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本书分九章解读了九本经典英国小说，从每部作品切入，叙述作者的生平、创作期间相关的创作灵感及人生经历，通过作品的情节梗概和多视角评析，引导读者在对文本研读的基础上，批判性地思考和理解作品的主题和作品中的人物，并联系小说改编的电影和电视，探析改编作品的价值以及与原著的互文关系，为英语专业学生和广大读者提供兼具深度和广度的多方面研究材料和研究思路。 -
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目录
Chapter 1 Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813)
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Jane Austen (1775-1817), the Writer
1.3 Plot Summary of Pride and Prejudice
1.4 Reading Exercise: Chapter 1 of Pride and Prejudice
1.5 Critical Topics
1.5.1 Coming of Age as a Woman in Austen' s Time
1.5.2 Balls in Literature
1.5.3 A Further Comment on "Pride" and "Prejudice"
1.5.4 The "Janeites" and the Birth of Austen's Literary Reputation
1.5.5 Jane Austen the Marxist?
1.6 Further Reading
1.6.1 Critical Studies of Pride and Prejudice
1.6.2 Film Adaptations of Pride and Prejudice
Chapter 2 Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre (1847)
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Charlotte Bronte(1816-1855), the Writer
2.3 Plot Summary of Jane Eyre
2.4 Reading Exercise: Chapter 5 of Jane Eyre
2.5 Critical Topics
2.5.1 The Real-life Lowood Hall?
2.5.2 The Victorian Governess
2.5.3 The "Governess Novel"
2.6 Further Reading
2.6.1 Other Charlotte Bronte Novels
2.6.2 Victorian Literary Works Featuring Governesses
2.6.3 Novels with Connections to Jane Eyre
2.6.4 Studies of Jane Eyre and Contemporary Victorian Women's Novels
2.6.5 Film Adaptations of Jane Eyre
Chapter 3 Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights (1847)
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Emily Bronte (1818-1848), the Writer
3.3 A Sense of Place: The Windswept Moor
3.4 Plot Summary of Wuthering Heights
3.5 Reading Exercise: Chapter 15 of Wuthering Heights
3.6 Critical Topics
3.6.1 Heathcliff: Gypsy, Lascar or Irish Rogue?
3.6.2 Wuthering Heights and the Critics
3.6.3 The Brontes and "Unquiet Spirits"
3.7 Further Reading
3.7.1 Other Works by Emily Bronte
3.7.2 Stories Featuring Unquiet Spirits
3.7.3 Studies of Emily Bronte
3.7.4 Adaptations of Wuthering Heights
Chapter 4 Charles Dickens, David Copperfield (1849-1850)
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Charles Dickens (1812-1870), the Writer
4.3 "CD and DC"
4.4 Plot Summary of David Copperfield
4.5 Reading Exercise: Chapter 4 of David Copperfield
4.6 Critical Topics
4.6.1 The Horror of Child Labour in Victorian Britain
4.6.2 David Copperfield and the Critics
4.6.3 Dickens and Character
4.7 Further Reading
4.7.1 Other Dickens Novels
4.7.2 Studies of Charles Dickens and David Copperfield
4.7.3 Film Adaptations of David Copperfield
Chapter 5 George Eliot, Adam Bode (1859)
5.1 Introduction
5.2 George Eliot (1819-1880), the Writer
5.3 Plot Summary of Adam Bede
5.4 Motherhood and Infanticide: George Eliot and William Wordsworth
5.5 Reading Exercise: Chapter 37 of Adam Bede
5.6 Critical Topics
5.6.1 What was a "Methody"?
5.6.2 The Real-life Dinah?
5.6.3 Adam Bode and the Critics
5.7 Further Reading
5.7.1 Other Eliot Novels
5.7.2 Biographies of George Eliot
5.7.3 Infanticide in Literature and History
5.7.4 Film Adaptations of Adam Bede
Chapter 6 Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d' Urbervillos (1891)
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), the Writer
6.3 A Sense of Place: Hardy's Wessex
6.4 Plot Summary of Tess of the d' Urbervilles
6.5 Reading Exercise: Chapter 35 of Tess of the d' Urbervilles
6.6 Critical Topics
6.6.1 Who was Tess?
6.6.2 Tess and the Critics, Part 1: Nineteenth-century Reviews
6.6.3 Tess and the Critics, Part 2: Twentieth-century Readings of Tess's Guilt
6.6.4 Other Issues in the Novel: Threats to the Rural Way of Life
6.7 Further Reading
6.7.1 Other Hardy Novels and Stories
6.7.2 Critical Studies and Biographies of Hardy
6.7.3 Film Adaptations of Tess of the d' Urbervilles
Chapter 7 John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga (1906-1921)
7.1 Introduction
7.2 John Galsworthy (1867-1933), the Writer
7.3 Close Reading: The Forsyte Character Shown Through a Saddle of Mutton
7.4 Synopsis of A Man of Property (1906)
7.5 Critical Topics, Part 1
7.5.1 Soames's Dilemma: How to Obtain a Divorce in the UK
7.5.2 The Rape of Irene: A True Crime?
7.6 Plot Summary of In Chancery (1920)
7.7 Reading Exercise: The Birth of Fleur Forsyte from Chapter 12 of In Chancery
7.8 Critical Topics, Part 2
7.8.1 How Different was "Edwardian" Britain from "Victorian" Britain?
7.8.2 Galsworthy and the Critics: Backlash from the "Modernists"
7.9 Further Reading
7.9.1 Other Works by Galsworthy
7.9.2 Critical Studies of Galsworthy
7.9.3 Film Adaptations of The Forsyte Saga
Chapter 8 D.H.Lawrence, Sons and Lovers (1912)
8.1 Introduction
8.2 D.H.Lawrence (1885-1930), the Writer
8.3 Plot Summary of Sons and Lovers
8.3.1 Reading Exercise: Chapter 1 of Sons and Lovers
8.3.2 An Additional Comment
8.4 Critical Topics
8.4.1 Lawrence and Character, Part 1: Between Love and Hate
8.4.2 Lawrence and Character, Part 2: The Oedipus Complex
8.4.3 Lawrence and Class
8.4.4 The Literature of Socialism in the British Isles
8.4.5 Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928)
8.5 Further Reading
8.5.1 Other Works by Lawrence
8.5.2 Other Works of British Literature Dealing with Working Class Life
8.5.3 Studies of D.H.Lawrence
8.5.4 Film Adaptations of Sons and Lovers
Chapter 9 Virginia Woolf, Mrs.Dalloway (1925)
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), the Writer
9.3 Stream of Consciousness and a Consciousness of Streams
9.4 Rejecting Male "Grandeur" and Embracing the Woman's Sentence
9.5 Plot Summary of Mrs.Dalloway
9.6 Reading Exercise: The End of Section 1 of Mrs.Dalloway
9.7 Critical Topics
9.7.1 Woolf and the Psychiatrists, an Uneasy Relationship
9.7.2 Mrs.Dalloway and the Critics
9.8 Further Reading
9.8.1 Other Works by and Inspired by Woolf
9.8.2 Studies of Woolf
9.8.3 Film Adaptations of Mrs.Dalloway
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