Module2FantasyLiterature—PhilipPullmanPartOne:TeachingDesign第一部分教学设计Period1:Reading—TheCatThatVanishedGoals●Tolearnaboutfantasyliterature●TolearntoreadwithstrategiesProceduresWarmingupbylearningabout“fantasy”▇Hello,class!WehavecometoModule2FantasyLiterature—PhilipPullman.Butwhatisfantasy?WhoisPhilipPullman?Fantasyisagenreofart,literature,film,television,andmusicthatusesmagicandothersupernaturalformsasaprimaryelementofeitherplot,theme,setting,orallthree.Thegenreisgenerallydistinguishedfromsciencefictionandhorrorbyoveralllook,feel,andthemeoftheindividualwork,thoughthereisagreatdealofoverlapbetweenthethree(collectivelyknownasspeculativefiction).Initsbroadestsense,fantasycoversworksbymanywriters,artists,andmusicians,fromancientmythsandlegends,tomanyrecentworksembracedbyawideaudiencetoday.Aswithotherformsofspeculativefiction,actionsandeventsinfantasyveryoftendifferfromthosepossibleinconsensusreality.Inmanycases,especiallyinolderworksoffantasybutinmanymodernworksaswell,thisisexplainedbymeansofdivineintervention,magic,orothersupernaturalforces.Inothercases,mostfrequentlyinworksofmodernfantasyinthehighfantasysubgenre,thestorymighttakeplaceinafantasyworldthatiswhollydifferentfromourown,completewithdistinctlawsofnaturethatpermitmagic.Warmingupbylearningabout“▇PhilipPullman”用心爱心专心PhilipPullmanwasborninNorwichon19thOctober1946.Theearlypartofhislifewasspenttravellingallovertheworld,becausehisfatherandthenhisstepfatherwerebothintheRoyalAirForce.HespentpartofhischildhoodinAustralia,wherehefirstmetthewondersofcomics,andgrewtoloveSupermanandBatmaninparticular.Fromtheageof11,helivedinNorthWales,havingmovedbacktoBritain.Itwasatimewhenchildrenwereallowedtoroamanywhere,toplayinthestreets,towanderoverthehills,andhetookfulladvantageofit.HisEnglishteacher,MissEnidJones,wasabiginfluenceonhim,andhestillsendshercopiesofhisbooks.AfterheleftschoolhewenttoExeterCollege,Oxford,toreadEnglish.Hedidanumberofoddjobsforawhile,andthenmovedbacktoOxfordtobecomeateacher.Hetaughtatvariousmiddleschoolsfortwelveyears,andthenmovedtoWestminsterCollege,Oxford,tobeapart-timelecturer.HetaughtcoursesontheVictoriannovelandonthefolktale,andalsoacourseexamininghowwordsandpicturesfittogether.Heeventuallyleftteachinginordertowritefull-time.Hisfirstpublishednovelwasforadults,buthebeganwritingforchildrenwhenhewasateacher.Someofhisnovelswerebasedonplayshewroteforhisschoolpupils,suchasTheRubyInTheSmoke.PhilipstilllivesinOxford,andhewritesinashedatthebottomofhisgarden.Theshedcontainstwocomfortablechairs(oneforwritingin,oneforsittingatthecomputerin),severalhundredbooks,asix-foot-longstuffedratwhichtookapartinhisplaySherlockHolmesandtheLimehouseHorror,aguitar,asaxophone,aswellasthecomputer,decoratedwithdozensofbrightlycolouredartificialflowersattachedtoitbyBlu-Tack.Blu-TackplaysabigpartinPhilipPullman'swritingprocess.Withithestickstothewallpictures,notes,posters,reminders,postcards,bookjackets,anythingthatwillstaythere.AnotherproductoftechnologythatPhilipcan'tdowithoutisPost-itNotes,thesmallestyellowonesinparticular.Theyareveryusefulforplanningtheshapeofastory:hewritesabriefsentencesummarisingasceneononeofthem,andthenputsthemonaverybigpieceofpaperwhichhecanfillwithuptosixtyormoredifferentscenes,用心爱心专心movingthemaroundtogetthebestorder.PhilipPullmanbelievesfirmlyinthevirtuesofhealthyexerciseandamodera...
