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1、TheDiscoveryof WhatItMeans toBeanAmerican--JamesBaldwinLessonTenTeachingObjectivesTofamiliarizestudentswiththeraceproblemofUSA.Toenablestudentstoappreciatethewritingstyleofthetext.TeachingContents1）BackgroundKnowledge2）Exposition3）Thesisofthetext4）Textualstruct
2、ure5）DetailedstudyoftheEssay6）StylesandLanguageFeaturesBackgroundinformationTheauthorHOMEAnnaKareninaHenryJamesTolstoyAlbertCamusLittleRockJamesBaldwin(1924-1987)Americanwriter,notedforhisnovelsonsexualandpersonalidentity,andsharpessaysoncivil-rightsstruggleint
3、heUnitedStates.Baldwinalsowrotethreeplays,achildren'sstorybook,andabookofshortstories.Hegainedfamewithhisfirstnovel,GOTELLITONTHEMOUNTAIN(1953),astoryofhiddensins,guilt,andreligioustorments.Inthisandsubsequentworks,Baldwinfusedautobiographicalmaterialwithanalys
4、isofsocialinjusticeandprejudices.Severalofhisnovelsdealtwithhomosexualliaisons.JamesBaldwin–MoreInformation--aleadingNegronovelistandessayistinthe1950’s；--amajorspokesmanforhisraceinthecivilrightsmovementofthe1960’sBaldwingrewupinpovertyinHarlem.Afterhighschool
5、hebeganarestlessperiodofill-paidjobs,self-study,andliteraryapprenticeshipinNewYorkCity.DisgustedwithAmerica'sracialinjustice,heleftin1948forParis,wherehelivedinpovertyforeightyears,duringwhichhewrotetheessaycollectionNotesofaNativeSon(1955).In1957Baldwinbecamea
6、nactiveparticipantinthecivil-rightsstruggle.Abookofessays,NobodyKnowsMyName(1961),exploresblack-whiterelations,athemealsocentraltohisnovelAnotherCountry(1962).IntheimpassionedTheFireNextTime(1963),perhapshismostpowerfulcivil-rightsstatement,hesaidthatblacksandw
7、hitesmustcometotermswiththepastandmakeafuturetogetherorfacedestruction.Baldwin'slaterworksincludethebitterplayaboutracistoppressionBluesforMisterCharlie(producedin1964),thestorycollectionGoingtoMeettheMan(1965),thenovelTellMeHowLongtheTrain'sBeenGone(1968),andt
8、heessaycollectionNoNameintheStreet(1972)."Youwriteinordertochangetheworld,knowingperfectlywellthatyouprobablycan't,butalsoknowingthatliteratureisindispensabletotheworld...Th
