程教学大纲 WEEK16-17 Lesson eleven The Midnight visitor L. Teaching aim 1. To appreciate a good mystery story, to appreciate a good character sketch 2. To draw a rough picture about suspense stories, suspense fiction 3. To have some knowledge about tow writing techniques: Foreshadowing and Points of view IL. Time allotment Text-6 hours Exercises-2 hours Ill. Literary Knowledge 1. Suspense fiction genre includes detective stories, spy thrillers, crime novels, etc. 2. 2. The point of view of a literary work is the perspective from which the reader views the action and characters. The three major types of point of view in novels are omniscient(all-knowing narrator outside the story itself),first- person(observations of a character who narrates the story), and third-person-limited (outside narration focusing on one character's observations) IV. Pre-reading Questio What's the main idea of the story? Try to refer to the questions on page 272 while going over the 2. Ask students to divide the story into three parts and explain the main idea of each o 3. Describe Ausable in terms of his physical appearance and ways of dealing with emergencies 4. Compare him with the description of secrete agents in Hollywood movies or popular literature James bond for example. Why is there such a difference? V. Detailed Study of the Text VI Complimentary Reading VIl. Further Discussion 1. The Midnight Visitor belongs to the category of mysteries 2. What are the elements that make this story so gripping to you? 3. Look for the steps Ausable had designed that led Max finally to the " balcony 4. Compared with James Bond, Ausable seems common almost in every way. But what is it that makes him uncommon? 5. Do you find any contrasts in Ausable?英语专业课程教学大纲 16 WEEK 16-17 Lesson Eleven The Midnight Visitor I. Teaching Aim: 1. To appreciate a good mystery story，to appreciate a good character sketch. 2. To draw a rough picture about suspense stories, suspense fiction. 3. To have some knowledge about tow writing techniques: Foreshadowing and Points of view. II. Time Allotment： Text—6 hours Exercises—2 hours III. Literary Knowledge: 1. Suspense fiction genre includes detective stories, spy thrillers, crime novels, etc. 2. 2. The point of view of a literary work is the perspective from which the reader views the action and characters. The three major types of point of view in novels are omniscient (all-knowing narrator outside the story itself), first￾person (observations of a character who narrates the story), and third-person-limited (outside narration focusing on one character’s observations). IV. Pre-reading Questions: 1. What’s the main idea of the story? Try to refer to the questions on page 272 while going over the text. 2. Ask students to divide the story into three parts and explain the main idea of each one. 3. Describe Ausable in terms of his physical appearance and ways of dealing with emergencies. 4. Compare him with the description of secrete agents in Hollywood movies or popular literature, James Bond for example. Why is there such a difference? V. Detailed Study of the Text: VI. Complimentary Reading： VII. Further Discussion： 1. The Midnight Visitor belongs to the category of mysteries. 2. What are the elements that make this story so gripping to you? 3. Look for the steps Ausable had designed that led Max finally to the “balcony”. 4. Compared with James Bond, Ausable seems common almost in every way. But what is it that makes him uncommon? 5. Do you find any contrasts in Ausable?