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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,*,The Portrait of A Lady,1.Henry James,2.Brief Introduction to The Portrait of A Lady,3.The Analysis of,The Portrait of A Lady,The main characters,The theme,Henry James(1843-1916),novelist,literary critic,playwright and essayist,19th-century literary realism,Howells&Mark Twain,（19世纪现实主义文学的三大倡导者之一，豪威尔斯&马克.吐温）,The founder of psychological realism,（心理现实主义的奠基者）,The forerunner of“stream of consciousness”novel,（意识流写作的先驱）,The first writer of the“international theme”（第一个使用国际题材的作家）,Henry James(1843-1916),Life,Major works,International Theme,The Portrait of A Lady,Life,born in a wealthy,aristocratic family of New York City,father,:philosopher,friend of Emersons,brother:philosopher,psychologist,studied primarily with tutors,briefly attended a few schools,1862,entered the Harvard Law School,After 1866,traveled between England and America,never married,a gay,1876,settled down in London,1915,became a British citizen,1916,died in London,buried in Massachusetts.,1976,his ashes were removed to Poets corner in,Westminster Abbey.,Major works,The first period(1865-1882)-“international theme”,The American 美国人,Daisy Miller 黛茜.米勒,Roderick Hudson 罗德里克.赫德森,The Portrait of A Lady贵妇画像,Major works,The second period(1881-1895)-“inter-personal relationships”and some plays,The Tragic Muse悲惨的缪斯,The Bostonians波士顿人,The Princess Casamassima卡萨玛西公主,The novels and plays were poor received but he got a better knowledge of literary techniques.,Major works,The third period(1895-1916)-Novels and tales dealing with childhood and adolescence,then back to international theme 青少年意识小说和国际题材小说,The Turn of the Screw螺丝在拧紧,What Maisie Knew梅西所知道的,The Ambassadors奉使记,The Winds of the Dove鸽翼,The Ivory Tower象牙塔,The Sense of the Past过去的感觉,名人评价,我试图像亨利,詹姆斯那样保持冷静,他是一位伟大的作家。,海明威,他（亨利,詹姆斯）在小说史上的地位，就和莎士比亚在诗歌史上的地位一样稳固。,格雷厄姆,格林,International Theme,set against a large,international background,usually between,Europe,and,America,.,focus on the confrontation of,two different value systems,conflicts between,New and Old world,.,two different cultures,with two different groups of people representing two different value systems,International Theme,American personalities of:,European personalities of:,over-refinement,degeneration,complexity,high cultivation,innocence,enthusiasm,vulgarity,ignorance,unsophistication,freshness,freedom,individuality,contrast with,The Portrait of A Lady,The Portrait of A Lady,The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James,first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillans Magazine in 188081 and then as a book in 1881.It is,one of Jamess most popular long novels,and is,regarded by critics as one of his finest.,It is,set in Europe,mostly,England,and,Italy.,The Portrait of A Lady,Characters and relationships,Isabel Archer,伊莎贝尔,.,阿切尔,（美国人）,Touchett.Couple,托契亚特夫妇,Raplh,拉尔夫,Lord Warburton,沃普顿爵士（英国贵族）,C,aspar Goodwood,盖斯普,.,古德伍德（美国富商）,Gilbert Osmond,吉尔伯特,.,奥斯芒德（长期侨居意大利的美国人）,Madame Mer,l,e,梅尔夫人（欧洲化的美国人）,Pancy,潘西,son,married,lover,daughter,aunt and uncle,met in England,In 1876,Isabel Archer,England,Gardencourt(花园山庄),cousin Ralph,invalid uncle,and the Lord Warburton,Warburtons proposal,Isabel,Caspar Goodwood,aunt,visited/met,refused,The elder Touchett gr,ew,ill,&died,Her commitment to her independence preclude,d,(妨碍，阻碍）such a marriage,which she f,elt,would demand the sacrifice of her freedom.,le,ft,much of his estate财产,at the request of his son,Madame Merle,梅尔夫人,traveled the,C,ontinent and met an American expatriate,Gilbert Osmond,in Florence,settle,d,in Rome,marriage rapidly soured,with her large legacy,Osmonds proposal,accepted,Pansy，wish,ed,to marry Edward Rosier,accept the proposal of Warburton,but,Warburton m,ight,just be feigning interest in Pansy to get close to Isabel again.,However,conflict created even more strain within the unhappy marriage,Ralph,was,dying,Isabel Archer,prepare,d,to go to England,Osmond,opposed her plan,an adulterous relationship between Osmond and Madame Merle,learn,d,from her sister-in-law,to comfort,Goodwood,begged her to leave Osmond and come away with him,passionately embraced and kissed her,fled,Goodwood sought her out the next day,but was told she had set off again for Rome.,剧 终,The Analysis of,The Portrait of A Lady,The main characters,The theme,Isabel Archer,“,a young,woman of extraordinary profoundity,深奥,”,“,a prodigy of learning,”,”,a creature reported to,have read,the classic author,-,in translation.,”(chapter 6,P81),Knowledgeable,intelligent,graceful,“,Isabel Archer,Warburton and Goodwood proposed to her,refused,she would meet someone best in the future,marry Osmond,her relatives and friends were against her,led an unhappy marriage life,continued to remain in her tragic marriage.,Full of illusion,strong-minded(,有主见的,),over-confident,freedom of choice,Follow the conventional virtues imposed on women by social authorities,Isabel Archer,American spirit:individuality,independence and freedom,European spirit:knowledge,elegance,refinement,grace,civilization,An embodime
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