英语电影赏析课件.ppt

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1、NarrativeBasicStoriesNarrative,Story,andPlotNarrative,story,andplotarethebasictermsusedwhenanalyzingthenarrativestructure（叙事结构）ofafilm.Althoughtheyaresometimesusedinterchangeably(可交换的)，theyalsohavemoreprecisemeaningsthatcanhelpustodrawsomeusefuldistinction.DavidBordwellandKrisinThomasinFilmA

2、rt—AnIntroduction《电影艺术入门)definethemasfollows:DefinitionNarrative（storyline)Achainofeventsincause-effectrelationships(因果关系)occurringintimeandspace.StoryAlltheeventsthatweseeandhear,plusallthosethatweinferorassumetohaveoccurred,arrangedintheirpresumedcausalrelations,chronologicalorder,duration

3、,frequencyandspatiallocations.PlotAlltheeventsthataredirectlypresentedtous,includingtheircausalrelations,chronologicalorder,duration,frequency,andspatiallocations.Example-LifeofPiNarrative（storyline)AteenagerboynamedPilosthisfamilyinshipwreckanddriftonPacificOceanfor227days……StoryThesecondst

4、oryor“yourstoryofPi”PlotAyoungmanwhosurvivesadisasteratseaishurtledintoanepicjourneyofadventureanddiscovery.Whilecastaway,heformsanunexpectedconnectionwithanothersurvivor:afearsomeBengaltiger.(FromIMDB）-thefirststoryThekeydistinctionisthatbetweenstoryandplot:Storyistheviewer'simaginaryconstr

5、uctionofalltheeventsinthenarrative—whetherpresentedtousornot—whileplotisthefilm’sactualpresentationofcertaineventsinthenarrative.TheBasicStoriesWriterssuchasRoryJohnstonhavearguedthattherearealimitednumberofstoriesthatformthebasisforallfictionalnarratives.Thesestorieshavebeennamedasfollows.*

6、Theycanoccuraloneorincombination*Thesestorycategoriesshouldbeinterpretedquiteloosely.AchillesCandidCinderellaCirceFaust阿喀琉斯康迪德灰姑娘喀耳刻浮士德OrpheusRomeoandJulietTristantheWanderingJew俄尔普斯罗密欧与朱丽叶特里斯坦流浪的犹太人TheBasicStoriesAchillesThe“Achilles”storyisthestoryoftheseeminglyinvulnerable(不会受伤的，无懈可击的)her

7、owithafatalflaw.ClassicaltragedyisusuallyavariantoftheAchillesstory.Achilleswasa Greek heroandgreatestwarriorofthe TrojanWar.LaterlegendsstatethatAchilleswasinvulnerableinallofhisbodyexceptforhisheel.Becauseofhisdeathfromasmallwoundintheheel,theter