the ones who walk away from omelas

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1、(Edited)VariationsonathemebyWilliamJamesURSULALEGUIN9.TheOnesWhoWalkAwayfromOmelasObjectivesTounderstandthetextTolearntheusefulwordsandphraseslearnaboutanallegorystoryTeachingContents1.Introduction(10min.)2.Detailedstudyofthetext(140min.)3.Structureanalysis(5min.)4.Lan

2、guageappreciation(5min.)5.Summaryofwordsandphrases(5min)6.Exercises(15min)1.IntroductionTheauthor:UrsulaK.LeGuinisawell-knownsciencefictionandfantasywriter.UrsulaLeGuinShewasborninBerkeley,Californiain1929.AftergraduatingfromRadcliffCollege,shetookanM.A.degreeatColumbi

3、aUniversity.Herwritingsforceustore-examinemanyofthethingsthatweoncetookforgranted,likeourcities,ourpoliticalandsocialstructures,etc.UrsulaLeGuinShebeganwritingduringthe1950s,butnotuntilthe‘60sdidshebeginpublishing.LeGuin’sworkhasappealedtoawideraudiencethanscienceficti

4、onfans.Bringingasocialscientist’seyeandafeminist’ssensibilitytosciencefiction,shehasemployedthisspeculativegenretocriticizecontemporarycivilization.UrsulaLeGuinManyofherstories—like“TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas”(1974HugoAward)—createcompleximaginarycivilizations,envisi

5、onedwithanthropologicalauthority.LeGuinhasalsowrittenpoetryandjuvenilefiction,includingtheEarthsea[video-2]trilogy,WizardofEarthsea[video-2](1968),TheTombsofAtuan[video-2](1971),andTheFarthestShore[video-2](1972),whichrankamongtheclassicsofmodernchildren’sliterature.Sh

6、elivesinPorland,Oregon.UrsulaLeGuinInaninterviewwithLarryMcCafferytheauthorexplainswhyshelikesthesciencefictionform.Shesays:“Sciencefictionallowsmetohelppeoplegetoutoftheirculturalskinsandintotheskinsofotherbeings.Inthatsensesciencefictionisjustafurtherextensionofwhatt

7、henovelhastraditionallybeen.Inmostfictiontheauthortriestogetintotheskinofanotherperson;insciencefictionyouareoftenexpectedtogetintotheskinofanotherpersonfromanotherculture.WilliamJames(1842-1910)AmericanphilosopherWilliamJamesHewasbornNewYorkCityandgraduatedfromHarvard

8、Universityin1869withadoctorofMedicinedegree.In1872hejoinedtheHarvardfacultyasalectureronanatomyandphysiology(生理学),con