Captain Corelli’s Mandolin科雷利上尉的曼陀林.ppt

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Louis de Bernieres Published 1994 What are your initial reactions to the novel and its characters? Louis de Bernieres Born in 1955 in Jordan, he was brought up in Surrey. He attained an Army scholarship to Bradfield College and was expected to pursue a military career. He spent time in South America before studying philosophy at Manchester University. ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’ is his fourth novel. De Bernieres describes the novel as “what happens to the little people when megalomaniacs get busy” “History ought to consist of the anecdotes of the little people who are caught up in it” Setting – the main narrative takes place on the island of Cephalonia (Kefalonia), a greek island. Capital = Argostoli The island has been occupied since at least 4000 BC 19th Century History of Cephalonia 1807-9 – French occupation of island 1815-1864 – Congress of Vienna gave Ionian islands to Britain 1821 – Greek War of Independence 1832 - Kingdom of Greece established. 1864 – Ionian islands left British control to form union with Greece 20th Century History of Cephalonia 1941-44 – Italian and German occupations. 1947-9 – Civil War. 1953 – earthquake. 1980s onwards – increasing prosperity due to tourism; this has increased further due to the book and then the film. De Bernières only spend a fortnight in Cephalonia before writing the novel in Britan, relying on accounts of Greeks living in London. The patron saint of Cephalonia is St. Gerasimos(1506 – 1579) Mussolini Creator of fascism “The fascist state is a will to power and empire. The Roman tradition is here a powerful force. According to the Doctrine of Fascism, empire is not only territorial or military or mercantile concept, but a spiritual and moral one. One can think of an empire, that is, a nation, which directly or indirectly guides other nations, without the need to conquer a single square kilometre of territory.” Benito Mussolini, Giovanni Gentile, Doctrine of Fascism (1932). Mussolini - D