霍华德庄园.ppt

E.M.Foster E.M.Foster was born in London in 1879. His father was an architect,and died shortly after Foster was born. Foster was educated at Tonbridge School, and Cambridge. Background At the begin of 20 century, with the development of industry, some capitalist become selfish and they deny people’s feeling and their goodness. People under that condition become coldblooedness and only care about money. Margaret Helen Henry Wilcox Jacky Paul and Charles Ruth Wilcox Leonard Bast Characters Margaret Schlegel ?-? The chief protagonist of the novel, Margaret is the chief representative of the Schlegel family, which represents the idealistic, intellectual aspect of the English upper middle classes. Helen Schlegel ?- Like Margaret, Helen is a representative of the idealistic, cultured Schlegel family, which represents the intellectual aspect of the upper middle classes. Leonard Bast ?-? A poor insurance clerk on the very bottom rung of the middle class. Leonard represents the aspirations of the lower middle classes. Henry Wilcox ?-? A prominent businessman in London. Stuffy and conventional, Henry is the chief representative of the Wilcox family, which represents the pragmatic, materialistic aspect of the English upper middle classes. In this novel, the Schlegel sisters try to help the poor Basts and try to make the Wilcoxes less prejudiced. 在小说中，Henry处于中产阶级的顶端，Bast处于中产阶级的底层， Schlegel姐妹居中。三家人的对立，象征了中产阶级内部物质主义与理想主义、保守传统与自由倾向之间的对立。Foster试图将这三者的矛盾冲突表现为英国阶级冲突的缩影，而冲突的深层原因就在于物质创造和精神生活的绝对分离。 Only connect ---联结主义 At the end of 19th century, the rapid development of industrial production, highly concentrated capital, Britain first entered the stage of imperialism in other countries. Foster proposed the idea of only connect, hope to improve the material and cultural civilization. By which