萨克雷与名利场

WilliamMakepeaceThackeray(18111863),AnneBecherThackerayandWilliamThackerayataboutage2,Briefintroduction,a,Thackerayisoneofthegreatestcriticalrealistsofthe19thcenturyinEuropeb,Hepaints(描绘)lifeashehasseenit,withhispreciseandthroughobservation,richknowledgeofsociallifeandofthehumanheart.Thepicturesinhisnovelsareaccurateandtruetolife.,C.Thackerayisasatirist.Hissatireiscaustic（苛性）andhishumorissubtle(精巧的),D.Besidebeingarealistandsatirist.Thackerayisamoralist.Hisaimistoproduceamoralimpressioninallhisnovels,Famoussaying,Thereisaskeletonineveryhouse.家家都有本难念的经Firstcatchyourhare.首先必须捕获兔子，然后才能宰之（先付出，才能有收获）Dareandtheworldalwaysyields.ifitbeatsyousometomes,dareitagainandagainanditwillsuccumb.大胆挑战，世界总会让步。如果你有时候被它打败了，不断的挑战，它总会屈服的,LifeExperience,BorninIndiaPreparatoryschoolsPublicschoolTrinitycollege,CambridgeLeftwithoutdegreeStudythelawStudypaintinginPairsAsPariscorrespondentFocusonseriesofwriting,HisLifeExperience,successinwritingcareer,failureinhislife,1.tragicmarriage,2.lookeddownuponbyhispeers,3.hearttroubles,diedofheartattackinLondononChristmasEvein1863,VanityFair名利场TheSnob势利人Catherine凯瑟琳BarryLyndon巴里林登TheVirginians弗吉尼亚人Dendennis潘丹尼斯的历史HenryEdmond亨利艾斯芒德TheRoseandtheRing玫瑰与戒指TheRoundaboutPaper拐弯抹角的随笔TheBalladofBouillabaisse法国炖鱼民谣TheGreatHoggartyDiamond霍佳蒂钻石TheYellowplushCorrespondence尝试记者,MainWorks,TheSnob势利人,BarryLyndon巴里林登,TheRoseandtheRing玫瑰与戒指,TheVirginians弗吉尼亚人,VanityFair,Title:fromBunyansThePilgrimsprogress.Subtitle:Anovelwithoutahero.,VanityFairmeansafairwhereallkindsofvanityaresold,suchashouses,lands,honours,preferments,titles,lusts,pleasuresanddelightsofallsorts.,Sharp,Amelia,George,Dobbin,Rawdon,BeckySharp,MajorCharacters,Amelia:good-natured,sentimental,simple-mindedGeorgeOsborne:snobbish,caustic（苛性的）,selfish,simple-mindedJosephSadly:vain,self,effeminate(柔弱的)WilliamDobbin:good-natured,honest,Background,ThesceneofthestoryisEnglandinthefirsthalfofthe19thcentury.(Page193,para3),Mainplot,TheplotisbuiltaroundthefatesofAmeliaSadlyandRebecca(Becky)Sharp.AmeliaisthedaughterofawealthLondonmerchant;Rebeccaisanorphan.Beckyisdeterminedtowarmintouppersociety.Andsoshedoesbyvarietiesofimmoralmeans.Finallyshelivesalifelikeagrandlady.WhileAmelia,whoalsoexperiencesupsanddownsinherlife,marriesDobbinwhohasgivenherhislifelonglove,torewardhim.,characters,Centerfigure:RebeccaSharpSheisaperfectembodiment(化身)ofthespiritofVanityFairaspirationinlifeistogainwealthandpositionbyanymeans:throughlies,meanaction,unscrupulous(无耻的）speculatingwitheverysacred(神圣的)ideal.(page195,para3&4),AmeliaandDobbinmaybeconsideredasthepositioncharactersofthenovel.,comments,A:InthenovelThackeraydescribesthelifeoftherulingclassesofEnglandintheearlydecadesofthe19thcentury,andattacksthesocialrelationshipofthebourgeoisworldbysatirizingtheindividualinthedifferentstrataoftheuppersociety.B:BeckySharpisaclassicexampleofthemoney-grubbinginstinct,heronlyaspirationinlifeistogainwealthpositionbyanymeans.EverywishestogainsomethingintheVanityFairandactsalmostinthesamemannerasBecky.C:TherearehardlyanypositivecharactersinVanityFair.,Theme,Bydepictingthelivesoftwocontrastedgirls,Thackeraygivesusasatiricallifeviewofthe19thcenturyEngland.Itisacorruptedinwhichmoneyistheonlythingworshipped.ThenovelstitleVanityFairistakenfromBunyansPilgrimsProgress,BunyanmeanstoexposethevicesofhistimeandcomparesthesocietythattimetoaVanityFair.H