Henry_James_简介.ppt

Life of Henry James Literary Features of James Periods of James’ literary Career The Features of Works His Representative Work Henry James and Realism He is one of the founders and leaders of a school of realism in fiction An strong advocate of realism: The Art of Fiction 1)“Art without life is a poor affair”; “the only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life”, etc. 2) “It is art that makes life” Psychological approach to his subject matter: forerunner of the 20th-century “stream-of –consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism (“historian of fine consciences”) 伟大的心理小说创始人，意识流小说的先驱。 The Portrait of a Lady -----Henry James Description The talented and beautiful Isabel Archer, courted by several suitors and enriched by her dying uncle, chooses to marry the cold and ambitious Gilbert Osmond. The heroine soon discovers to her cost that freedom of choice is never what it seems. 描写了一个自强、自信、富于幻想,但涉世不深的美国姑娘伊莎贝尔阿切尔被一个虚伪、贪财、好色的猥琐小人骗取了爱情,以至醒悟为时已晚的故事。 About Henry James Pioneered the psychological analysis of the first of the novel Henry James occupies a pivotal position in the new criticism school, and has been hailed as the master of literature and the forerunner of the western modern novel. The consciousness center theory proposed by James has great influence on the later consciousness novels. He was recognized as a prominent American writer of psychological realism. Thank You * * * * * Henry James （1843－1916） 亨利·詹姆斯（1843-1916） An American and British novelist and literary critic born in New York 1862 :James entered Harvard Law School Life of Henry James In 1875, he decided that Europe was his ideal home and settled in Paris,where he met Flaubert and Maupassant In 1915, he became British subject He never took part in public affairs or showed much interest in the economic and social changes of the period He was deeply interested in the contrast between the old world and the new