1、中小学精编教育课件中小学精编教育课件Anne Of Green Gables It is a bestselling 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery.Written as fiction for readers of all ages,the literary classic has been considered a childrens novel since the mid-twentieth century.It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley,a young orpha
2、n girl,age 11Lucy Maud MontgomeryLucy Maud Montgomery November 30,1874 April 24,1942 publicly known as L.M.Montgomery,She was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables.Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 530 short stories,500 poems,and 30
3、essays.Plot Summary Anne,a young orphan from the fictional community of Bolingbroke,is sent to Prince Edward Island after a childhood spent in strangers homes and orphanages.Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert,siblings in their fifties and sixties,had decided to adopt a boy from the orphanage to help Matth
4、ew run their farm.They live at Green Gables,their Avonlea farmhouse on Prince Edward Island.Through a misunderstanding,the orphanage sends Anne Shirley.The novel recounts how Anne makes her way with the Cuthberts,in school and within the town.Main characters Anne ShirleyAn imaginative,talkative,red-
5、headed orphan who comes to live with Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert,who are siblings.Marilla CuthbertShe is an austere woman who tries to subdue Annes imaginative.Though she is conservative in her rules,she does love Anne and has the glimmerings of a sense of humour and a hidden soft side.Matthew Cuth
6、bertA shy,awkward man who takes a liking to Anne from the start.The two become fast friends.He is a good listener.Because Marilla has primary responsibility for rearing the girl,he has no qualms about spoiling her and indulging her in pretty clothes and other frivolities.Anne ShirleyMY OPINION After
7、 reading this article,I think its a wonderful work.The author used her clean smooth,vivid and humorous style to tell us a story about a pure kindness,lovely heroine:Anne shirley.This is a story about friendship,responsibility and love.Anne is a tragic girl,but she is also optimistic and outgoing.Bac
8、kgroundBackground In writing the novel,Montgomery was inspired by notes she had made as a young girl,about a couple who were mistakenly sent an orphan girl instead of the boy they had requested yet decided to keep her.She drew upon her own childhood experiences in rural Prince Edward Island.Montgome
9、ry used a photograph of Evelyn Nesbit as the model for the face of Anne Shirley,which she had clipped from New Yorks Metropolitan Magazine and put on the wall of her bedroom.Montgomery was also inspired by the formula Ann orphan stories which were popular at the time and distinguished her character
10、by spelling her name as Anne.She based other characters such as Gilbert Blythe in part on people she knew.She said that she wrote the novel in the twilight of the day,while sitting at her window and overlooking the fields of Cavendish.Writing Techniques of Anne of Green GablesWriting Techniques of A
11、nne of Green Gables Works of Childrens literature posses some basic features.They are supposed to be educational,entertaining,therapeutic(adj.治疗（学）的，疗法的;有益于健康的),and informative.As a gifted storyteller,Montgomery breaks the solid boundaries between classic literature and popular literature,makes her
12、novel a piece of art that can be appreciated by both the artists and ordinary people.By vivid description of beautiful landscape,the novel creates for readers a romantic paradise in which they can live happily.There is no doubt about the storys charm and readability because it is told by such an une
13、ven omniscient(adj.无所不知的)narrator with impressive sense of humor and diversified language.And the development of Anne also provides those in search of love,home or identity with the courage to face the barriers in their own life.Anne of Green Gables is a work ahead of its time.As an outstanding symbol of Canadian childhood.
