现代大学英语精读4Lesson7SpringSowing(3)分析解析.ppt

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1、LessonSevenSpringSowingLiamO’FlahertyAbouttheauthorLiamO'FlahertyisoneofthemostsignificantandimportantmodernAnglo-Irishauthors.Hisnovelshavenotbeenmetwithmuchcriticalanalysisoverthelastfortyyearsbecausehestoppedpublishingworkin1956.Bothhisnovelsandhiss

2、hortstoriesdefineAnglo-Irishliteratureinthathisthemesstemfromhisexperiencesgrowingupinapoverty-strickensocietyontheislandofAran;hisnaturalistic,mystical,romantic,andrealisticstyleswerealsodefinedbyhisexperiencesinhisnativeIreland.LiamO’FlahertyLiamO’Fla

3、hertywasborninIrelandin1896.HewroteinEnglishandIrish.Hismainworksincludethenovels:ThyNeighbour’sWifeTheBlackSoulTheInformerTheAssassinShametheDevilFamineLiamO’FlahertyPre-classworkDoyouknowhowspringsowingisdoneagainstthebackgroundofatraditionalagricultu

4、ralcountryinIreland?2.Doyouknowhowspringsowingisdoneinourcountry?Aboutthestory:“SpringSowing”istakenfromtheauthor’sfirstcollectionofshortstorieswhichbearsthesametitlepublishedin1924.Thestorydescribesthefirstdayofthefirstspringplantingofanewly-weddedcoup

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