Chapter 13 20th-Century Novels and Other Prose外文.ppt

Chapter 13Early 20th-Century Novels From An Outline of English Literature by Thornley and Roberts English Novels of the 20th Century Disappearance of the British Empire (p.144) The changes in beliefs and political ideas were influenced strongly by the events of the WWI. No longer held confidence in British society, culture and political organization. E. M. Foster Takes a completely different view of the values which formed and governed British society (p.144) Howard’s End (1910) 1. Show the different beliefs of two families – the Wilcoxes (who are good at making money and are connected only with everyday things they can see and touch) and the Schlegel sisters (concerned with deeper, spiritual and cultural values) 2. Theme: to connect the everyday outer life of the Wilcoxes with the inner life of the heart and spirit A Passage to India (1924) How English governed India, the same sort of people as the Wilcoxes in Howard’s End, busy with traditional ways of behaving and the apperance of things and pepole, unable to see the inner truth of events. Theme: bring together opposites Failures in terms of money and worldly importance may in fact be successful. D. H. Lawrence As a novelist, his job is to show how an individual’s view of his own personality was often affected by conventions of language, family and religion (p.146) Relationship between people are changing and moving Took the form of the traditional novel and made it wider and deeper D. H. Lawrence Sons and Lovers (1913) – p.147 Taken from his early life Paul Morel and his relationship with his mother He needs her mother to help him make sense of the world around him, but in order to become an independent man/artist, he has to struggle to become free from her influence. Struggle to put the outer and inner world together in a true relation The Rainbow (1915) – a family through three couples of different ages Women In Love (1916) – two sisters trying to understand the true mea