作家毛姆生平英文課件

SomersetMaughamafamousBritishnovelist﹑playwrightandshortstorywriter.(25January1874–16December1965)SomersetMaughamafamoussection1BriefIntroductionofhislifesection1BriefIntroductionofChildhood8yearsoldhismomdied,twoyearslaterhisfatherdied.MaughamwassenttotheUKtobecaredforbyhisuncle,HenryMacDonaldMaugham..hisuncleprovedcoldandemotionallycruel,hisnewschoolwasalsodifficultforhim.HewasteasedforhisbadEnglish(Frenchhadbeenhisfirstlanguage)andhisshortstature,whichheinheritedfromhisfather.Childhood8yearsoldhismomdied,tChildhoodMiserablebothathisuncle'svicarageandatschool,theyoungMaughamdevelopedatalentformakingwoundingremarkstothosewhodispleasedhim.ThisabilityissometimesreflectedinMaugham'sliterarycharacters.ChildhoodMiserablebothathisuncCareerMaugham'sfatherandthreeolderbrotherswerealldistinguishedlawyers,butMaughamaskedtobeexcusedfromthedutyoffollowingintheirfootsteps.Maughamhadbeenwritingsteadilysincetheageof15andferventlywishedtobecomeanauthor，butlaterhestudiedmedicineatthemedicalschool，meetingpeopleofalowsortwhomhewouldneverhavemetotherwise,andseeingthematatimeofheightenedanxietyandmeaningintheirlives.CareerMaugham'sfatherandthreeoCareerIn1897,hepublishedhisfirstnovel,LizaofLambeth,ataleofworking-classadulteryanditsconsequences.LizaofLambeth'sfirstprintrunsoldoutinamatterofweeks.Maugham,whohadqualifiedasamedic,droppedmedicineandembarkedonhis65-yearcareerasamanofletters.Helatersaid,Itooktoitasaducktakestowater.CareerIn1897,hepublishedhisfirMarriageDuringhisyearinHeidelbergMaughammetandhadasexualaffairwithJohnEllinghamBrooks,anEnglishmantenyearshissenior.Althoughhomosexual,MaughamenteredintoarelationshipwithSyrieWellcome,anAmerican-bornEnglishpharmaceuticalmagnate.HenryWellcomesuedhiswifefordivorce,namingMaughamasco-respondent.Themarriagewasunhappy,andSyriedivorcedhimin1929,findinghisrelationshipandtravelswithHaxtontoodifficulttolivewith.MarriageDuringhisyearinHeidelbMarriageMaugham'slovelifewasalmostneversmooth.Heonceconfessed:IhavemostlovedpeoplewhocaredlittleornothingformeandwhenpeoplehavelovedmeIhavebeenembarrassed...Inordernottohurttheirfeelings,IhaveoftenactedapassionIdidnotfeel.MarriageMaugham'slovelifewasalSection2WorksandwritingstyleSection2Worksandwritingsty作家毛姆生平英文課件NotableWorksHisreputationasanovelistrestsprimarilyonthesebooks:NotableWorksHisreputationasLizaofLambeth(1897)wasW.SomersetMaugham'sfirstnovel,whichhewrotewhileworkingasadoctoratahospitalinLambeth.ItdepictstheshortlifeanddeathofLizaKemp,an18-year-oldfactoryworkerwholivestogetherwithheragingmotherinthefictionalVereStreet.Allinall,itgivesthereaderaninterestinginsightintotheeverydaylivesofworkingclassLondonersattheendofthenineteenthcentury.LizaofLambeth(1897)wasW.SInclassicguide,Maughamintroducesanddiscusseswhatheconsiderstobethetengreatestnovelsandtheirauthors.Herearesomeoftheformulaeofgreatnessinthegenre.Maugham'schoicelist:Fielding'sTomJones;《湯姆·瓊斯》（亨利·菲爾?。〥ickens'sDavidCopperfield;《大衛(wèi)·科波菲爾》（查爾斯·狄更斯）Flaubert'sMadameBovary;《包法利夫人》（福樓拜）Balzac'sOldManGoriot;《高老頭》(巴爾扎克）EmilyBronte'sWutheringHeights,《呼嘯山莊》（艾蜜莉·勃朗特）Dostoevsky'sTheBrothersKaramazov;《卡拉馬佐夫兄弟》（陀思妥耶夫斯基)Stendhal'sTheRedandtheBlack;《紅與黑》（斯湯達(dá)爾）Austen'sPrideandPrejudice;《傲慢與偏見》（珍·奧斯?。㎝elville'sMobyDick;《白鯨記》（赫爾曼·梅爾維爾)Tolstoy'sWarandPeace.《戰(zhàn)爭與和平》（托爾斯泰）Inclassicguide,MaughamintHisWritingStyleMaughamwasinfluencedbythepublishedjournalsoftheFrenchwriterJulesRenard,IbsenandhiscomedieswasinfluencedbyOscarWildealot.Maughamhadenjoyedfortheirconscientiousness,wisdomandwit.Healwaysholdcalm,aloofevenparticularattitudeswithsomesatireandmercytoobservelifeinalmostallhisworks.HisWritingStyleMaughamwasHisWritingStyleHisworksaremianlyaboutfamily,loveandthetwistsinmarriage.Hedescribedthesituationsandcustomsintheupperclassandexpressedthedoubtsaboutthesocietymorality.Hisworksaremoresatiricthanhumourous.HisWritingStyleHisworksaresection3Influencesection3InfluenceIn1947MaughaminstitutedtheSomersetMaughamAward,awardedtothebestBritishwriterorwritersundertheageofthirty-fiveforaworkoffictionpublishedinthepastyear.NotablewinnersincludeV.S.Naipaul,KingsleyAmis,MartinAmisandThomGunn.Onhisdeath,MaughamdonatedhisroyaltiestotheRoyalLiteraryFund.In1947MaughaminstitutedtheOtherwritersacknowledgedhiswork.AnthonyBurgess,whoincludedacomplexfictionalportraitofMaughaminthenovelEarthlyPowers,praisedhisinfluence.IanFlemingnotedthathewrotetheshortstoryQuant