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,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Lecture Eleven,Henry James (1843-1916),Henry James life,Wealthy cultured family in New York (1843),Unusual upbringing.,Harvard Law School (1862).,Settle down in London (1876),A naturalized British citizen (1915).,Order of Merit (1916),The International Theme,“,The international theme” refers to the moral and psychological complications when the American innocence encountered the European sophistication,The typical Americans in James:,fresh, enthusiastic, eager to learn, and basically “good” , disregard of the conventions, stand for morality,The Europeans in James :,highly cultivated, elegant in manners, but sophisticated. stand for manners,Three Periods of James literary Career(1),Early period (1865-1882),: “international theme” (American innocence in face of European sophistication),major works,:,The American (1877), Daisy Miller (1878), The Europeans (1878), The Portrait of a Lady (1881),Middle period (1865-1895),: experiments with different themes and forms (subtle studies of inter-personal relationship),major works:,The Bostonians (1886), The Private Life (1893), The Death of a Lion (1894),Late Period (1895-1916):,a revival of the theme of innocence in a corrupted world and “the international theme”.,major works,:,1895-1990:,The Turn of the Screw (1898), What,Maisie,Knew (1897), etc.,1900-1904: The Ambassadors (1903), The Wings of the Dove (1902), and The Golden Bowl,(1904), etc.,1904-1916: The American Scene (1907), etc.,Henry James and Realism,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 20,th,-century “stream-of consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism (“historian of fine consciences”),Features of James successful novels,“,the international theme”:,American innocence Vs. European sophistication,His narrative with the,limited point of view,(“center of consciousness”):,The narrator tells the story in the third person, but stays inside the confines of what is perceived, thought, remembered and felt mainly by a single character within the story, such as,Strether,in,The Ambassadors, Isabel Archer in,The Portrait of a Lady,Psychological approach,Isabel Archer,Goodwood,Ralph,Madam Merle,Gildbert Osmond,Pansy,Warburton,Characterization and Theme,Isabel Archer:,nave and innocent; intelligent and perceptive; strong-willed; spirit of self-sacrifice,Madame Merle:,cynical and pretentious,Theme: the conflict of innocent America and European culture,Henry James as a Stylist,Highly refined and insightful language,Accurate in word selection,Complex syntax,
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