泛读的作家与作品参考资料 .doc

The first seven years ： Bernard Malamud (1914-1986), American novelist and short-story writer, most of whose books focus on the Jewish experience in America. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Malamud was educated at the City College of New York and Columbia University. Beginning in 1961 he taught at Bennington College. Malamuds first novel, The Natural (1952), reworks the legend of the Holy Grail as an allegorical fantasy about a star baseball player (see Allegory). His second novel, The Assistant (1957), is concerned with Jewish themes and reflects the sad, impoverished Brooklyn scenes of his childhood. The Fixer (1966), for which Malamud received the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, is a poignant novel (based on a true story) of the suffering of a Russian Jewish workman sentenced unjustly to prison; it demonstrates how human beings can come through suffering to an affirmative view of life. The Tenants (1971), about the relationship between a Jewish man and a black man, deals with inner-city tensions. Malamuds later novels include Dubins Lives (1979), about a writer of biographies, and Gods Grace (1982). Malamuds short stories mix an abiding compassion for Jewish life with subtle touches of wry humor. They have been collected in The Magic Barrel (1958), Idiots First (1963), Pictures of Fidelman (1969), and Rembrandts Hat (1973); a complete collection, The Stories of Bernard Malamud, was published in 1983. Through the tunnel: 多丽丝·莱辛（Doris Lessing，1919年10月22日—）是当代英国最重要的作家之一，被誉为继伍尔芙之后最伟大的女性作家，并几次获得诺贝尔文学奖提名以及多个世界级文学奖项。 在2007年10月11日，瑞典皇家科学院诺贝尔奖委员会宣布将2007年度诺贝尔文学奖授予这位英国女作家。 Notes: convent n.女修道院emancipated?adj.被解放的fatalistic adj.宿命论的 martyrdom n.殉难；殉道subjugation n.屈服；从属 ? Mr Loveday’s little outing: Evelyn Waugh伊夫林·沃，（1903—）英国作家，全名阿瑟·伊夫林·圣约翰·沃，1903年10月28日生于英国汉普斯特德。其父阿瑟·沃系英国著名出版商兼文学批评家，也是一位虔诚的英国圣公会教徒。伊夫林·沃从小就受到两方面的环境薰陶：宗教与书本。沃的父母给孩子读故事，并与他们一起讨论作品。沃在7岁时就写过一个题为《赛马的诅咒》的短箱小说，并被收入一个成人作品集中出版。他和他的哥哥长大后都成为作家，与儿时的家庭影响关系颇大。沃上中学时，被父亲送到圣公会教会学校，每天早晚两次礼拜，周末则要去3次。据沃本人回忆，他当时并不觉得这种宗教仪式过于繁琐。1921