哈佛文学笔记.ppt

Contents
Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Theme, Motifs & Symbols
Summary & Analysis
Important Quotations Explained
Key Facts 作品档案
Study questions& Essay Topics
Review & Resources
An Example
Robinson Crusoe
哈佛文学笔记
Theme, Motifs & Symbols
Themes
are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored
in a literary work.
Motifs
are the recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that
can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes.
Symbols
are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent
abstract ideas or concepts.
Key Facts
Full Title 题目诠释
Author 作者
Type of Work 作品类型 Novel; Novelette; Poetry; Drama
Genre 体裁 Adventure story; Detective story…
Language 语言 English
Time and Place written 写作时间与地点 2009,Shanghai
Publisher 出版商
Narrator 叙事者 Who is telling the story?
Point of View 视角 In 1st or 3rd person, …
Tone 语气 Objective; Emotional; Sentimental; Horrible; Mysterious…
Tense 时态 Present; Past; Future
Setting (Time) 背景时间 From 1959 to 2009 (Knowing)
Setting (Place) 背景地点 California, USA …
Protagonist 主人公
Major conflict 主要冲突
Rising Action 起势情节
Climax 高潮
Falling Action 收势情节
Themes 主题
Motifs 主题成分
symbols 象征
Foreshadowing 预示 A warning or indication of a future event
Symbol something such as an object, picture, written word, sound, or particular mark that
represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention.
. 1) A red octagon八边形 may stand for “STOP”.
2) On maps, crossed sabres*** may indicate a battlefield.
3) Numerals are symbols for numbers.
4) All language consists of symbols. The word "cat" represents the idea of a cat.
Image an artifact, or has to do with a two-dimensional (a picture), that has a similar
appearance to some subject—usually a physical object or a person.
. 1) two-dimensional, such as a photograph, screen display,
three-dimensional, such as a statue.
2) may be captured by optical