1. English and American Literature & Selected Readings
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2. Contents Part 2: English Renaissance Thackeray Jane Austen The Brontës
George Eliot

3. William Makepeace Thackeray 威廉•梅克皮斯•萨克雷 (1811—1863)
Chapter 3 Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray 威廉•梅克皮斯•萨克雷 (1811—1863)

4. Important Points Thackeray’s Major Works Main Idea of Vanity Fair
Comments on Vanity Fair
Comments on Thackeray

5. W. M. Thackeray
Thackeray’s Life Story

6. His Life born in India Indian Company official 5 years cartoon drawing
sent to England
satirical verses
edited a student paper
Cambridge
1830, without a degree

7. His Life France The Natural Era Germany into politics Italy England
a bourgeois
radical newspaper
articles,
satirical sketches
Vanity Fair
in 1847
peak

8. His Life success in 1. tragic marriage writing career
2. neglected by Mother
failure in
his life
3. looked down upon
by his peers
4. heart troubles
died of heart attack in London on Christmas Eve in 1863

9. William Makepeace Thackeray
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10. His Literary Works 1) The Book of Snobs 《势利人脸谱》《势利者集》
It gives a satirical description of the different strata/'streitə/ of the ruling classes of England and is regarded as a prelude to Thackeray’s major literary career.

11. His Literary Works from Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress
2) Vanity Fair 《名利场》
from Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress
3) The History of Pendennis
《彭登尼斯》
4) The Newcomes
《纽克姆一家》

12. His Literary Works historical novels
5) The History of Henny Esmond《亨利•埃斯蒙德》
6) The Virginians 《弗吉尼亚人》
A truthful pictures of England in the beginning of the 18th century, the corrupt life of the English aristocracy.
The Virginians is the sequel to Henry Esmond,
dealing with the young men’s adventures during
the American War of Independence, a critical
and sarcastic description of English fashionable
Society(上流社会).

13. An Analysis of Vanity Fair
Basic information
Main idea
Major characters
Themes
Language features

14. An Analysis of Vanity Fair
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15. Analysis of Vanity Fair
simple, sentimental, weak, but good at heart
Amelia Sedley
characters
a bourgeois
society
Rebecca Sharp
cunning, immoral and quick-witted 随机应变的
shrewd, unscrupulous, sophisticated世故的

16. Analysis of Vanity Fair
In the novel, Becky Sharp is a classic example of this money-grubbing instinct(本能).
Everyone wishes to gain something in Vanity Fair and acts almost in the same manner as Becky.
The Story of Vanity Fair

17. An Analysis of Vanity Fair
Comments on Vanity Fair

18. The Characteristics of Vanity Fair
(1) Vanity Fair has a sub-title, A Novel Without a Hero, which intends to portray the bourgeois and aristocratic society as a whole.

19. The Characteristics of Vanity Fair
(2) Vanity Fair is work of social criticism, and is noted for the author’s realistic depiction, the ironic and sarcastic tone and constant comment and criticism.
(3) In Vanity Fair, Thackeray gives block characters(人物群体 ).

20. The Characteristics of Vanity Fair
(4) Thackeray uses symbolism in Vanity Fair.
(5) Thackeray employs an omniscient/ɔm΄nisiənt/ (无所不知的) narrator to tell the story

21. Comments on Thackeray
1) Thackeray is one of the greatest critical realists of the 19th century Europe.
2) Thackeray is a satirist.
His satire ΄caustic(刻薄的，尖锐的) and his humor subtle(精妙的).

22. Comments on Thackeray 3) Thackeray is a moralist.
His aim is to produce a moral impression in all his novels.

23. Assignment (3) 1. Remember Thackeray’s major works.
2. Give an analysis of Vanity Fair.
3. Comment on Thackeray and his novels.

24. Chapter 4 Some Women Writers

25. I. Jane Austen
Jane Austen 简·奥斯丁 —1817

26. Important Points Austen’s 6 Novels Its Main Idea of P.P
An Analysis of Pride and Prejudice
Comments on Austen and Her Works

27. Jane Austen’s Life Hampshire educated at home read a lot
rector(教区长)
educated at home
read a lot
restricted environment

28. Jane Austen’s Life writing at an early age quiet retired six
uneventful
limited
six
novels
never
married
died in 1817,
42 years old

29. Pride and Prejudice
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30. Her 6 Novels 1. Northanger Abbey 《诺桑觉寺》 2. Sense and Sensibility
《理智与情感》
3. Pride and Prejudice
《傲慢与偏见》
(It went begging/没人要/ for 16 years)

31. Her 6 Novels 4. Mansfield Park 《曼斯菲尔德花园》 5. Emma 《爱玛》 6. Persuasion
《劝告》

32. Characteristics of Her Works
1. Jane Austen is one of the realistic novelists.
She drew vivid and realistic pictures of everyday life of the country society in her novels.

