Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle
Part Five
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Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle
Extension
I.
Chekhov's Style
II. Oral Work
III. Writing
IV. Quiz
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Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle
Chekhov’s Style
I.
Chekhov: Representative of Modern Naturalism
Modern critics consider Chekhov one of the masters of
the short-story form. He was largely responsible for
the modern type of short story that depends for effect
on mood and symbolism rather than on plot. His
narratives, rather than having a climax and resolution,
are a thematic arrangement of impressions and ideas.
Using themes relating to the everyday life of the
landed gentry and professional middle class, Chekhov
portrayed the pathos of life in Russia before the 1905
revolution: the futile, boring, and lonely lives of people
unable to communicate with one another.
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Chekhov’s Style
I.
Chekhov's Style
He developed a new dramatic technique ("indirect
action"), and he concentrated on subtleties of
characterization and interaction between characters
rather than on plot and direct action. In a Chekhov play
important dramatic events take place offstage.
(Chekhov's) own influence on Western literature has
been immense. The author's masterful handling of prose,
as well as his sensitivity towards character, mood, and
setting, impressed authors as diverse as E. M. Forster
and Virginia Woolf. Indeed, his economical use of
language and ambivalent style—Chekhov weaves humor
with pathos to magnify the inconsequential details
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Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle
Chekhov’s Style
I.
of people's lives—helped redefine the short story
genre. He also developed a technique of ending stories
with what have been termed "zero endings"—or anticlimactic conclusions. This technique makes the stories
seem more realistic, and often more pathetic, because
readers are left to guess what will happen next.
However, Chekhov also employs "surprise endings" to
confound our expectations, and we can never be sure
how a tale will end. Consequently, over a hundred
years after his works were written, readers still marvel
at Chekhov's freshness and originality. Although the
author sketches his characters with compassionate
good-humor, he never abstains from highlighting their
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Chekhov’s Style
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faults, foibles, and human weaknesses. Chekhov's
stories are thus deeply humane works of fiction: In
detailing life's poignant trivialities, they are unrivalled in
their sense of authenticity.
"All I wanted was to say honestly to people: 'Have a
look at yourselves and see how bad and dreary your
lives are!' The important thing is that people should
realize that, for when they do, they will most certainly
create another and better life for themselves. I will not
live to see it, but I know that it will be quite different,
quite unlike our present life. And so long as this
different life does not exist, I shall go on saying to
people again and again: 'Please, understand that your
life is bad and dreary!'"
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Said by
Chekhov
Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle
Chekhov’s Style
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Chekhov’s Famous Plays
The Sea Gull
Uncle Vanya
The Three Sisters
Cherry Orchard
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Chekhov’s Style
I.
Chekhov’s Influence
Katherine Mansfield (author of "A Dill Pickle")
was greatly influenced by Anton Chekhov,
sharing his warm humanity and attention to
small details of human behavior in her short
story "A Dill Pickle".
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Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle
Oral Work
II.
List:
1. Activity
2. Discussion
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Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle
Oral Work
II.
Activity
자금
시설
재무
구매
자산관리
회계
기획
유통
인사
Dramatize the whole story, and pay special
attention to the psychological movement of
the main character.
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Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle
Oral Work
II.
Group Discussion
Why did women marry at the time when
Vera lived?
How different was Vera from other common
women?
Why Vera broke off with her lover six years
ago and how did she realize that it was
impossible for them to pick up their
romantic relationship when they met again?
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Writing
III.
Write a short essay of about
160—200 words on the
changes Vera found in her
former lover when they met
again six years later.
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Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle
Quiz
IV.
1. 他用手不耐烦地在桌子上敲击着。
He drummed the table impatiently.
2. 你能不能帮我安排个时间跟他见面。
Can you help me fix a time to meet him?
3. 他在车祸中幸存下来， 但他的车已经摔坏没法修了
（完全损坏修不好了）。
He survived the car accident, but his car
was damaged beyond repair.
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the
sentences.
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Quiz
IV.
4. 当他们发言的时候，问题的答案就出现了。
Solution to the problem unfolded/emerged
as they spoke.
5. 展现在他面前的是辉煌的事业。
Brilliant career unfolded before him.
6. 在很多方面，孩子可以说是生活在与成人不同的世
界里。
In many ways, children live, as it were, in a
different world from adults.
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Quiz
IV.
7. 这些书按规定是不能拿出图书馆的，我们不能放宽
规定（我们不能破例） 。
The books are not supposed to be taken out
of the library. We cannot stretch the rules.
8. 比尔的所作所为让我完全不能理解（匪夷所思）。
What Bill did is totally beyond my
comprehension.
9. 门砰的一声在我们身后关上了。
The door snapped shut behind us.
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Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle
Part Five
This is the end
of Lesson Nine.
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