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HENRY JAMES (1843--1916) 1. HIS LIFE -- in 1843 was born in New York City , the second child of wealthy , somewhat aristocratic parents . --He received the major part of education at home and experience from traveling in Europe and attended Harvard Law School. --after1866 he lived in Europe much of the time. --1875 he made it his permanent home.He lived in Paris for a year,where he met Turgenev,Zola,and Flaubert. --1876 he setted in London and lived there and in the English countryside for the rest of his life . --1915,a year before his death ,to show his support of England in World War1,James became a Britain citizen. One Of His Most Famous Work The Portrait Of A Lady 贵妇画像 What’s the theme of “The Portrait of A Lady(贵妇画像)”？ Want to answer this question? Follow 3 steps, then the answer will occur to you. The First Step？ Tip Don’t know it? You can turn to page76 to find what’s this portrait is all about. To understand it more you can read the content in Chinese 女主角伊莎贝尔.阿切尔(Isabel Archer)小姐充满幻想。为了得到自由而高雅的生活，她先后拒绝了美国青年企业家卡斯佩.古德伍德(Casper Goodwood)、英国贵族沃伯顿(Warburton)勋爵等人的求婚。她的表哥拉尔夫也深爱着她，并在去世前说服父亲，把一笔遗产留给她，使她有经济条件去追寻自己的幸福。然而这笔钱使伊莎贝尔更快地成为老谋深算地欧洲男人的猎物。吉尔伯特.奥斯蒙的(Gilbert Osmond)看上去过得自由而优雅，对她有很强的吸引力。奥斯蒙德的秘密情人梅尔夫人(Madame Merle)则一手策划，让伊莎贝尔嫁给他。天真无邪的美国姑娘成了老练世故的欧洲人的牺牲品。然而固执的伊莎贝尔即使在得知他们阴谋的情况下，还是毅然拒绝古德伍德德爱情，回到奥斯蒙德身边。优美和天真都不能掩盖世俗德人际关系，以及起决定作用的经济关系。 The Second Step?? James’s literary view *James’s view of literature As a realist, he holds that art must be related to life, the aim of the novel is to represent life. He advocates an immense increase of freedom in the novel-writing and argues for inclusion of the disagreeable, the ugly and the commonplace. So he was one of the three staunch advocates of 19th American realism. The Third Step??? Brainstorm Discuss Suggestion Think about his living background and his literary view. *Universal Theme The meeting of America and Europe, American in