【正文】 support the forces of revolution and democracy III. works (plays unpleasant) Widower’ s Houses 鰥夫的房產(chǎn) Major Barbara 巴巴拉少校 Heartbreak House 傷心之家 Mrs. Warren’ s Profession 華倫夫人的職業(yè) The Apple Cart 蘋果車 IV. Mrs. Warren’ s Profession(p388) Keeping brothels V. S’ s ideology 1. He opposed the idea of “ art for art’ s sake” , maintaining that “ 。 socialist Movement。 How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man love d the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face。 4. age。 2. love。 nervous breakdown since childhood。 he is at the mercy of indifferent forces which manipulate his behavior and his relations with others. John Galsworthy(18671933) I. life Born in a rich bourgeois family A representative of bourgeois realism in English novel of 20th century II. work 1. The Island Pharisees 島國的法利賽人 2. The Man of Property 有 產(chǎn)業(yè)的人 3. Forsyte Saga 福爾賽世家 4. The End of the Chapter 尾聲 III. Forsyte Saga(p352356) 1. powerful sweep 2. brilliant illustrations 3. deep psychological analysis 4. satire amp。 naturalism。 critical realism。 was buried in the Poet’ s Corner, Westminster Abbey, beside Tennyson. My Last Duchess My Last Duchess is Browning’ s bestknown dramatic monologue. The poem takes its sources from the life of Alfonso II, duke of Ferrara of the 16thcentury Italy, whose young wife died suspiciously after three years of marriage. Not long after her death, the duke managed to arrange a marriage with the niece of another noble man. This dramatic monologue is the duke’ s speech addressed to the agent who es to negotiate the marriage. In his talk about his last duchess, the duke reveals himself as a selfconceited, cruel amp。 actually give full swing to this genius, . the dramatic monologue. In 1846, Browning married Elizabeth Barrett, a famous poetess whose famous book of love poetry was Sons from the Portuguese. In 1869 Browing’ s masterpiece, The Ring amp。 received his education mainly from his private tutor, amp。 Elizabeth Barrett I. Life Legendary love, happy marriage II. E’ s Works From Sons from the Portuguese(p305) III. Features: 1. theme: love 2. Feature: reason amp。 her love for him. The passion described here is intense amp。 prophesy) 2. intensity of vision and passion 3. The vividness of her subjective narration, the intensely achieved characterization 4. vivid description of her intense feelings VI. Detailreading (Chapter XXIII) Jane finds herself hopelessly in love with Mr. Rochester but she is aware that her love is out of the question. So, when forced to confront Mr. Rochester, she desperately amp。 equality as a human being. 3. possessed of strong feelings, fiery passions amp。 important novels of the Victorian age. 2. its introduction to the English novel the first governess heroine. II. Point of view first person point of view III. Character (Jane Eyre) 1. a na239。 description of nature。 3. narration: two dramatic narrators (Mr. Lockwood, and Nelly Dean) IV. detailreading (268278) 1. content: Final meeting of Heathcliff and Catherine before Catherine’ s death 2. narrator: Nelly Dean 3. their love: passion, love, agony, horror 4. Catherine: a mon girl who met an unmon love. In her heart, the struggle between true love and tradition never ceased, and finally caused her early death. 5. theme : a. criticism upon the materialism and social discrimination. b. hatred and revenge are meaningless。 Emily Bronte I. Life of the Bronte sisters Charlotte(39), Emily(30) ,Anne(29) 1. born in Yorkshire moors, daughters of a poor country clergyman. 2. 2 elder daughters died in the charity school 3. Charlotte and Emily once worked as governesses II. Jane Eyre 簡 realization of their goals, amp。 social aspirations. In her mind, the pathetic tragedy of women lies in their very birth. Their inferior education amp。 psychological realism. theme of her works As a woman of exceptional intelligence amp。 to reveal the motives, impulses amp。 sets into motion a variety of developments, leading in the direction of both the naturalistic amp。 outward circumstances amp。 working constantly under the apprehension of failure or worthlessness. III. Achievements 1. Writing at the latter half of the 19th century amp。 high moral tone. 2. 1863, Romola, a full elaborately documented story of Florence in the time of Savornarola. 3. Felix Holt, the Radical, her only novel on English politics. 4. 1872, Middlemarch, a panoramic book, Gee Eliot’ s greatest achievement 5. 1876, last novel, Daniel Deronda. These novels, together with a number of poems amp。 Silas Marner (1861), all drawn from her lifelong knowledge of English country life amp。 philosophical problems. 3. At the age of 39, she started he literary career. Being a woman of intelligence amp。 ③ both criticized the Victorian society satirically. 2. differences: ① D described the mon people, T mainly described the lives of aristocrats and rich people. ② D was a sentimentalist. T was a cynic who doubted the goodness of human nature as a spectator. ③ D advocated social reforms, T was not a crusader for good causes. ④ D was a romanticist, T was against all romantic conventions. Gee eliot I. life 1. Gee Eliot (18191880), pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, was born on Nov. 22, 1819 into an estate agent’ s family in Warwickshire, England. 2. Though brought up under strict religious influences, she early abandoned religious beliefs, adopted agnostic opinions about Christian doctrine, amp。 c. gambling and bad investments d. has to make a living by writing articles for newspap