VanityFair打印.ppt

Vanity Fair 名利场 A Novel without a Hero I. Introduction to the Author William Makepeace Thackeray (1811—1863) Time Incident Address 1811 Born Calcutta, India 6 years Sent to England England 1830 Left school without a degree Cambridge university 1830-1836 Travelled Germany , France , and Italy 1836 Married Isabella, an Irish girl Paris 1836-1863 Went into politics and wrote articles Return to England On Christmas Eve, 1863 Died of a heart attack London Author:Thackeray’s Life Thackeray’s Literary Works Primarily work: Frasers Magazine Two longer fictional works: Catherine The Luck of Barry Lyndon The most famous work: Vanity Fair Features of Thackeray’s Novels  Precise language Thorough observation Rich knowledge of social life and human sympathy Accurate and true to life A satirist His satire is caustic(刻薄的) and full of subtle humor. A moralist He intends to let his readers get a moral impression. Comments on Thackeray He is one of the greatest critical realists of the 19th century. He took it as his duty to expose the vices and to disclose the darkness of society. He also regarded snobbery and the money-grabbing as the chief vice in the society. He criticized the social moral by speaking in an ironical(讽刺的), sarcastic(尖刻的) and cynical(愤世嫉俗的) tone of an on-looker. Introduction of Vanity Fair Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero first published in 1847–1848, satirizing (讽刺) society in early 19th-century Britain. Main Idea of Vanity Fair She was smart, pretty but poor. She decided to control her own destiny. She wanted to marry Joseph Sedley. It is against by Osborne. She became a governess at Crawley. She married Rawdon Crawley secretly. Becky became the mistress of Lord Steyne. Her husband found it and left her. She was pale, passive but wealthy. Amelia married Osborne. Her husband soon fell in love with Becky. Her hus