美国文学课件9The Literature of the Realistic Period2教材课程.ppt

The Literature of the Realistic Period (2);1. Biographical sketch of Henry James;Harvard Law School in 1862, but concentrating on writing Reviews and essays in the Atlantic Monthly Returned to Europe in 1869 Settled in London in 1876 and became a British subject in 1915, one year before his death ;A writer who not only bridged the 19th and 20th centuries but connected America and Europe the forerunner of the 20th century “stream of consciousness” novels the founder of psychological realism concerned more with the inner life of human beings than with overt human actions ;A master of psychological novels Watch and Ward (1871), The American (1877); Daisy Miller (1878), The Portrait of a Lady (1881) international theme (国际小说/国际主题） American innocence in face of European sophistication Later works as The Wings of the Dove (1902), The Ambassadors (1903), and The Golden Bowl (1904) ;In a letter to his friend Grace Norton shortly after the publication of The Portrait of a Lady , James wrote: “I don’t know why we live...but I believe we can go on living for the reason that (always of course up to a certain point) life is the most valuable thing we know anything about.” ;International theme The embarrassing situation in which the new American encounters the old European culture Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. There are circumstances in which, whether you partake of the tea or not--some people of course never do,--the situation is in itself delightful. Those that I have in mind in beginning to unfold this simple history offered an admirable setting to an innocent pastime. The implements of the little feast had been disposed upon the lawn of an old English country-house, in what I should call the perfect middle of a splendid summer afternoon. (page 98) ;Who is the narrator? Third-person omniscient narrator Remains at an objective distance Allows readers to make their own j