福斯特与印度之行.pptVIP

第三节 福斯特与《印度之行》 Edward Morgan Forster and A Passage to India 一、生平与创作 Edward Morgan Forster ，1879—1970 English author and critic A Brief Life： born in London as the son of an architect, who died before his only child was two years old. Forsters childhood and much of his adult life was dominated by his mother and his aunts. Forster attended Kings College, Cambridge (1897-1901), where he met members of the later formed Bloomsbury group. In the atmosphere of skepticism, he shed his not very deep Christian faith. After graduating he travelled in Italy and Greece with his mother, and on his return began to write essays and short stories for the liberal Independent Review. In 1905 Foster spent several month in German as tutor to the children of the Countess von Armin. Between the years 1912 and 1913 Forster travelled in India. From 1914 to 1915 he worked for the National Gallery in London. Following the outbreak of World War I, Forster joined the Red Cross and served in Alexandria, Egypt. In 1921 Forster returned to India, working as a private secretary to the Maharajah（土邦主） of Dewas. The land was the scene of his masterwork A PASSAGE TO INDIA (1924), an account of India under British rule. the remaining 46 years of his life he devoted himself to other activities. Writing novels was not the most important element in his life. Forster contributed reviews and essays to numerous journals, most notably the Listener, he was an active member of PEN, in 1934 he became the first president of the National Council for Civil Liberties, and after his mother‘s death in 1945, he was elected an honorary fellow of King’s and lived there for the remainder of his life. Forster died on June 7, 1970. Writings 小说：《天使不敢涉足的地方》（Where Angles Fear to Tread,1905）、《最漫长的旅行》（The Longest Journey,1907）、《看得见风景的房间》（A Room With a View,1908）、同性恋小说《莫里斯》（Maurice, 1914年完成，但是根据作者的要求，在他去世后的1971年才出版）、《霍华德别业》（Howards End,1910）、《印度之行》（A Passage to India，1924）等 。 文学评论 ：《小说面面观》 (Aspects of the Novel, 192