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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,*,*,*,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,*,*,*,John Bunyan,(1628-1688) 班扬,Prose writer of 17,th,.c.,A religious writer and a popular preacher of his day,I. His life,- Social class,Poor family: born in Elstow,Bedfordshire, England, chapman(trader), mend kettles, pots.,My descent was of a low and inconsiderable generation, my fathers house being of that rank that is meanest and most despised of all the families of the land.,- tinker,-,parliamentary army in 1644,-,Married first wife in 1649,:,Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven,Practice of Piety,-,Became a preacher,Married second wife in 1659 after first wife died in 1656,Left with 4 children,-,Arrested in 1660 for preaching without a license,Spent approximately next 12 years in Bedford jail,-,Wrote 9 books in first 6 years of jail time,The Holy City,(1665),Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners,(1666),A Confession of My Faith, and a Reason of My Practice,(1672),-,Released in 1672,Began preaching again,To jail once again,Probably finished the first part of,The Pilgrims Progress,Feb. 1678,Fall, 1678,Second edition published,1682,8th edition published with additional last improvements,1684,9th edition published,1684,Part Two,published,1685,10th edition published by Bunyan,-,Social class: poor tinker family & education,- Marriage: The Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven,The Practice of Piety,- Preacher,- Prisoner (1660-1672) (1675),- 1678,1684 masterpiece,As I walkd through the wilderness of,this world, I lighted On a certain place,where was a Den,and I laid me down;,and as I slept, I dreamed a dream.,The Christian in Rags cried,What shall I do,?,He lived in the city of,Destruction.,City of Destruction,（,地球,）,Slough of Despond,Mount Sinai,（,西奈山，基督教,圣经,中记载的上帝授摩西十诫之处,）,Wicket Gate,House of the Interpreter,Hill and Sepulchre,Hill Difficulty,House Beautiful,Valley of Humiliation,Valley of the Shadow of Death,Gaiuss inn,Vanity and Vanity Fair,Hill Lucre,By-Path Meadow,Doubting Castle,The Delectable Mountains,The Enchanted Ground,The Land of Beulah,The River of Death,The Celestial City,（,天国,）,The Pilgrims Process,Then I saw that there was a way to,Hell even From the Gates of the Heaven,as well as from,the City of Destruction. So I awoke,and behold it was a Dream.,Second part published in 1684,Describes the journey of Christians wife and children from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City,Travel under the guidance of Mr.,G,reatheart,Comments,- the most successful religious allegory in English.,-,allegory,: a tale in verse or prose in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities. Thus, an allegory is a story with 2 meanings, a literary meaning & a symbolic meaning.,- 3 great allegories of the worlds literature:,Dante- Divine Comedy (scholars),Spencer Faerie Queene ( poets),Bunyan- The Pilgrims Progress ( common people),-3 aspects:,A. vivid characterization,B. simple language,C. natural way of story telling,Main theme:,Cost of salvation,Minor themes:,Importance of suffering,Faith in overcoming fear and evil,Characteristics,Constant use of the phraseology and the imagery of the Bible,Frequent occurrence of provincial and colloquial expressions,Mood,:,SomberAll incidents described with seriousness,Vividness of the descriptive passages,Are usually sentences or phrases,Reproduction of:,Scenes from the Bible,As Bunyan understood them,Scenes from provincial and rural England,spiritual,religious journey,mental,Death life,Hell heaven,“心中架起七彩虹桥”,- balance , harmony between spirit & flesh,
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