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1、Henry James（18431916）第1頁/共19頁life第2頁/共19頁Born: 15 April 1843Birthplace: New York Father: Eminent scholarBrother: philosopher and psychologist第3頁/共19頁1862 :James entered Harvard Law School 第4頁/共19頁In 1875, he decided that Europe was his ideal home and settled in Paris, where he met Flaubert and Maupa

2、ssantIn 1915, he became British subject第5頁/共19頁He never took part in public affairs or showed much interest in the economic and social changes of the periodHe was deeply interested in the contrast between the old world and the new one, between the European way of life and the American one第6頁/共19頁In

3、1916, he died In 1976,his ashes were removed to Poets corner in Westminster Abbey第7頁/共19頁Henry James（18431916）the forerunner of stream of consciousness novelthe founder of psychological realismAt the age of 25 he was recognized as the best short story writer in America.One of the three staunch advoc

4、ates of 19th century American realism ,the other two being Howells and Mark Twain.James first achieved recognition as a writer of the “international novel” 第8頁/共19頁Works第9頁/共19頁First period(international theme)第10頁/共19頁The Portrait of A Lady (1881) His masterpieceInternational theme第11頁/共19頁It tells

5、 about the fate of one of those splendid Jamesian American girls, Isabel Archer, arriving in Europe, full of hope, and with a will to live a free and noble life, only to fall prey to the sinister designs of two vulgar and unscrupulous expatriates.第12頁/共19頁James Literary Criticism Henry James literar

6、y criticism is an indispensable part of his contribution to literature. He worked out his influential principles of fiction in The Art of Fiction (1884). The aim of the novel is to present life.To probe the deepest reaches of the psychological and moral nature of human beings 第13頁/共19頁Second period第

7、14頁/共19頁Third period（major period） return to international theme第15頁/共19頁International themea story which brings together persons of various nationalities who represent certain characteristics of their countries. The Europeans in James novels are more cultured, more concerned with art, and more awar

8、e of the subtleties of social situations than James Americans. The American, however, usually have a morality and innocence which the Europeans lack. James seemed to value both the sophistication of Europe and the idealism of America第16頁/共19頁P(yáng)sychological novelJames changed the method of presentation in a novel, shifting the centre of gravity from action to its intellectual and fantastic aspects