HENRYJAMES11亨利詹姆斯ppt課件

1、HENRY JAMES(1843-1916)1. HIS LIFE - in 1843 was born in New York City , the second child of wealthy , somewhat aristocratic parents . -He received the major part of education at home and experience from traveling in Europe and attended Harvard Law School. -after1866 he lived in Europe much of the ti

2、me.-1875 he made it his permanent home.He lived in Paris for a year,where he met Turgenev,Zola,and Flaubert. -1876 he setted in London and lived there and in the English countryside for the rest of his life .-1915,a year before his death ,to show his support of England in World War1,James became a B

3、ritain citizen.One Of His Most Famous WorkThe Portrait Of A Lady 貴婦畫像Whats the theme of “The Portrait of A Lady(貴婦畫像)？Want to answer this question?Follow 3 steps, then the answer will occur to you. The First Step？ ContentTipDont know it? You can turn to page76 to find whats this portrait is all abou

4、t. To understand it more you can read the content in Chinese女主角伊莎貝爾.阿切爾(Isabel Archer)小姐充溢夢想。為了得到自在而高雅的生活，她先后回絕了美國青年企業(yè)家卡斯佩.古德伍德(Casper Goodwood)、英國貴族沃伯頓(Warburton)勛爵等人的求婚。她的表哥拉爾夫也深愛著她，并在去世前壓服父親，把一筆遺產(chǎn)留給她，使她有經(jīng)濟(jì)條件去跟隨本人的幸福。然而這筆錢使伊莎貝爾更快地成為老謀深算地歐洲男人的獵物。吉爾伯特.奧斯蒙的(Gilbert Osmond)看上去過得自在而優(yōu)雅，對她有很強(qiáng)的吸引力。奧斯蒙德的情人

5、梅爾夫人(Madame Merle)那么一手謀劃，讓伊莎貝爾嫁給他。天真無邪的美國姑娘成了老練世故的歐洲人的犧牲品。然而固執(zhí)的伊莎貝爾即使在得知他們陰謀的情況下，還是決然回絕古德伍德德愛情，回到奧斯蒙德身邊。優(yōu)美和天真都不能掩蓋世俗德人際關(guān)系，以及起決議作用的經(jīng)濟(jì)關(guān)系。The Second Step? Jamess literary view*Jamess view of literatureAs a realist, he holds that art must be related to life, the aim of the novel is to represent life. He

6、 advocates an immense increase of freedom in the novel-writing and argues for inclusion of the disagreeable, the ugly and the commonplace. So he was one of the three staunch advocates of 19th American realism.The Third Step?Brainstorm & DiscussSuggestionThink about his living background and his lite

7、rary view.*Universal ThemeThe meeting of America and Europe, American innocence in contact with European decadence, and its moral and psychological complications. For the American it was a process of progression from inexperience to experience, from innocence to knowledge and maturity.Writing Techni

8、que是詹姆斯較早的一個(gè)長篇，文筆流暢優(yōu)美，經(jīng)受過詹姆斯冗長文體考驗(yàn)的讀者，能夠會(huì)對這部小說加倍地喜歡。該小說遭到印象主義繪畫的影響，描寫新舊大陸的風(fēng)物，充溢了詩情畫意，可謂“詩中有畫，畫中有詩。批判家理查.蔡斯以為，在美國文學(xué)史上，這是第一部充分運(yùn)用了長篇小說方式的力作。詹姆斯以霍桑等羅曼司作者的方法寫小說，所以是“詩人小說家?！罢材匪挂赃@樣的方式把羅曼司的成分引入長篇小說，因此他既能分享女主角的浪漫視角，又可以憑仗客觀的視角脫身。小說充溢了優(yōu)美的隱喻。 Well doneYour reward3. Major WorksThe Ambassadors (1903; Library of A

9、merica)一部反映美裔歐洲人風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣的喜劇故事。. Heroic Isolation: Rowland Mallet, Lambert Strether The American (1877; Library of America) “The American was written in Paris dramatizes a confrontation between the expatriate culture of American tourists and the protected world behind the barriers of old families and tra

10、ditions.The Europeans (1878; Library of America) The Europeans: A sketch is a short novel by Henry James, published in 1878. It is essentially a comedy contrasting the behaviors and attitudes of two visitors from Europe with those of their relatives living in the new world of New England. The novel

11、first appeared as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly for July-October, 1878. James made numerous minor revisions for the first book publication. The Portrait of a Lady (1881; Library of America)The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Ma

12、cmillans Magazine in 1880-1881 and then as a book in 1881. It is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who affronts her destiny and finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatri

13、ates. Like many of James novels, it is set mostly in Europe, notably England and Italy. Generally regarded as the masterpiece of his early phase of writing, this novel reflects Jamess absorbing interest in the differences between the New World and the Old. It also treats in a profound way the themes

14、 of personal freedom, responsibility, betrayal, and sexuality. Washington Square (1880; Library of America) Washington Square Park (404351N, 735951W Coordinates: 404351N, 735951W) is one of the best-known of New York Citys 1,700 public parks. At 9.75 acres (39,000 m), it is a major landmark in the M

15、anhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village, as well as a popular meeting place and center for cultural activity. It is operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.On December 22, 1999, a great many revisions were made in this e-text to bring it into conformity with the English e

16、dition (Macmillan, 1881), for which James made his final revisions.Other Works:Confidence (1879; Library of America)Daisy Miller (1879; Library of America) An International Episode (1878; Library of America) Roderick Hudson (1875; Library of America) The Turn of the Screw (1898; Library of America)

17、4.Characters AnalysisMaster List of CharactersMr. Daniel TouchettA wealthy American banker who now resides in England. Ralph TouchettMr. Touchetts ailing son.Lord WarburtonA wealthy English aristocrat and close friend of Ralph Touchett.Mrs. Lydia TouchettMr. Touchetts wife and Ralphs mother. She has

18、 arrived from America with her niece, Isabel Archer.Isabel ArcherA young American woman who is visiting England for the first time. She is Mr. and Mrs.Touchetts niece, and Ralphs cousin.Lilian LudlowIsabels sister who lives with her husbandIsabel Archer(No.1)ISABEL ARCHER was a young person of many

19、theories; her imagination was remarkably active. It had been her fortune to possess a finer mind than most of the persons among whom her lot was cast; to have a larger perception of surrounding facts, and to care for knowledge that was tinged with the unfamiliar. It is true that among her contempora

20、ries she passed for a young woman of extraordinary profundity; for these excellent people never withheld their admiration from a reach of intellect of which they themselves were not conscious, and spoke of Isabel as a prodigy of learning, a young lady reputed to have read the classic authorsin trans

21、lations.Isabel ArcherIsabel Archer, one of Jamess most fully drawn characters, has postponed a marriage in America for a year of travel abroad, only to discover upon her precipitate and ill- considered marriage to an American living in Florence, that it is her need to be independent that makes her m

22、arriage a disaster. Isabel ArcherHenry James was realistic about women at the end of the 19th century, particularly those standing between the US and Great Britain. Isabel is such a woman. She gets into the world without any parents but with a tremendously good uncle and cousin. She is surrounded wi

23、th men who love her and want to marry her out of love. She refuses them, three of them, to be able to see the world. And she falls in the hands of a social climber. She is of course deeply unhappy, alone, brutalized too. But she is so pent up in her stubborn decision that she can never step back and

24、 consider a real escape. Yet, maybe, at the end, there is a wavering touch of hope - for her. DiscussionIs it incredible how this woman, who wants to be strong-headed and independent, fails to see the men who love her and to recognize the man who uses her ? Warning for young ladies :Do be clear-minded and