thestory-teller

1、,The Story-Teller,Hector Hugh Munro (Saki)童適盈 翻譯 10300120198,,A story in a story,Structure: naughty wayward children aunt’s effectless didactic story bachelor’s story children satisfied,Model gir

2、l in town (clicking medals)An invitation to the prince’s park (award)Devoured by a wolf (reward?),,,The two stories,Aunt’s story: good girl, good friends, saved when danger comes A typical story guardian may n

3、arrate to a young kid function: teaching feedback: not welcomed (children simply don’t listen) author’s attitude: “Evidently her reputation as a story-teller did not rank high in their estimation. ”,Bachelor’

4、s story: good girl, clicking medals, an invitation in the prince’s garden fantastic garden, beasts in the garden wolf, spotless clean pinafore, clicking sound climax (or anticlimax): good girl eaten by th

5、e wolf an unusual story function: silence the noisy children (non-educational) feedback: beautiful (children) improper (aunt) attitude: “for the next six months or so those children will assail her

6、in public with demands for an improper story!” (irony and kind of admire),,Macabre,Macabre of the bachelor’s story: the horrible death of the good girlMacabre of the children: children find delight i

7、n the story,,Children are not spotless angels as what most adults figure. They have their feelings, their imagination and their own estimation of the world. They also possess the power of fright and cruelty that most adu

8、lts choose to ignore.Other examples: the Toys of Peace Shredni Vashtar,Macabre: A typical Saki story,,How to make a story good?,Know what the audience want answering children’s

9、 questions in the course of story tellingNoveltyPay attention to details: "She was so good that she won several medals for goodness, which she always wore, pinned on to her dress. There was a medal for