1、Petey Burch,his roommate whose girlfriend he plans to get;Polly Espy,the girl whom he intends to marry after suitable re-education.,Love Is a Fallacy,The narrator is quite sure of his final success because he is smarter and it is only logical that the girl will choose him.However,the result is a gre
2、at surprise to him because the girl turns down his proposal and choose Petey Burch,all because of what Dobie Gillis regards as a“sth silly”,thus proving that“love is a fallacy”.,Argument,In order to understand what a fallacy is,one must understand what an argument is.Very briefly,an argument consist
3、s of one or more premises and one conclusion.There are two main types of arguments:deductive（推论）and inductive（归纳）.A deductive argument is an argument that the premises provide complete support for the conclusion.An inductive argument is an argument that the premises provide some degree of support（bu
4、t less than complete support）for the conclusion.,Fallacy,Fallacies are defects in an argument-other than false premises-which cause an argument to be invalid,unsound or weak.Fallacy means 1）an idea which many people believe to be true but which is in fact false because it is based on incorrect infor
5、mation or faulty reasoning.2）a weakness and lack of logic or good sense in an argument;Incorrectness of reasoningE.g.The belief that women are always weaker than men is just a fallacy.,Love Is a Fallacy,Introduction1.Warm-up activityWhat is your opinion about love?What does love mean according to yo
6、u?,Love Is a Fallacy,2.theme:Love is a fallacy-love is inconsistent with logic.The author wants to lead readers to the conclusion that love is an error,a deception and an emotion that does not follow the principles of logic,i.e.love is blind.,Love Is a Fallacy,3.What does the name Espy mean?Espy:to
7、catch sight of（esp.faults,shortcomings,etc.）,glimpse.the author might have deliberately chosen this name,which may allude to her amazing physical attraction.4.In which place does the story reach its climax?The ending when she refuses to go steady with him.,Love Is a Fallacy,5.The role of raccoon coa
8、t:It is the reason that the girl denies the narrators love.It implies that love is not sth.that can be deduced.Love is not a scientific study.6.Language:a lot of short sentences;elliptical sentences;inversion;dashes;metaphor and simile are used;colloquial sentences,irregular sentences,shortened form
9、s are used（to make the story vivid）,The Title of the Text,The title of the story“Love is a fallacy”has two meanings.1）When“fallacy”is taken in its ordinary sense,the title means“there is a deceptive or delusive quality about love”.2）When taken as a specific term in logic,the title means“love can not
10、 be deduced from a set of given premises”,Macro-structure of the text,Paras.1-3 preludePart 1:（Paras.4-5）The boasting of himself and downgrading his roommate.Part II:（Paras.6-59）The whole process of his deal with Petey.He succeeded in persuading Petey to exchange his girl for a raccoon coatPart III:
11、（Paras 60-120）His dates with Polly/His re-education to PollyPart IV（Paras121-154）Love is not logical,but fallacy,Detailed Study,Para1 the authors remark or attitude towards writing the story:spongy（not firm）and flaccid（lacking firmness/energy）and limp.1.S1 Charles Lamb is the kind of merry and enter
12、prising person you rarely encounter.He wrote the essays,Old China and Dreams Children,which set free the informal essay.像查尔斯 兰姆这样快乐和富有创新精神的人物并不常见，他写了古瓷和梦中的孩子两篇文章，这两篇文章可以说解放了散文。,Love Is a Fallacy,2.Charles Lamb（17751834）:English essayist.He,in collaboration with his sister Mary,Published Tales from S
13、hakespeare in 1867.His dramatic essays,Specimens of English Dramatic Poets（1808）,established his reputation as a critic and did much in reviving the popularity of Elizabethen drama.Old China and Dreams Children are from his collection the Essays of Elia（18231833）.,Love Is a Fallacy,3.Why is Charles