33. Characteristics of Her Works
2.Jane Austen’s main concern is about human beings in their personal relations, human beings with their families and neighbors.
Stories of love and marriage provide the framework for all her novels and in them women are always taken as the major characters.

34. Three of Types of Marriage
(1) those who marry for money, position and property,
(2) those who marry just for passion ,
(3) those who marry for love based on consideration of the person’s personal merit as well as his economical and social status.

35. Characteristics of Her Works
3. Jane Austen’s work has a very narrow literary field.
4. Jane Austen is a writer who regards novel writing as a sophisticated art.
She keeps the balance between fact and form.

36. Other Features
Jane Austen is successful in the employment of irony and frequent use of witty and delightful dialogues .

37. The Themes The first theme is pride and prejudice.
Another theme is love and marriage.

38. Pride and Prejudice
The main idea of Pride and Prejudice

39. Pride and Prejudice, First Impression
The book mainly tells of the love story between a rich, proud young man Darcy and the beautiful and intelligent Elizabeth Bennet.
None of the daughters of the wealthy family can inherit the estate (property) of the family for it has been entailed (把遗产留给) upon the nearest male heir, William Collins.

40. Pride and Prejudice, First Impression
Collins intends to marry and he decides to choose Elizabeth. But Elizabeth rejects his proposal.
When another young man called Darcy proposes to Elizabeth, she has prejudice against him because she thinks that he has nothing but pride.
After many twists and turns, misunderstanding disappears and they are happily united.

41. Assignment (4) 1. Remember Austen’s six novels.
2. Tell the main idea of Pride and Prejudice.
3. What are Austen’s ideas of marriage.
4. Comment on Austen’s characteristics of
her novels.

42. The Brontë Sisters布郎蒂三姐妹

43. The Brontë sisters Charlotte Brontë (1816—1855)
Emily Brontë (1818—1848)
Anne Brontë (1820—1849)
They were all talented writers and all of them died young.

44. The Brontë Sisters布郎蒂三姐妹
Charlotte Brontë
(1816—1855)
Emily Brontë
(1818—1848)
Anne Brontë
(1820—1849)

45. Their Life Story a poor clergyman family 1820, move to of Celtic blood
Haworth of Yorkshire
untouched moorland
wildness with its
strong winds
unhappy childhood
mother’s death;
stern and dominant father;
strict aunt;
lack of suitable society

46. Life Story Charlotte, took care of sisters and lovers of literature
brother, Branwell
lovers of literature
read a lot
The three sisters
charity school
poems and
stories together
very poor condition

47. Life Story French & German to open up a school Charllote, Emily
Brussels in 1842
Charlotte,
a teacher
unrequited love(单恋)
failed
a volume
novels
succeeded

48. 1848, Emily died a victim of consumption(肺结核)
misfortunes
1848, Emily died a victim of consumption(肺结核)
1848, Branwell died of the illness;
1849, Anne died of the same illness;
Father lost his eyesight
Charlotte decided
not to be married
to look after Father;
Later married to
Father’s curate
/ˊkjuəreit/(副牧师)
Charlotte died less than
a year after her marriage.

49. English Literature The Brontë Sisters
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50. Representative works Charlotte:
1) The Professor,《教授》 (based on her Brussels experience; not published until her death)
2) Jane Eyre,《简爱》 (masterpiece)
3) Shirley,《舍丽》 (after Anne’s death),
4) Villette,《维莱特》 (based on her sad days in Brussels)

51. Representative works Emily: Wuthering Heights,《呼啸山庄》 Anne:
Agnes Grey,《安格尼斯·格雷》

52. Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë
夏洛特·布朗蒂
(1818—1848)

53. Jane Eyre
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54. Charlotte’s Writing Features
Both Charlotte and Emily write about their familiar things around them.
A: Charlotte’s Writing Features:
1) Charlotte’s novels are all about lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for life and love.

55. Charlotte’s Writing Features
2) Her novels are more or less based on her own experience and feelings and the life as she sees around.
3) Although her objective descriptions are detailed and exact, she is a subjective writer.

