Lesson 12-How News Becomes Opinion and Opinion Off-limits

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How News Becomes Opinion and Opinion Off-limitsSalman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie (1947--)

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About the author British writer. born in Bombay , India to a middle-class Muslim family. He was educated in England, graduated from Cambridge, lived in London and published his first novel in 1975. His second novel, "Midnight's Children," won the Booker prize and was an international best seller. He has published several novels, books of essays and nonfiction as well as a children's book in the years since the fatwa was issued. He moved to the United States in 2000, and now lives in New York.

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About the author

Rushdie was condemned to death in 1989 by Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini, who issued a "fatwa"(伊斯兰教)法学家 的裁决- a religious decree - calling on Muslims to execute Rushdie for insulting Islam and the prophet Mohammed in his novel "The Satanic Verses."

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About the author The death sentence made him an international celebrity, at the same time, it forced him out of the public eye. Rushdie went into hiding in England for much of the next decade, guarded by British policemen who were his constant companions, only gradually re-emerging into public life after the fatwa was lifted in 1998. Not many novelists are condemned to death for their writing. Fewer survive the experience. This alone makes Salman Rushdie unique, and uniquely famous among modern literary figures.

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About the author 1988年出版的讽寓小说《撒旦的诗篇》触怒了当时的 伊朗宗教领袖霍梅尼，后者于次年2月下达了针对他 的死刑追杀令。该书日文版的译者被杀害，意大利语 和挪威版的译者亦遭袭击。这已成为政治干预文学创 作的一起典型案例。 但现在拉什迪说，被追杀的经历已经成为“古 史”(ancient history),如今他可以自由旅行，长期在 警方严密保护下与世隔绝的日子终于结束了。 1998年，伊朗政府宣布不支持对拉什迪的死刑判决， 但拒绝将其撤消，理由是只有霍梅尼本人才有权这样 做。霍梅尼于1989年6月去世。

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Protest against The Satanic

Verses." Viking Penguin published his long-awaited novel, The Satanic Verses in Sept. 1988. Although this book was generally praised in Europe and America, it was widely condemned in the Muslim world. In January of 1989 protests burst into full public consciousness. The book was burned before the television cameras in England and in Iran. Five members of a mob attacking the American culture Center in Islamabad in protest were shot to death, and in Kashmir, sixty were injured in another protest and one person was killed. Later in 1989 the Ayatollah 〈伊斯兰阿亚图拉〉Khomeni, leader of the Iranian revolution and the target of a freely satirical portrait in the novel, responded by issuing a denunciation (谴责, 告发)of Rushdie called a fatwa .(伊斯兰教)法学家的裁决in which he declared:

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Protest against The Satanic

Verses

." Viking Penguin published his long-awaited novel, The Satanic Verses in Sept. 1988. Although this book was generally praised in Europe and America, it was widely condemned in the Muslim world. In January of 1989 protests burst into full public consciousness. The book was burned before the television cameras in England and in Iran. Five members of a mob attacking the American culture Center in Islamabad in protest were shot to death, and in Kashmir, sixty were injured in another protest and one person was killed.

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Protest against The Satanic

Verses." Later in 1989 the Ayatollah〈伊斯兰阿亚图拉〉 Khomeni, leader of the Iranian revolution and the target of a freely satirical portrait in the novel, responded by issuing a denunciation (谴 责, 告发)of Rushdie called a fatwa .(伊斯兰教) 法学家的裁决in which he declared:

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Protest against The Satanic

Verses." “ I inform all zealous Muslims of the world that the author of the book entitled The Satanic Verses—which has been compiled, printed and published in opposition to Islam, the prophet, and the Qur’an---and those involved in its publication who were aware of its content , are sentenced to death. I call on all zealous Muslims to execute them quickly, wherever they may be found, so that no one else will dare to insult the Muslim sanctities 圣洁. God Willing, whoever is killed on this path is a martyr.”

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In 2007, after Rushdie was made a knight by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in 2007, demonstrations broke out across the Islamic world. Pakistan's protesters denounce the author as best known for “offensive and insulting writings” against Islam.

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Rushdie and his wife Padma

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How News Becomes Opinion and Opinion Off-limits Organization of the Text Part I Paras. 1-5 Part II Paras. 6-12 Part III Paras. 13-17 Part IV Paras 18-19 Part V Paras.20-23 Part VI Para.24

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How News Becomes Opinion and Opinion Off-limits Detailed Study of the Text Part I (Paras. 1--6) For the ultimate goal of both factual and fictional writing is the truth, however paradoxical that may sound.

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How News Becomes Opinion and Opinion Off-limits Para. 1

1. Pay attention to the structure of "I was wondering ---when---”: The implication is: It so happened that when I was thinking about the issue I came across a correction in a newspaper. Paraphrase : I was curious about the fact whether novelists and journalists had any basis for agreement, and if there was any, then what was that common ground.

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How News Becomes Opinion and Opinion Off-limits Para. 1

2. This "what, if any" pattern is worth noticing. In using this pattern, the writer is expressing the view that he does not think there is any. E.g. I did …… 此处隐藏：3342字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……