Henry_Fielding亨利。菲尔丁简介资料.ppt

胡玉妍 2011级地理科学本;An introduction to Fielding;Education; Experience He first tried his luck at play writing and turned out 26 plays during 9 years (1729-37), and became the most successful playwright of the time. He wrote plays, farces 滑稽剧and buffooneries 滑稽for the stage with political and social satire. Fielding mercilessly exposed the corruption, hypocrisy and cruelty of the officials. ;His plays was applauded by the public but hated by the government. In 1737 when the political censorship of the Licensing Act went into effect, his theatrical career came to an end. He began to take up law and was admitted to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1740. He was made a judge in 1748. Then Fielding began his novel writing by attacking Richardson. In 1742 he published his first novel The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews;This was followed by another novel, The Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great. In 1749, appeared his masterpiece, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, two years later: his last novel, Amelia. In his novels, Fielding continued to expose and fight against social evils of his time. His later years were devoted to the duties as a magistrate. He worked very hard. His health failed. In 1754 he died in Lisbon, Portugal. ;Writing Style;Fielding’s Novels;Fielding as a Playwright ; Tom Jones is Fielding the most mature artistic masterpiece, is also a landmark British novel history masterpiece.;Tom Jones;Tom Jones plot organization performance in the authors highly art. Tom Jones although plot complex numerous, but the author, characters, delicate, hierarchy in layout in an orderly way. In the story, character, increasing the plot appears compact. 《汤姆·琼斯》在情节的组织方面表现了作者的高度的艺术技巧。《汤姆·琼斯》虽然情节复杂，人物众多，但作者布局精巧，层次井然，有条不紊。在故事的发展中，人物出现越多，情节越趋紧凑。 ;Novels in addition to Jones and SuFei ya successively runaways plot as the center, describes all kinds of sporting events outside, also describes some incidental st