Unit 8 Life of Samuel Johnson公開課一等獎省優(yōu)質(zhì)課大賽獲獎?wù)n件

Unit8TextTheLifeofSamuelJohnsonI.TheLifeofSamuelJohnsonTheLifeofSamuelJohnson,isabiographyofDr.SamuelJohnsonwrittenbyJamesBoswell.Itisregardedasanimportantstageinthedevelopmentofthemoderngenreofbiography;manyhaveclaimeditasthegreatestbiographywritteninEnglish.WhileBoswell'spersonalacquaintancewithhissubjectonlybeganin1763,whenJohnsonwas54yearsold,BoswellcoveredtheentiretyofJohnson'slifebymeansofadditionalresearch.ThebiographytakesmanycriticallibertieswithJohnson'slife,asBoswellmakesvariouschangestoJohnson'squotationsandevencensors(刪剪)manycomments.Regardlessoftheseactions,modernbiographershavefoundBoswell'sbiographyasanimportantsourceofinformation.Theworkwaspopularamongearlyaudiencesandwithmoderncritics.II.

SamuelJohnson

Johnson(1709-84)isoneofthekeyfiguresandalsooneofthemostchallengingandwide-rangingwritersinEnglishliteraryhistory.Heisthesourceofendlessfamiliaraphorisms(格言,警句),thecompilerofthefirstgreatEnglishdictionary,thegreatestofessayists,andeditorofShakespeare,biographerandcriticoftheEnglishpoets,authorbothoftheinfluentialjournalRamblerandthepopularfictionRasselas,andoneofthemostdistinctivecharactersandconversationalistsinourliteraryculture.

TodaywerememberSamuelJohnson,thewriter,editor,andlexicographer.DoctorJohnson'scontributionstoEnglishliteraturearegreat.InadditiontohiscollectionsofessaystitledTheIdlerandTheRambler,heeditedacollectionofShakespeare,wrotethebiographicalLivesofthePoets,andcompiledADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.Someofhisbetter-rememberedepigramsincludedefining"exerciseaslaborwithoutweariness";and"poetryastheartofunitingpleasurewithtruth."

III.JamesBoswellJamesBoswell(1740-1795),authorofTheLifeofSamuelJohnson,remainsoneofthemorecelebratedbiographersinmodernliteraryhistory.InhismonumentalALifeofJamesBoswell,PeterMartintakesontheformidabletaskofwritingthebiographer'sbiography―oftellingthestoryofamanwhosenumerousjournalsarerenownedfortheirvividevocation(喚起)ofhislifeandtimes.ThemovingbiographyALifeofJamesBoswellreassesses(再評價)JamesBoswell'sachievementsanduncoversthebreadthofhisworld.PeterMartindispels(驅(qū)散,趕跑)thenotionthatBoswell'smasterlyLifeofJohnsonwasanaccidentalworkofgenius,andshowsthatBoswellwasawriterofthehighestorderandacomplex,troubled,butultimatelyappealingman.

IV.StructureoftheTextPartI(para.1)―JohnsonwasangeredbythecontinuedneglectofChesterfieldwholaterattemptedtopleaseJohnsonbywritingtwopapersPartII(para.2-4)―

Chesterfield’sflatteryofJohnson&recommendationofhisdictionaryPartIII(para.5-13)―

Johnsondespised

Chesterfield’shoneyedwordsbywritinghimaletterPartIV(14-17)―

Chesterfield’sinfluenceonJohnson’swritingcoupletsV.TextAnalysislord

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―futuregenerations后代dictate―tosayorreadaloudtoberecordedorwrittenbyanother口述

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為了表示自己對伯爵“一往情深”仰慕，約翰遜引用了古羅馬詩人維吉爾詩中牧童“發(fā)覺愛神只不過是荒山野嶺中橫蠻人”故事，用以喻指伯爵鐵石心腸，是不通情理人。Howtounderstandthesentence“TheshepherdinVirgil……anativeoftherocks”?AttheverybeginningJohnsonadmiredLordChesterfieldverymuchbutfinallyheknewwhatkindofpersonChesterfieldwas.Hewascold-hearted,notofferinganyhelptome.encumber–oputaheavyloadon;burden負(fù)重?fù)?dān);拖累solitary–lonesomeorlonely孤獨(dú)(寂)impart–tograntashareof;bestow分給；授(贈)予asperity–harshnessofmanner;illtemperorirritability粗暴或易怒Providence–天意,上帝,神眷顧conclude–tobringabout(afinalagreementorsettlement)訂立,達(dá)成（最終和約或處理方案）concludeapeacetreaty訂立和平條約exultation–theactorconditionofrejoicinggreatly狂喜，歡躍致切斯特菲爾德大人函

《致切斯特菲爾德大人函》是約翰遜于1755年2月7日寫給切斯特菲爾德伯爵菲力浦·多墨·斯坦厚甫(PhilipDormerStanhope)一封信。切斯特菲爾德伯爵開始對約翰遜編辭典一事冷眼相看。約翰遜艱辛奮斗7年，終于獨(dú)立完成辭典編寫，出版在即。這時，切斯特菲爾德伯爵在當(dāng)初《世界報》上連寫兩篇文章，對約翰遜辭典大加吹捧，希望約翰遜未來能把英國第一部英語辭典獻(xiàn)給他。約翰遜得知此事后，義憤填膺，揮筆寫下了這篇名傳千秋著名信函。信中數(shù)落了伯爵對他冷淡，嘲諷了伯爵高傲與專橫，對比了約翰遜自己對伯爵熱情與誠懇，從而宣告了約翰遜辭典與伯爵無關(guān)，是他獨(dú)立完成，對伯爵無恩可感，無情可載。

約翰遜信是一個窮作家對大人物控訴狀，表現(xiàn)了作家對權(quán)貴蔑視，有著我國著名詩人李白一樣“安能摧眉折腰事權(quán)貴”反叛精神。在實(shí)質(zhì)上，約翰遜這種精神代表了英國新興資產(chǎn)階級對封建權(quán)勢反抗。人們將約翰遜這封信比做是“作家獨(dú)立宣言”。實(shí)際上，今后，英國文壇上保護(hù)人制度（Patronage）在英國，在歐洲大陸逐步消失了。

約翰遜信不但思想性深刻，而且文筆優(yōu)美、語句典雅，不長信中，三聯(lián)排比結(jié)構(gòu)被兩次利用。文中反語、諷刺、幽默含義加強(qiáng)了語句感染力，而且約翰遜所用比喻含有高深典故性和哲理性。為了表示自己對伯爵“一往情深”仰慕，約翰遜引用了古羅馬詩人維吉爾詩中牧童“發(fā)覺愛神只不過是荒山野嶺中橫蠻人”故事，用以喻指伯爵鐵石心腸，是不通情理人。

這封信中句子結(jié)構(gòu)上，約翰遜還顯示了他高超安排技巧，信正文最終一段是一個句子，在末尾一個定語從句中，作者把書信中客套結(jié)尾語和署名巧妙地變成了這個句子組成部分。condescension―patronizinglysuperiorbehaviororattitude恩賜態(tài)度resent

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