CordEdnaO’BrienReinforcementTextAnalysisCordBackgroundWarmingupUnit13Questions/ActivitiesCheck-onPreviewObjectivesWBTRWarmingupCordUnit13•Whichofthetwospeakersdoyouunderstand?Whyso?WarmingupQuestions/Activities•Doyoustillremember“adisputeabouttime”?(InMyDay,BookIII)Parents’childhoodParents’adulthoodParents’oldageChildren’schildhoodChildren’sadulthoodParents’pastParents’futureChildren’spastChildren’sfutureWarmingupQuestions/Activities•Definition:Shewasquiterelievedthattheywouldhavetomuddlethroughtheirownsetofintroductions.(para.53)Theeveningwaspunctuatedbybriefbutcrushingsilences.(para.57)Check-onPreviewWarminguptomanagetodostheventhoughyoudon’tknowhowtodoittointerruptasituationoractivityfrequently,•Paraphrase:Claireknewthatifhehad,hewouldhavedescendedonher,thewayheusedtodescendonherasachild.(para.26)Claireknewthatshewouldhavefallenvictimtohisfather’sdrinkingdeliriumsifhewerestillabingedrinkerandshewasaround,thewayitusedtohappenwhenshewasachild.Claireheardherselfsubstantiatetheinvitationbysayingshehadsimplyrunguptoremindthem.(para.33)…Clairetoldthemtherewasnochangeintheprearrangeddinner,andthatshewascallingjusttoremindthem.Check-onPreviewWarmingupObjectives•Detectthemanifestationsofgenerationgap•Analyzethedifferencesbetweenthemotherandthedaughter•Discussthecausesofgenerationgap•Discusstheproblemsofgenerationgap•ConsiderthealternativewaystodealwiththisproblemwithinafamilyWBTRWarmingupBackgroundGenerationGapAuthorBWTRCordUnit13EdnaO'Brien(1930~)Irishnovelist,playwright,poetandshortstorywriterInfluencefromByron,Faulkner,Fitzgerald,Joyce,TolstoyandWoolfTheinnerfeelingsofwomen,andtheirproblemsinrelatingtomen,andtosocietyasawhole.ThemostgiftedwomannowwritinginEnglish--PhilipRothOneofthegreatcreativewritersofhergeneration--MaryRobinsonHerLifeBackgroundAuthorCountryGirlsTrilogy:TheCountryGirls(1960),TheLonelyGirl(1962)GirlsinTheirMarriedBliss(1964)APaganPlace(1970)LanternSlides(1990)TimeandTide(1992),HouseofSplendidIsolation(1994)IntheForest(2002),SaintsandSinners(2011)HerWorksBackgroundAuthorBackgroundGenerationGapWhatis?Generationgapreferstothevastdifferencesintermsofattitudes,experiencesandtastebetweenpeoplebornacertainamountoftimeapartwhoarelivingatthesametime.Generationgapsformwhentwoagegroupsbegintoseetheworldfromsignificantlydifferentperspectives.BWTRDiscussionWhatarethecausesofgenerationgap?rapidculturalchangeinstitutionalagesegregation…GenerationGapinChinaBackgroundGenerationGapDetailedAnalysisStructureThemeTextAnalysisTWBRCordUnit13TextAnalysisTheme•Whoistobeblamedforgenerationgap,parentsorchildren?•Isgenerationgapbecomingmoreseriousaproblemornotinmoderntimes?•Isfamilystillrelevanttoday?Whyorwhynot?•Howtocopewithgenerationgapwithinafamily?TWBRI.Theintroduction:themother’sarrivalinLondon.(paras.1–15)A.HerdeparturefromIrelandandherflighttoLondon.(paras.1–5)B.ReunionbetweenmotheranddaughteratLondonairport(paras.6–15)II.Themother’s8-daystaywithherdaughterClaire.(paras.16–95)A.Thefirstevening(paras.16–28)B.Thesecondday.(paras.28–88)C.Therestofthemother’sstay.(paras.89–95)III.Theconclusion:Themother’sdeparturetwodayslater.(paras.96–105)A.Themother’schangedappearance.(paras.96–97)B.Changedrelationshipbetweenmotheranddaughter:overtlypolitebutlessclose.(paras.98–105)TextAnalysisStructureTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisMainIdeaSentenceParaphraseWords&ExpressionsExerciseIIIIIITWBRTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Introduction:(paras.1–15)Themother’sarrivalinLondonHerdeparturefromIrelandandherflighttoLondon.(paras.1–5)Whatkindofamothersheis?Anytextualevidence?Housewife,traditional,religious…WhatkindofadaughterClaireis?Whyso?Workingwomen,modern,non-religious,expressive…Doyoufindthedaughterdifferent?Whomdidthemotherthink“herdaughterwasdifferent”from?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:Words&ExpressionsWordsPhrasesSentencePatternGrammartallysetouton…getoverexceptthat…Everythingwasready,thesuitcaseclosed,herblackvelvetcoatcarefullybrushedandalistpinnedtothewallremindingherhusbandwhentofeedthehensandturkeysTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisWerethemotherandthedaughterhappytoseeeachother?Doyoufindthemother’ssuitcasefamiliar?Wasyourfirstreactionsimilartothatofthedaughter?Whydidthedaughternoticehermother’shat?Whydidthedaughterlistenandstiffened?PartI:Introduction:(paras.1–15)Themother’sarrivalinLondonReunionbetweenmotheranddaughteratLondonairport(paras.6–15)•NoticethedifferenceinthelanguageusedTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisMotherYouweregreattomeetme.Icouldhavenavigated.Wehadteaandsandwiches.Icouldn’teatmine…DaughterOfcourseI’dmeetyou.Nonsense.Stillfaddy?•Whatdoesthedifferenceshow?Discussion•Whydidthedaughtermakeamendsbyaskinggently?•Thedaughterrememberedallthethingsthatwouldgothermotherbilious.Whatdoesthisshow?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:SentenceParaphrase“Butotherwise?”Clairesaid.Thiswasaholiday,notanexpeditionintothepast.(para.13)Apartfromthat?Apartfromthat,wouldyousayyouhadagoodtrip?Hermotherhadcometospendaholidaywithher.Sheshouldn’tthinkortalkalotaboutthingsthathadhappenedbetweenthemi