现代大学英语精读1Unit1.pptVIP

Unit 1 Half a Day  Naguib Mahfouz About the author education and background important works how he pictures the world Text appreciation structure analysis topic discussion Language understanding sentence paraphrase word study phrases Assignment Naguib Mahfouz纳吉布?马福兹  Naguib Mahfouz  —— important works Naguib Mahfouz was the first Arab to win the Nobel prize for literature, in 1988. He has been described as “a Dickens(迪更斯1812-1870, 英国著名现实主义小说家)of the Cairo cafés” and “the Balzac(巴尔扎克1799-1850, 法国小说家) of Egypt. He is now the author of no fewer than 30 novels, more than 100 short stories, and more than 200 articles. Half of his novels have been made into films which have circulated （流通；传播）throughout the Arabic-speaking world. Naguib Mahfouz  —— important works Mahfouz began writing when he was 17. His first novel was published in 1939 and ten more were written before the Egyptian Revolution of July 1952, when he stopped writing for several years. One novel was republished in 1953, however, and the appearance of The Cairo Trilogy（三部曲） in 1957 made him famous throughout the Arab world as a depictor（描写者） of traditional urban（城市的） life. Naguib Mahfouz  —— important works The Cairo Trilogy (published 1955-1957) is a tale of the lives of a Muslim family and spans（跨过） the first half of the 20th century. Each book in the trilogy was named after a suburb of Cairo. The first, Palace Walk was set during the British occupation of Egypt early in the century. The second, Palace of Desire covered the changing times of the 1920s. The third book, Sugar Street brings the family into the mid 20th century. In this final part the head of the family is now old and frail（weak). He surveys the world while the main story centers on the grandsons. Naguib Mahfouz  —— important works Naguib Mahfouz  —— important works Naguib Mahfouz  —— important works Works of his second writing period: The Children of Gebelawi (1959) The Thief and the Dogs (1961) Autu