1、George Eliot 乔治乔治.艾略特(艾略特(1819-1880)-Mary Ann Evans 玛丽安玛丽安.伊万斯伊万斯By Tibby2019071819Life experiencesMain works&CommentsCharacterstics of her literary worksOthers evaluation ContentsBrief Introduction From 1819 to1849George Eliot-pen name,an English novelist,leading Victorian writer Was born in 1819,C
2、hilvers Coton,Warwickshire,a family of a land agent,Griff ,21years Mrs.Wallingtons School at Neneaton-a strong evangelical(福音教派的福音教派的)piety In 1836,her mother died-family household.In 1841,moved to Coventry till 1849 From 1849 to 1880Charles Bray,a free-thinking Coventry manufacturer,rationalistic w
3、orks influenced deeply Eliots thoughtsAfter her fathers death,travelled around Europe&settled in London work as subeditor of Westminster ReviewGeorge Henry Lews,philosophical&critic a union without legal form,till1878Two years later,John Cross,younger(20)-died Translation works:*The Essence of Chris
4、tianity 基督教的本质基督教的本质 *Editor of The Westminister Review 威斯敏斯特评论威斯敏斯特评论Eliots Major Works Remarkable ones:Adam Bede,1859 亚当亚当.比德比德-rural life The Mill on the Floss,1860弗洛斯河上的磨房弗洛斯河上的磨房-moral problems Silas Marner,1861织工马南织工马南-psychological studies of charactersOthers:Romola,1863 罗慕拉罗慕拉-problems of re
5、ligion&morality Felix Holt,the Radical,1866费力可斯费力可斯.霍尔特霍尔特 Middlemarch,187172米德尔马契米德尔马契*Daniel Deronda,1876丹尼尔丹尼尔.德龙达德龙达 NovelsComments on Adam Bede The plot of Adam Bede is founded on a story of confession of childmurder.Adam Bede is a novel of Moral conflicts.1.The theme of social inequality is bl
6、ended with Eliots moralizationComments on The Mill on the flossIn the Mill on the floss,Maggies character is tinged with the authors moralization.1.The tragic doom of Maggie virtually shows the irreconcilability of a gifted and noble-minded personality with bourgeois reality.Comments on Silas Marner
7、 Silas Marner marks a retrogression,believing in the sentimental“religion of humanity”(博爱,慈善博爱,慈善)and cherished the illusion(幻想幻想)that humanity and love could do away with the evils of capitalism.The characteristics of Eliots literary worksa particular concern for the destiny of womenleading in the
8、direction of both the naturalistic and psychological novel Interest in the interior life of human beings,moral problems and strainsReligionAs conceited man is like the cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.一位自高自大的人,就像是一只公鸡,它以为太一位自高自大的人,就像是一只公鸡,它以为太阳上升,是为了聆听它的啼声。阳上升,是为了聆听它的啼声。选择时间就等于节省时间;而不合乎时的举动则等选择时间就等于节省时间;而不合乎时的举动则等于乱打空气。于乱打空气。-亚当亚当比德比德Words of EliotEvaluation“It was really George Eliot who started it all.It was she started putting action inside.”-D.H.Lawrence(劳伦斯)(劳伦斯)Thank you
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