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1、LoveIsaFallacyMaxShulmanTeachingaimI.LearntoappreciateEnglishstoriesandthedevelopmentofthestoriesII.LearntotasteandappreciatethehumorembeddedinthisstoryandthewritingtechniquesIII.GettoknowsomefeaturesofAmericancolloquialandslangyexpressionsLoveIsaFallacy
2、AbouttheauthorMaxShulman(March14,1919–August28,1988)isa20thcenturyAmericanwriter,bestknownforhistelevisionandshortstorycharacterDobieGillis,aswellasforhisbest-sellingnovels.Hiswritingoftenfocusesonyoungpeople,particularlyinacollegiatesetting.LoveIsaFalla
3、cyHeisoneofAmerica’sbest-knownhumorists.Heisawriterofmanytalents---hehaswrittennovels,stories,Broadwayplays,moviescreenplay(电影剧本),andtelevisionscripts(电视剧本).TypeofwritingThistextisapieceofnarrativewriting.Thenarratorofthestory,DobieGillis,afreshmaninalaw
4、school,istheheroorprotagonist.Hestrugglesagainsttwoantagonists:PeteyBurch,hisroommatewhosegirlfriendheplanstosteal;andPollyEspy,thegirlheintendstomarryaftersuitablere-education.Theclimaxofthestoryisreachedinparas147-150whenPollyrefusestogosteadywithhimbe
5、causeshehadalreadypromisedtogosteadywithPeteyBurch.Theresolutionfollowsrapidlyandendsonaveryironicnote.LoveIsaFallacyThestory:ThistextistakenfromTheManyLovesofDobieGillis(1951).DobieGillis,thenarrator,isatypicalAmericanteenagerwhofrequentlysuffersfromrom
6、anticangst(worry,anxiety).Thecharacterappearedonapopulartelevisionsitcom(situationcomedy)duringthe1950s.LoveIsaFallacyThisisaninterestingandhumorousstory.Inthisstorythenarratortellshisfailuretowintheheartofayoungwomanwiththeforceoflogic,whichprovestohimt
7、hat“Loveisafallacy”.LoveIsaFallacyTherearethreepersonsinthestory:DobieGillis,narrator,afreshmaninalawschool,theprotagonistofthestory;PeteyBurch,hisroommatewhosegirlfriendheplanstoget;PollyEspy,thegirlwhomheintendstomarryaftersuitablere-education.LoveIsaF
8、allacyThenarratorisquitesureofhisfinalsuccessbecauseheissmarteranditisonlylogicalthatthegirlwillchoosehim.However,theresultisagreatsurprisetohimbecausethegirlturnsdownhisproposalandchoosePeteyBurch,allbecauseofwhatDobieGil
