作家作品人物分析文档格式.docx
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HeisthefatherofEnglishpoetryandthefatherofEnglishliterature.HeisalsoconsideredtobethefounderofEnglishrealismandthefirstpeoplewhowroteinEnglishlanguage.TheCanterburyTalesishismasterpieceandaclassicalworkinEnglishliterature.InthisworkChaucercreatedacollectionoftrue-to-lifepicturesofMiddleEnglishandnotonlydiditexposethecorruptionofthechurchandevilsatthattime,butaffirmthehuman’srightstopursuetheirhappiness.SoitshowedhumanisminChaucer’smind.
2.RobinHood:
①RobinHoodisalegendaryheroofaseriesofEnglishballads,someofwhichdatefromatleastthe14thcentury.②ThecharacterofRobinHoodismany-sided,strong,braveandintelligent,heisatthesametimetend-heartedandaffectionate.③Thedominantkeyinhischaracterishishatredforthecrueloppressionandhisloveforthepooranddowntrodden.④AnotherfeatureofRobin’sviewishisreverencefortheking.RobinHoodwasapeople’sheroasKingArthurwasanoble’shero.
3.Hamlet:
HeisatypicalmanofRenaissance,ahumanist.Heisalsoanintellectualgenius,highlyeducated.Melancholyisthekeycharacteristicofhim.
4.ChristopherMarlowewasthefirstEnglishauthortomakefulluseofthepotentialofblankverse,andalsoestablisheditasthedominantverseformforEnglishdramaintheageofElizabethIandJamesI.ThemajorachievementsinEnglishblankverseweremadebyWilliamShakespeare,whowrotemuchofthecontentofhisplaysinunrhymediambicpentameter,andMilton,whoseParadiseLostiswritteninblankverse.Miltonicblankversewaswidelyimitatedinthe18thcenturybysuchpoetsasJamesThomson(inTheSeasons)andWilliamCowper(inTheTask).RomanticEnglishpoetssuchasWilliamWordsworth,PercyByssheShelley,andJohnKeatsusedblankverseasamajorform.Shortlyafterwards,AlfredLordTennysonbecameparticularlydevotedtoblankverse,usingitforexampleinhislongnarrativepoem“ThePrincess”,aswellasforoneofhismostfamouspoems:
“Ulysses”.AmongAmericanpoets,HartCraneandWallaceStevensarenotableforusingblankverseinextendedcompositionsatatimewhenmanyotherpoetswereturningtofreeverse.
5.RobinsonCrusoe,inthisnovel,Defoecreatedtheimageofatrueempire—builder,acolonizerandaforeigntrader,whohasthecourageandwilltofacehardships,andwhohasdeterminationtopreservehimselfandimproveonhislivelihoodbystrugglingagainstnature.Beingabourgeoisiewriter,DefoeglorifiestheheroanddefendsthepolicyofcolonialismofBritishgovernment.
6.TomJonesistheheroinHenryFielding’sTomJones,aFoundling.Heisanhonorable,frankandkind-heartedyoungman,whomaysometimesbeveryrecklessandcommitratherseriouserrors,particularlyinhisrelationswithwomen,yetwhoisalwaysreadytohelpothersandnevertriestoharmanybodyforhisownbenefit.“Tom’sbadqualitiesneednotbecondoned,norshouldhebeabsolutelycondemned.Hebecameausefulcitizen,afaithfulandunselfishhusband,andagoodChristian.”Therefore,hecanbecalledaroundcharacter.
7.SamuelJohnsonisanessayist,critic,moralist,biographer,andlexicographer,oneofthegreatestwritersduringtheEnlightmentperiod.Heisdescribedas“arguablythemostdistinguishedmanoflettersinEnglishhistory”.HisfamousworksincludeADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,LivesoftheMostEminentEnglishPoetsandBiographiaLiteraria.HisgreatworkLettertoLordChesterfieldissupposedtobethefirstdeclarationofemancipationofauthorsfromtheirpatrons.
8.WalterScott:
Hiscontributionasthefounderorcreatorofthehistoricalnovel,anewspecies;
hismanyhistoricalnovelslikeIvanhoe.
9.PrideandPrejudicebyJaneAusten:
ThesubjectmatterJaneAusten’snovelsareallrelatedtothemattersofgettingmarried,whichwasinfactthecentralproblemfortheyoungleisureclassladyofthatage.Austeniscriticalofthegenderinjusticespresentinthe19thcenturyEnglishsociety.ThenoveldemonstrateshowmoneysuchasCharlotteneedtomarrymentheyarenotinlovewithsimplyinordertogainfinancialsecurity.TheentailmentofMr.Bennet’sestateleaveshisdaughtersinapoorfinancialsituationthatbothrequiresthemtomarryandmakesitmoredifficulttomarrywell.Clearly,Austenbelievesthatwomenareatleastasintelligentandcapableasmen,andconsiderstheirinferiorstatusinsocietytobeunjust.Sheherselfwentagainstconventionbyremainingsingleandearningalivingthroughhernovels.InPrideandPrejudice,anotherconsiderablethemeistheconceptofclass.Considerationsofclassareomnipresentinthenovel.Thenoveldoesnotputforthanegalitarianideologyorcallforthelevelingofallsocialclassed,yetitdoescriticizeanover-emphasisonclass.Darcy’sinordinateprideisbasedonhisextremeclass-consciousness.