14、Lamb mentioned here?To make a comparison between his writing（spongy or limb or flaccid）and Lambs（informal）4.There follows an informal essay that ventures even beyond Lambs frontier:Here is an informal essay which is even freer than the ones Lamb wrote.,Love Is a Fallacy,5.Ls.The author is being humo
15、rous with his self-mocking tone.This essay of his,of course,is anything but“limp”,“flaccid”and“spongy”.,Love Is a Fallacy,Para2 1.Vague though its category,it is without doubt an essay:Although it is difficult to say which category it belongs to,it is undoubtedly an essay.2.three elements in the ess
16、ay:argument,evidence/instance,conclusion,English author,is considered as one of the most important social critics of his day.Carlyles style,called“Carlylese”,is a compound of biblical phrases,colloquialisms,Teutonic（adj.日耳曼人的,日耳曼语的）twists,and his own coinages,arranged in unexpected sequences.,Thomas
17、 Carlyle（17951881）,Love Is a Fallacy,5.John Ruskin（1819-1900）,Love Is a Fallacy,5.John Ruskin（1819-1900）:British writer and art critic and social theorist who considered a great painting to be one that conveys great ideas to the viewer.He put forward the principles that art was based on national and
18、 individual integrity and morality and that art was a“universal language”.Later his art criticism became more broadly social and political.In his works he attacked bourgeois England and charged the modern art reflected the ugliness and waste of modern industry.He also advocated social reform.His wor
19、ks include Modern Painters（1843-1860）.,Love Is a Fallacy,Para3 那么就读读下面这篇文章吧，它将向我们展示逻辑并不是一门枯燥乏味，迂腐不堪的学科，恰恰相反，逻辑是一个活生生的事物，充满美丽 激情和心灵的创伤。,Love Is a Fallacy,Para4 description of the author The author is satirizing a smug,self-conceited freshman in a law school,who keeps boasting at every opportunity.He
20、heaps upon himself all the beautiful words of praise he can think of-This exaggerated self-praise and the profuse use of similes and metaphors help make the satire humorous.,Love Is a Fallacy,Para5 description of Peter Burch.,Love Is a Fallacy,Paras45 a comparison between the two characters Burch an
21、d narrator.,Love Is a Fallacy,Para5 1.Impressionable:easily influenced易受影响的 e.g impressionable young people.Impressive:Making a strong or vivid impression:给人以深刻印象的,Love Is a Fallacy,2.Faddist:n.趋于时尚者,好新奇的人Faddish:Having the nature of a fad.具有追求时尚的天性的;Given to fads.赶时髦的Fad:n.stresses the impulsive en
22、thusiasm with which a fashion is taken up for a short time（一时流行的）风尚;狂热一时的爱好;癖好,嗜好（craze）Fashion:The prevailing style or custom,as in dress or behavior:风格，时尚,Love Is a Fallacy,3.Fads,I submit,are the very negation of reason:I believe following fashion/crazes shows a complete lack of sound judgment.,L
23、ove Is a Fallacy,4.Craze n.A short-lived popular fashion;a fad.短暂的时尚：流行一时的狂热Acme:The highest point;Summit 最高点，极点 the acme of perfection 完美无缺 the acme of good behavior 最崇高的行为 the acme of science 科学尖端 the acme of ones hope 最高的愿望,Love Is a Fallacy,Not,however,to Petey:Ellipsis.This was not the acme of
24、mindlessness to Petey.Petey did not consider such behavior as the acme of mindlessness.,Love Is a Fallacy,Para6.One afternoon,-One afternoon,when I went back to my dorm,Petey was lying on his bed.He wore such a depressed look that I came to the conclusion at once that he was suffering from appendici
25、tis.,“I want a raccoon coat”,Racoon&Racoon Coat,Love Is a Fallacy,Para11 Charleston n.A fast lively ballroom dance in 4/4 time,characterized by a twisting step and popular during the 1920s.查尔斯顿舞,一种流行于20世纪20年代的快节奏的4/4拍舞厅舞,Love Is a Fallacy,Para16 quality of raccoon Petey,Why?Look at it rationally.:Pe
26、tey,why must you have a raccoon coat?“it”is a vague pronoun,standing for the whole issue of owning and wearing a raccoon coat.,Love Is a Fallacy,Para20 my brain,that precision instrument,slipped into high gear:My brain,which is as precise as a chemists scales,began to work at high speed.“anything?”ellipsis.Would you really give anything for a raccoon coat?Are you indeed willing to give anything away for a raccoon coat?“anything.”He affirmed in ringing tones（他毫不含糊地大声说道）:ellipsis.Yes,Im willing to give anything for a raccoon coat.,Love Is a Fallacy,
