京华烟云英文版介绍.ppt

2015MOMENT IN PEKING------ by Cici, EE1, 0141102045 1CONTENT234ABOUT THE WRITER INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND OF THE STORYMAIN CHARACTERSMY OPINIONS OF THIS BOOK PART 1 1、Chinese writer 2、Born Oct. 10, 1895, Fujian province  Died March 26, 1976, Hong Kong3、Studied in the U.S. and Europe in his early years4、In 1932 he established a highly successful Western-style satirical magazine of a type totally new to ChinaABOUT THE WRITER LIN’S LEGACY1、My Country and My People (吾国与吾民)(1935)2、The Importance of Living (生活的艺术) (1937)3、Moment in Peking(京华烟云) (1939)4、Between Tears and Laughter (啼笑皆非) (1943)5、The Vermillion Gate (朱门) (1953)nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature PART 2 Following the structure of A DRAM IN RED MANSIONS, LIN wrote THE MOMENT OF PEKING as a English novel.12THE MOMENT OF PEKING describes a story of YAO,ZENG and NIU three families vicissitudes in thirty years and all the happiness and sorrow between them since 1901.INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND OF THE STORY The novel covers the turbulent events in China from 1900 to 193834the Boxer UprisingThe Republican Revolution of 1911The Warlord EraThe rise of nationalism and communism, The origins of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945.INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND OF THE STORY PART 3 MAIN CHARACTERS12PUT YOUR TEXT HERE PUT YOUR TEXT HERE PUT YOUR TEXT HERE PUT YOUR TEXT HERE 3PUT YOUR TEXT HERE PUT YOUR TEXT HERE PUT YOUR TEXT HERE PUT YOUR TEXT HERE PUT YOUR TEXT HERE PUT YOUR TEXT HERE PUT YOUR TEXT HERE PUT YOUR TEXT HERE MAIN CHARACTERS12lively, intelligent, and generous, as well as extremely responsible3Mulan feels attracted to Lifu, but she honors her familys wish and advice that she marry SunyaMULAN YAOfrom the wealthy YAO family MAIN CHARACTERS12Mulans husband3the youngest son of his familyTseng Sunya (Zeng Sunya, 曾荪亚) MAIN CHARACTERS12Yao Mulans sister Clever and attractive3She married LIFU when he was a poor scholarShe knows her sisters love for LIFUYao Mochow (Yao Mochou, 姚莫愁) MAIN CHARA