内容正文:
从“契诃夫法则”看读后续写
隐藏线索的利用
契诃夫(Chekhov),19世纪末俄国伟大的批判现实主义作家,情趣隽永、文笔犀利的幽默讽刺大师,短篇小说之王,著名戏剧作家。他创作态度严谨,重视文学的写生,笔下一草一木无不栩栩如生,刻画心理亦往往入木三分,是世界短篇小说巅峰之一,并成为短篇小说的代名词。
Chekhov 1860-1904
Chekhov’s Law
契诃夫法则是一种文学技巧,在故事早期出现的某一元素,直至最后才显现出它的重要性。
换言之,在故事开头出现过的物品一定要在后面的故事情节中用到,否则,它就不应该出现。
“契诃夫法则”对读后续写的启示
1.故事前面隐藏的线索为故事后续的发展指明了方向;
2.在阅读故事时应重视隐藏的线索;
3. 隐藏的线索在后续的故事发展中应有所交代。
课例(读后续写讲评课)
Cookie Thief
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It was late and raining heavily one night. A young woman was waiting for her flight at an airport. She was leaving for London because she got a new job there. It was said that her new boss was a typical English gentleman—polite, modest, humorous and considerate. She was excited as well as a little nervous about her new life.
With several long hours before her flight, the woman hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a packet of cookies and found a place to sit. She took out a book and started to read. Although she was absorbed in her book, she happened to see that the man sitting beside her, as bold as he could be, grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between them. Educated to be well-mannered, she tried to ignore it to avoid an argument. But to show that she was the owner, she started to take cookies from that bag too. Unfortunately, the man didn’t get that hint(暗示), since he didn’t stop grabbing the cookies.
“How annoying!” She thought. As the greedy cookie thief kept eating, the woman munched(用力咀嚼) some cookies and watched the clock.
She was getting angrier as the minutes went by, thinking, “If I weren't so nice, I would blacken his eyes.” With each cookie she took, he took one, too; when only one was left, she wondered what he would do.
With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh, he took the last cookie and broke it in half. He offered her a half, and ate the other. She grabbed it from him, glared at him and thought, “Oh, brother. This guy has some nerve and he is so rude! Why he didn't even show any gratefulness?”
She had ne