56. Charlotte’s Writing Features
4) Her works are marked with an intensity of a volcanic(暴烈的) imagination and fiery passions and feelings, such as extreme fear, despair, and love, which an only be understood as her own.

57. Jane’s Character Jane has rebellious character, fighting for freedom,
equal right with man,
and true love

58. Emily Brontë
Emily Brontë
艾米丽·布朗蒂
(1818—1848)

59. An Analysis of Wuthering Heights
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60. Emily’s Writing Features
1) She expresses the feelings of the hero in terms of spiritual suppress, tension and conflicts and the result to which such a feeling would lead.
2) Her novel is unique in its structure and its vision.

61. Emily’s Writing Features
3) In her novel, there is the combination of extremely simple, austere(简朴的) and an adorned(修饰的) language with the most mighty and intensified effects(强大而有力的).

62. Main Idea of Some Novels
1) Jane Eyre
2) Wuthering Heights

63. Assignments Remember the representative
works of the three Brontë Sisters.
2. What are the writing features of
Charlotte and Emily?
3. What are the main idea of Jane
Eyre and Wuthering Height.

64. George Eliot
George Eliot 乔治·艾略特 1819—1880
Mary Ann Evans
玛丽安·伊万斯

65. G. Eliot’s Major Works 1.Translation:
The Essence of Christianity 《基督教的本质》
2. Editor of The Westminster Review 《威斯敏斯特评论》

66. G. Eliot’s Major Works 3. Scenes of Clerical Life 《教区生活场景》1857
Three stories:
“The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton”
“阿莫斯·巴顿牧师的不幸遭遇”
2) “Mr Gilfil’s Lover Story” “吉尔菲尔先生的恋爱史”
3) “Janet’s Repentance” “珍妮特的忏悔”
3. Scenes of Clerical Life
《教区生活场景》1857

67. G. Eliot’s Major Works Remarkable Novels: 4. Adam Bede 《亚当·比德》
5.The Mill on the Floss 《弗洛斯河上的磨房》
6. Silas Marner 《织工马南》
description of
rural life;
moral problems;
psychological
studies of characters
1859;
1860;
1861.

68. manuscripts G. Eliot’s Major Works 7. Romola 《罗慕拉》1863
a historical novel of
the Renaissance in Italy
problems of
religion and morality
studied more than 500 books and documents
in relation to art, antiquity(古人) and old MSS
manuscripts

69. G. Eliot’s Major Works 8. Felix Holt the Radical， 1866 《费立可斯·霍尔特》
9. Middlemarch， (1871—1872) 《米德尔马契》
10. Daniel Deronda， 《丹尼尔·德龙达》

70. Comments childmurder Moral conflicts social inequality
1. The plot of Adam Bede is founded on a story of a confession of _________________.
2. Adam Bede is a novel of ___________________.
3. The theme of ____________________ is blended with the Eliot’s moralization.
childmurder
Moral conflicts
social inequality

71. Comments moralization bourgeois reality
4. In The Mill on the floss, Maggie’s character is tinged with the author’s___________________.
5. The tragic doom of Maggie virtually shows the irreconcilability of a gifted and noble-minded personality with______________________.
moralization
bourgeois reality

72. Comments Tom and Maggie Silas Marner humanity
6. ___________________are the major characters in The Mill on the Floss.
7. _______________marks a retrogression, believing in the sentimental “religion of humanity”(博爱，慈善) and cherished the illusion (幻想) that __________ and love could do away with the evils of capitalism.
Tom and Maggie
Silas Marner
humanity

73. George Eliot
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Silas Marner

74. Silas Marner’s Character
…So had his way of life:—he invited no comer to step across his door-sill, and he never strolled into the village to drink a pint品脱 at the Rainbow, or to gossip at the wheelwright’s: he sought no man or woman, save for the purposes of his calling…
—George Eliot, Silas Marner, p.6

75. Assignments What are George Eliot’s major works?
Write an essay on one of Eliot’s works within 2000 words.

76. Assignments 3. 记忆作业：牢记作家的主要作品及写 作风格。 4. 阅读作业：上网查阅《亚当彼得》、
《弗洛斯河上的磨坊》、《米德尔马契》
的故事梗概，了解作品的主题思想。
5. 预习作业：Part 7 Mr and Mrs Brownings, Tennyson

77. Goodbye.