftheYoungerGeneration.•二十年代社会生活的各个方面中，被人们评论得最多、渲染得最厉害的，莫过于青年一代的叛逆之行了。Para.1•Theslightestmentionofthedecadebringsnostalgicrecollectionstothemiddle-agedandcuriousquestioningsbytheyoung:•nostalgic,(nostalgian.):homesick/longingforthepast思乡的；怀旧的•Attheverymentionofthispost-warperiod,middle-agedpeoplebegintothinkaboutitlonginglyandyoungpeoplebecomecuriousandstartaskingallkindsofquestions.Para.1•Theslightestmentionofthedecadebringsnostalgicrecollectionstothemiddle-agedandcuriousquestioningsbytheyoung:•只要有只言片语提到那个时期，就会勾起中年人怀旧的回忆和青年人好奇的提问。Para.1•memoriesofthedeliciouslyillicitthrillofthefirstvisittoaspeakeasy,ofthebravedenunciationofPuritanmorality,andofthefashionableexperimentationsinamourintheparkedsedanonacountryroad;•1)delicious:pleasant/enjoyable/delightful•2)thrill:thefeelingofexcitementandpleasure•3)speakeasy:(Americanism)aplacewherealcoholicdrinksaresoldillegally,esp.suchaplaceintheUSdu