Henry Fielding 亨利·菲尔丁.ppt

Prepared by Tony Sun Henry Fielding (1707-1754) Henry Fielding: an overview Fielding’s Masterpiece The story of The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Tom Jones, his character Life ExperienceDrama-theatre-newspaper-law-novel Novels Joseph Andrews (1742)) 《约瑟夫安德鲁斯》 Jonathan Wild the Great (1743) 《大伟人乔纳森维尔德》 Tom Jones (1749) 《汤姆琼斯》 Amelia (1751) 《阿米莉亚》 Plays The Welsh Opera (1731) 《威尔斯歌剧》 Don Quixote in England (1734) 《堂吉诃德在英国》 Pasqin (1736) 《巴斯昆》 The Historical Register for the Year (1732） 《一七三六历史记事》 Henry Fielding: an overview the greatest novelist in the eighteenth century the greatest novelist of the eighteenth century the father of the English realistic novel Fielding as a Playwright Fielding’s dramatic theory and practice were in conformity with the theory of “a return to nature” and the principle that the stage should be “a school of morality” in the Enlightenment period. Analysis The story of Tom Jones The novel tells the story of an illegitimate child, reared by squire Mr. Allworthy, who lives on his estate together with his sister Miss Bridget, a prudish spinster. Once, arriving home from a trip to London, Mr. Allworthy is surprised to find a baby in his bedroom. He adopts the foundling and names him Tom. Shortly afterwards Miss Bridget gets married to a certain Captain Blifil, and gives birth to a boy. Young Blifil’s parents die and the orphan is left in the care of Mr. Allworthy who brings him up together with Tom. The story of Tom Jones Tom has grown up to be a jolly, open-hearted and handsome young man. He gets involved in several fleeting love affairs. But his light-heartedness gives way to serious love when he meets Sophia, the daughter of a neighboring Squire Western. Young Blifil, contrary to Tom, is sly and faithless. Having an eye to his uncle’s money, he bears a secret hatred of Tom, fearing lest the legacy should fall into his hands. He blackens Tom in Mr. Allworthy’s eyes. Deceived by Blifil’s backbiting, Mr. Allworthy banishes Tom from h