[外语课件]英国文学史及选读第二册lecture8Modernism.ppt

Suggested movie: The hours “Bloomsbury Group”:布卢姆斯伯里文化圈中人 an informal association based on friendship interests. They held more liberal views on art and social issues and often rejected the artistic, social and sexual restrictions of the Victorian. Pioneering efforts and importance of getting rid of realism and penetrating into the mind of the character. Works Night and Day (1919) Jacob’s room (1922) Mrs. Dalloway (1925) To the Lighthouse (1927) Waves (1931) The Years (1937) In-class Reading of Mrs. Dalloway: Plot: P441 Tightly-structured novel: actions taking place in one day in London; The time frame of the novel is 24 hours in the life of a middle-aged woman; The urban scenes sounds kick off various streams of thoughts; Not a plot in the traditional sense in the novel, with the passing of hours, the actual reality of the physical world; Poetic narrative frequent uses of imagery, symbol and metaphor. The successfully-presented inner lives of human beings and their hidden mental world Task: Please read P445, and figure out the evidence of Stream-of-Consciousness. James Joyce (1882-1941) Life: Born in Dublin, Ireland A Catholic family, rebel Left Ireland in 1904 to live abroad for the rest of his life the setting for all his fiction is his hometown Works Four novels, two volumes of poetry and one play Dubliners (1914)--- a collection of 15 short stories First novel: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man（1916）---autobiography Ulysses (1922)—masterpiece (Odysseus奥德修斯, from Greek Mythology) D.H. Lawrence(1885-1930) The only native Englishman of all the literary giants of the modern period. Wrote novels, short stories, articles, poetry, plays, travel books and books of philosophy, psychology, and history of which the novels are most out- standing. Works Sons and Lovers (1913) The Rainbow (1915) Women in Love (1920) Lady Chatterley’s Lovers (1928) The major theme: human relationships in the modern world