10.DavidCopperfieldnarrateshisstoryasanadultyetrelaystheimpressionshehadfromayouthfulpointofview.ReaderscanseehowDavid’sperceptionoftheworlddeepensashecomesofage.David,forinstance,isignorantofSteerforth’streacheryatthebeginning,butlaterreaderscanfeelthatDaviddoesnotthinkSteerforthdeservesDavid’sadulation.ThoughDavidalwayskeepsthevirtuesofhumanbeings,healsohasmomentsofcruelty,likethesceneinwhichheintentionallydistressesMr.DickbyexplainingMissBetsey’sdiresituationtohim.David,especiallyasayoungmaninlove,canbefoolishandromantic.Ashegrowsup,however,hedevelopsamorematurepointofviewandsearchesforaloverwhowillchallengehimandhelphimgrow.DavidfullymaturesasanadultwhenheexpressesthesentimentthathevaluesAgnes’scalmtranquilityoverallelseinhislife.Inaword,inDavid’sfirst-personnarration,Dickensconveysthewisdomoftheolderman’simplicitlythroughtheeyesofachild.
11.BeckySharp,themostdistinctivecharacterinThackeray’sVanityFair,isamodelofthemoney-grubbingimpulse.Herultimatedesireistogainwealthandpositiontochangeherhumbleandobscurestatus.Sheexcellentlymasterseverymeanstogetwhatshewants,suchastellinglies,takingunscrupulousandmeanactions.Sheneverstopschallengingherfateandrunningafterherpreys.Theunprincipledadventuress,underherprettyandpuremask,carriesoutherplanswithbrilliantheadaswellasaccuratejudgment,cringingtotherichandthenoble,shrewdBeckyperceiveshowshallow,vainandworthlesstheyare.Sheactuallyisahigh-spiritedstrategistinthebattleoflife.YetBeckyisnotanexceptionamongthecharactersintheVanityFairbecauseeveryonewishestogainsomethingandbehavesnearlythesameasBecky.
12.VanityFairbyWilliamMakespeaceThackerayalludestothePilgrim’sProgressbyJohnBunyan.Itisemphasizesthefactthatthewriter’sintentionwasnottoportrayindividualsbutthesocietyasawhole.BuildinghisplotaroundthefatesofAmeliaSedleyandRebeccaSharp(Becky),ThackeraymanagedtoshowapictureofthelifeofEnglandandsatirizedtheEnglishbourgeoisandaristocraticsocietyasawhole.(Othercharacters:
GeorgeOsborne;
RawdonCrawley;
JosephSerlley)
13.JaneEyreexposesthebourgeoismoney-huntattitudetowardloveandmarriage.Thebourgeoissystemofeducation,especiallythemiseryinthecharityschoolsTheproblemofwomen’spositioninsociety
14.WutheringHeights:
Itmakesapowerfulattackonthebourgeoismarriagesystem,showingthattrueloveinanoppressor-dominatingclasssocietyisimpossibleofattainment.
15.ThomasHardy,TessofD’Urbervilles,(Tess,AlecD’Urbervilles,AngelClare)themainthemeisthesufferingandstrugglingofweaknessandinnocenceinthesenseofcircumstances.Novelsofcharacterandenvironment,WessexNovels,Hardy’sothernovels:
UndertheGreenwoodtree,Farfromthemaddingcrowd,theReturnoftheNative,TheMayorofCasterbridge,JudetheObscure.BothHardy’spoemsandnovelsaretransitionfromRealismtoModernism.
16.OscarWilde,AnIdealHusband,(SirRobertChiltern,Mrs.Cheveley)AnIrishdramatist,advocatingthe“artforart’ssake”andAestheticism
17.GeorgeBernardShaw,Widowers’Houses,(Sartorius,Blanche,Dr.Trench,Cokane,andLickcheese)Otherplays:
Mrs.Warren’sProfession,TheDevil’sDisciple,ManandSuperman,MajorBarbara,HeartbreakHouse,andTheAppleCartwhichexposedtheevilandhypocrisyofthebourgeoissociety.BernardShaw,amemberoftheFabiansociety,wasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1925.
18.JosephConrad,AnOutpostofProgress,(Kayerts,Caler,MakolaorHenryPrice/Mr.Price)Othernovels:
HeartofDarkness,LordJim.JosephConradwasoriginallyaPole,andwordedontheseaforabout20years,andwrotenovelsaboutsealife.
19.WilliamButlerYeats,ADeep-SwornVow(inthispoem,you=MaudGonne,anIrishwomanrevolutionarythepoetlovedanddidn’twinintheend)andEaster1916.Yeats,anIrishpoetanddramatists,wontheNobelPrizein1923andplayedanimportantroleintheIrishRenaissanceMovement.
20.EdwardMorganForster,APassagetoIndia,(Dr.Aziz,Fielding,RonnyHeaslop,Mrs.Moore,MissQuested/AdelaQuested,RonnyHeaslop).OnlywhencolonialismisdrivenoutofIndiacanapassagetoIndiabefoundfortheBritishpeople.Forsterwrotetoexploretheconflictsbetweenracesandpeoples,andwroteabookonthetheoryofnovelcalledAspectsoftheNovelinwhichthedistinctionbetween“flat”and“round”charactersindiscussed.
21.JamesJoyce,APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan,(StephenDedalus,FatherArnall,FatherDolan).Otherworks:
Dubliners,F
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