PART 1

教师导入

Last classes, we’ve learned three elements, do you remember what are they? Today, we are going to continue. One of the safest comments to make about novels is on the theme. Everyone is entitled to extract a theme based upon his understanding of the novel.

● What is theme?

● Theme may be the most democratic element in literature, because its definition is the least restrictive. The theme of a novel is its controlling idea or its central insight. Being an idea or an insight, the theme should be abstract and it should generalize about life. Labeled as controlling or central, the theme should be capable of unifying the whole novel.