高级英语love-is-a-fallacy-课件

LOVEISAFALLACYMAXSHULMANCONTENTS1DetailedstudyofPragraph1-42Aboutloveandfallacy3Supplementaryinformation4VideoepisodeBackgroundInformation1BiographyMaxShulmanMaxShulmanMaxShulman(March14,1919–August28,1988)wasanAmericanwriterandhumoristbestknownforhistelevisionandshortstorycharacterDobieGillis,aswellasforbest-sellingnovels.Hiswritingoftenfocusedonyoungpeople,particularlyinacollegiatesetting.more…MaxShulmanMaxShulmanfirstdelvedintotheworldofwritingasajournalismstudentattheUniversityofMinnesota.Shulmanwastheauthorofseveralfairlywell-receivednovels,includingRallyRoundtheFlag,Boys!andSleepTillNoon.Hewasalsoaco-writer,withRobertPaulSmith,ofthelong-runningBroadwayplay,TheTenderTrap,starringRobertPreston,whichwaslatermadeintoasuccessfulmovie.However,heisprobablybestrememberedforhiscreationofthecharacterDobieGillis,whowasthesubjectofaseriesofshortstoriescompiledunderthetitle,TheManyLovesofDobieGillis,whichbecamethebasisforaCBStelevisionseriesofthesamename,andhadpreviouslybeenthesubjectofafilm,TheAffairsofDobieGillis(1953)Shulmanwasalsoascreenwriter.Hewasoneofthecollaboratorsonatelevisiondocumentary,Light'sDiamondJubliee,whichwassupposedlyacelebrationofthe75thanniversaryoftheinventionofthelightbulbbyThomasA.Edison,butwhichwasinrealitylittlemorethanapublicrelationspiecefortheelectricindustry,asitspredecessorfilm,Light'sGoldenJubilee,hadbeen25yearsbefore.LoveIsaFallacywaspublishedin1951andbringstolightissuesofthedayincludingthestereotypingofwomen.AfterhissuccesswiththeGillischaracter,Shulmancontinuedtowrite.Hishumorcolumn,OnCampus,wassyndicatedinover350collegiatenewspapersatonepoint.Alaternovel,AnyoneGotaMatch?,satirizedboththetelevisionandtobaccoindustries,aswellastheSouthandcollegefootball.HislastmajorsuccessfulprojectwashisworkonHouseCalls,whichbeganasa1978moviebasedononeofhisstorieswhichstarredWalterMatthauandGlendaJackson,andlaterbecameatelevisionseries(1979-1981)starringWayneRogersandLynnRedgraveinthesameroles,forwhichhewastheleadwriter.SupplementaryinformationLoveIsaFallacyistakenfromTheManyLovesofDobieGillis”publishedin1951andbringstolightissuesofthedayincludingthestereotypingofwomen.Init,MaxShulmandemonstratesawitandclarityoflanguageThethemeofthestorycoverstwohumanrelationships.Thestorytellsusonespecificwayhowpeopletryto“habituate”theotherandshapetheperson’scharacterthewaytheyneedtoseetheotheronetheylivewith.Theentirestorydemonstratesthewaypeoplegettoknoweachother.Movingforward,thestorybeginswithaclearintroductionwherethereadergetsalltheinformationaboutthemaincharacters:thelawyerandPollyEspy.Everythingisclearlyexposited.ThelawyergivesPollyacourseinlogic.Frommypointofview,thestoryendswiththeclimaxwhenPollytwiststhelawyeraroundherfingerandsimplyturnshimdown.TheManyLovesofDobieGillisTheManyLovesofDobieGilliswasproducedbyMartinManulisProductionsinassociationwith20thCenturyFoxTelevision;creatorShulmanalsowrotethethemesongincollaborationwithLionelNewman.TheManyLovesofDobieGillisisanAmericansitcomthatairedonCBSfrom1959to1963.Theseriesandsomeepisodescriptswereadaptedfroma1951collectionofshortstoriesofthesamename,writtenbyMaxShulman,thatalsoinspiredthe1953filmTheAffairsofDobieGilliswithDebbieReynolds,BobFosse,andBobbyVanasDobieGillis.Afollow-upnovel,IWasaTeen-AgeDwarf,appearedin1959.OtherMostWidelyHeldWorksbyMaxShulmanA1982HelpWanted:MaleScreenwriterB1978HouseCallsScreenwriterC1958Rally'roundtheFlag,Boys!BookAuthorD1955TheTenderTrapPlayAuthorE1953ConfidentiallyConnieScreenwriterF1953TheAffairsofDobieGillisScreenwriterG1953HalfaHeroScreenwriterCharlesLamb(1775-1834)Englishessayistandcritic.LambwasemployedasaclerkatEastIndiaHouse(headquartersfortheEastIndiaCompany)from1792to1825.From1796hewasguardianofhissister,thewriterMaryLambwho,inafitofmadness(whichprovedrecurrent),hadkilledtheirmother.HeisbestknownfortheoftenautobiographicalessayshewroteunderthepseudonymEliaforLondonMagazine,collectedinEssaysofElia(1823)andTheLastEssaysofElia(1833).AmongthegreatestofEnglishletterwriters,heincludedsomeofhismostperceptiveliterarycriticism,oftenintheformofmarginalia,inletters.HecollaboratedwithMaryonTalesfromShakespear(1807),ahighlypopularretellingoftheplaysforchildren.ThomasCarlyle(1795-1881)Scottishhistorianandessayist.Thesonofamason,CarlylewasrearedinastrictCalvinisthouseholdandeducatedattheUniversityofEdinburgh.HemovedtoLondonin1834.Anenergetic,irritable,fiercelyindependentidealist,hebecamealeadingmoralforceinVictorianliterature.HishumorousessaySartorResartus(1836)isafantastichodgepodgeofautobiographyandGermanphilosophy.TheFrenchRevolution,3vol.(1837),perhapshisgreatestachievement.OnHeroes,Hero-Worship,andtheHeroicinHistory(1841)showedhisreverenceforstrength,particularlywhencombinedwiththeconvictionofaGod-givenmission.HelaterpublishedastudyofOliverCromwell(1845)andahugebiographyofFredericktheGreat,6vol.JohnRuskin(1819-1900)JohnRuskinwastheleadingEnglishartcriticoftheVictorianera,alsoanartpatron,draughtsman,watercolorist,aprominentsocialthinkerandphilanthropist.Hewroteonsubjectsrangingfromgeologytoarchitecture,mythtoornithology,lit