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Author
Background
Genre
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His Life
Background
Author
Liam O'Flaherty 1896 –1984
was born in 1896 in a remote village in Ireland. His family were not well off. The Irish language was widely spoken in the area, and in the O'Flaherty household both English and Irish were used.
3. … he swore and said that a man would be better off dead
than…
4. …and driving out every other desire but that of asserting his
manhood…
5. She looked at Martin wearily and it seem to her …
1. Outside, cocks were crowing and a white streak was rising
from the ground, as it were, and beginning to scatter the
darkness.
2. They ate in silence, sleepy and yet on fire with excitement…
Famine (1937)
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His Influence
was a significant Irish novelist and short story writer and was considered to be a leading figure in the Irish literary renaissance.
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His Works
Irish novelist and short-story writer whose works combine brutal naturalism, psychological analysis, poetry, and biting satire with an abiding respect for the courage and persistence of the Irish people.
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Warming up
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Warming up Questions / Activities
1. What would you do in a typical spring morning?
2. What hopes and worries do you have about your future life?
Major works Байду номын сангаасnclude:
Thy Neighbour's Wife (1924) – thought to be one of his best.
The Informer (1925) – for which he had been awarded the 1925 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.
3. What do you know about farming? Do you know how spring sowing is done in our country?
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Warming up Check-on Preview
• Give the definition of the underlined words and phrases.
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Warming up Objectives
• Understand the structure and the general idea of the story
• Think about how to interpret the story • Know something about the symbols • Solve your own questions about the story
left school in 1917 and joined the Irish Guards .He served on the Western Front, where he was injured, and it is possible that the shell shock he suffered may have been responsible for the mental illness which became apparent in 1933.
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Background
Genre
A Short Story
Plot: a young couple’s first day of spring sowing
Irish village Setting: In spring
Agricultural society (why?)
Theme of the story: what do you think?
Spring Sowing
Liam O’Flaherty
Spring Sowing
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W arming up B ackground T ext Analysis R einforcement
Spring Sowing
Questions / Activities Check-on Preview Objectives
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Theme
Structure
Detailed Analysis
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Text Analysis
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Text Analysis Theme