FirureRace课件.pptVIP

Lesson 4 A Drink in the Passage chai Teaching Contents A rhetorical criticism of the text ——Figuring Race How to interpret the implied meaning? ——Read in the context A Rhetorical Criticism of the Text —— Figuring Race Language is not only a communicative device, it also expresses and shapes our worldview through the combination of literal and figurative language. Figurative language wither speaks symbolically about the subject or heightens the musicality of the language when speaking about the subject. 1. Theme: What kind of Symbolic activity? How do you understand title “A drink in the passage”? For the white man, van Rensburg, the offer of the drink is the symbol of ____. and the insistence in drinking in the passage symbolizes____. Do you think his behavior is purposeful or unconscious? For the black, the white man’s invitation is ____, the acceptance of the invitation is _____, and drinking in the passage is ____. Do they understand each other? How do you understand this symbol? 2. Specific symbols of race Drink Other social rules Language The response to the award The symbol of drink Where to have drink How to have a drink This cognac is wonderful especially in these big glasses. It’s the first time I’ve had such a glass. It’s also the first time I’ve drunk a brandy so slowly. In Orlando you develop a throat of iron, and you just put back your head and put it down, in case the police should arrive. For whites, drink is indispensable part of a sociable party. To drink in big glasses not only _____, but also symbolize _____. For black drink is the source of ______. For black to drink brandy is _____. For the white drinking slowly is _____. For the black drinking slowly is _____. 清朝段玉裁注：宾主百拜者，酒也；淫酗者，亦酒也。所以，“吉凶所造起”也就是“吉凶由就（酒）起”，意思是好事与坏事都是酒引起的。“酒犹水，可济可覆”。即，酒，既可助善成礼，又可招祸致失；既可成人之美，又可暴人之恶。 因为是情谊的象征所以“酒逢知己千杯少”，为了友谊甚至可以“舍命陪君子”；是人际关系的润滑剂，可以“杯酒释前嫌”；是灵感的源泉所以宋陆游“倾家酿酒犹嫌少”，唐杜甫“恨不移家向酒泉”......