10.8英国文学导读.pdf

20th Century Fiction The Traditional Novels Robert Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling followed romantic tradition, while most of the writers were outstanding realistic novelists like Joseph Conrad and John Galsworthy. The Forsyte Saga is a masterpiece of critical realism. The Modernist Novel  1. James Joyce and Virginia Woolf created unprecedented stream-of-consciousness novels. They experimented new and sophisticated techniques in novel writing. 2. In the works of E.M. Forster and D. H. Lawrence, old traditional still exist, but their subject matter about human relationships and their symbolic or psychological presentations of the novel were entirely modern. Robert Louis Stevenson Scottish writer Known for 3 representative novels: Treasure Island (1882) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) Kidnapped (1886) Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) 1. Life and Career – He was born in Bombay, India. – He was sent back to England for his education. – In 1882 Kipling returned to India and worked as a newspaper reporter, contributing articles and poems. – He was the first English author to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907. – He is a novelist as well as a popular poet. Ideas Kipling was the last English novelist who embodied many of the dreams of a declining British empire. He celebrated British imperialism, eulogized the racial superiority of the English over the natives they ruled, and defended the colonialist system by advocating the idea of “white man’s burden” in India. His Works – The Jungle Book (1895) – Kim (1901) – Of his 4 novel-length works, only Kim (1901) proved to be his finest. It is a remarkable story about India in English. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)  1. Life and Career – Born in Poland – Became a seaman at the age of 17 – B