1、The Author, the Narrator and the ReaderReview Part,What is Narrator?,What is narrator? Who is telling the story detemines what? What are the implications of such choice of narrator? Is the narrator the same as the writer?,Review Part,A sophisticated writer may choose Who as the narrator? What A spec

2、ial literature effect is achieved between his limited understanding? The narrator does or doesnt always represent the author?,Review Part,Why the reading process is always interactive? Meaning can be constructed and discoverd by Who? Receiver is What?,Types of Narrator,The first-person narration The

3、 third-person narration The omniscient narration The limited omniscient narration The mixture of all types of narration,Meet the Author:,Frank Sargeson New Zealand writer Solicitor One of New Zealands foremost short story writers Working-class, New Zealand language, minimalist narration Nave narrato

4、r,A Piece of Yellow Soap,Time Place Characters Narrator Plot Theme,Key Points,Pay for Pay off Amount overdue Two advantages over me Start off by being very firm Bloodless and shrunken Get fixed on Look in the face,Take myself off Acknowledge Queer feeling Work wonders Passed into Talisman Feel asham

5、ed of,Interpretation and Discussion,Does the piece of yellow soap have the power as the narrator tells us? What is the power that forces him to take off? What are the differences of the two washwomen？,Sentences Understanding,She had been so sick that someone called the doctor, and the doctor had sent for a priest. With the help of God you will live to be 120. God forbid! Her soul passed into the spheres where all holy souls meet, regardless of the roles they played on this earth, in whatever tongue, of whatever religion.,Writing Job