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byGeorgeOrwellLessonTwo1GeorgeOrwellGeorgeOrwell2BiographyOrwell'spresscardportrait,takenin1933BornEricArthurBlair

25June1903

Motihari,Bihar,

BritishIndiaDied21January1950

(aged

46)

Camden,

London,EnglandRestingplaceSuttonCourtenay,OxfordshirePennameGeorgeOrwell,JohnFreemanOccupationNovelist,politicalwriterandjournalistNationalityBritishNotablework(s)HomagetoCatalonia

(1938)

AnimalFarm

(1945)

NineteenEighty-Four

(1949)

essaysSpouse(s)EileenO'Shaughnessy(1935–1945,herdeath)

SoniaBrownell

(1949–1950,hisdeath)BiographyOrwell'spresscardp3

GeorgeOrwellwasthepseudonym(筆名）ofEricArthurBlair(1903-50),anEnglishwriterwhoatonetimeservedwiththeIndianImperialPoliceinBurma（緬甸）.HefoughtintheSpanishCivilWar,anexperienceherecordedinHomagetoCatalonia.GeorgeOrwell‘slifeisshort,buthiswithkeeninsightandsharpstyleofwritingsurveyandrecordhislifebytheera,mademanybeyondtheprophecies（預(yù)言）oftheera,iscalled“generationthecoldnessofconscience”.

4Works1931《行刑》（AHanging）

1933《巴黎倫敦落魄記（DownAndOutIInParisAndLondon）

1934《在緬甸的日子》（BurmeseDays）

1935《牧師的女兒》（AClergyman’sDaughter）

1936《讓葉蘭在風(fēng)中飛舞》（KeepTheAspidistraFlying）

1938《向加泰羅尼亞致敬》（HomagetoCatalonia）

1939《上來透口氣》（ComingUpForAir）

1940《鯨魚之中》（InsidetheWhale）

1941《獅子與獨角獸》（TheLionandTheUnicorn:SocialismandtheEnglishGenius）

1945《民族主義的基本特征》（NotesonNationalism）、《動物莊園》（AnimalFarm）

1946《窮人之死》（HowthePoorDie）

1949《甘地的思考》（ReflectionsonGandhi）

1950《獵象》（ShootingAnElephant）《一九八四》（NineteenEighty-Four）Works1931《行刑》（AHangi5高級英語第二冊第二課Marrakechppt課件6AnimalFarm(1945)

ApoliticalfableEachanimalrepresentsacertainhumancharacter,meanttocriticizeStalin'ssocialism.AshortnovelthatcriticizestheSovietUnion,oneofEngland‘salliesinWorldWarII.Itisanentertainingstoryaboutanimalsor,onadeeperlevel,asavage（野蠻的，殘酷的）attackonthemisuseofpoliticalpower.AnimalFarm(1945)Apoliti7高級英語第二冊第二課Marrakechppt課件8

NineteenEighty-Four(1949)

AnEnglishnovelaboutlifeinadictatorship（專政）aslivedbyWinstonSmith.AnintellectualworkerattheMinistryofTruth,andhisdegradation（退化，墮落）

whenherunsafoulof（與····沖突）thetotalitarian(極權(quán)主義的

)governmentofOceania(大洋洲),thestateinwhichhelivesintheyearthathepresumes（假定，推測）is1984.NineteenEighty-Fo9GeorgeOrwellthemasterofasuperb（華麗的,宏偉的）lucid(清晰的)prosestyle.anuncompromising（不妥協(xié)的，堅定的）individualistandpoliticalidealistfamousforhispoliticalsatires（諷刺詩）Orwellarguedthatwritershaveanobligationoffightingsocialinjustice,oppression（鎮(zhèn)壓,壓迫）andthepoweroftotalitarian(極權(quán)主義的

)regimes（政權(quán)）.GeorgeOrwellthemasterofas10UniversityColl