名利场——PPT介绍.ppt

. Brief Introduction William Makepeace Thackeray His Life . His Life His Literary Works 1) The Book of Snobs 《势利人脸谱》《势利者集》 2) Vanity Fair 《名利场》 3) The History of Pendennis 《彭登尼斯》 4) The Newcomes 《纽克姆一家》 _... The Background . Realism 19th——the early 20th . The Characteristics of Vanity Fair Vanity Fair has a sub-title, A Novel Without a Hero, which intends to portray the bourgeois and aristocratic society as a whole. The Positive Personalities of Rebecca Intelligence and Capability Resourcefulness A Feminism Pioneer The Negative Personalities of Rebecca Ambitions All her scheming and Sham A mercenary Person Rebecca as a representive of the society In the novel, Rebecca is a classic example of this money-grubbing instinct(本能). Everyone wishes to gain something in Vanity Fair and acts almost in the same manner as Rebecca. The Comparison with Amelia . Why I choose this topic? The movie The novel * * Topic: On the Tragicomedy of Rebecca in Vanity Fair By Sai Na The Whole Thesis Literature Review Analysis of Rebecca Comparewith Amelia Thackeray is one of the greatest critical realists of the 19th century Europe. born in India Indian Company official 5 years sent to England Cambridge cartoon drawing satirical verses edited a student paper 1830, without a degree success in Writing career failure in his life 1. tragic marriage 2. neglected by Mother 3. looked down upon by his peers 4. heart troubles died of heart attack in London on Christmas Eve in 1863 British society 19th A.The upper class B.The black-hearted businessmen C.Some rich kids and officials They were lost themselves in the world of fame and fortune. ?A literary movement ?Against Romanticism and paved the way to Modernism ?Critical realism ?The Bourgeois Revolution→capitalist system characters Amelia Sedley Rebecca Sharp a bourgeois society cunning, immoral and quick-witted (随机应变的) shrewd, unscrupulous, sophisticated(