John Galsworthy约翰高尔斯华绥精选.ppt

John Galsworthy约翰·高尔斯华绥;1.His life and career 2.His works 3.The major work 4.The characters of his writing 5.The well-known sayings;1. Life and Career 1.1 He was born in an upper-middle-class family. 1.2 He was educated at Harrow and at Oxford. 1.3 He traveled widely as a young man. 1.4 His married the divorced wife of his cousin and had a happy married life. 1.5 Galsworthy was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1932. ;Series of The Forsyte Saga: ;The Man of Property (the first novel of the Forsyte Saga) Major characters: Soames, Irene and Bosinney Forsytism:The specifically English type of bourgeois morality and social attitudes. Theme: Property and its effect on the personal relationships ;4.1 He is a conventional writer, having inherited the fine traditions of the great Victorian novelists of the critical realism with satire and humor in his writing. 4.2 He focused on plot development and character portrayal. 4.3 He writed in a clear and unpretentious style with a clear and straightward language. 4.4 He was moved throughout his life by an acute sense of social justice. ;5. The Well-known Sayings;Thank you!