京华烟云-英文介绍

Chinesewriter

BornOct.10,1895,Fujianprovince

diedMarch26,1976,HongKong

studiedintheU.S.andEurope

In1932heestablishedahighlysuccessfulWestern-stylesatiricalmagazineofatypetotallynewtoChinaLinYutang:第一页第二页，共18页。Lin’sAcademicsstudiedatSaintJohn'sUniversityinShanghaibachelor'sdegreestudyatHarvardUniversitydoctoraldegreemovingtoFranceandeventuallytoGermanycompletedhisrequirementsforadoctoraldegreetaughtatPekingUniversityEnglishliterature第二页第三页，共18页。Lin’sLegacyMyCountryandMyPeople(吾国与吾民)(1935)TheImportanceofLiving(生活的艺术)(1937)MomentinPeking(京华烟云)(1939)BetweenTearsandLaughter(啼笑皆非)(1943)TheVermillionGate(朱门)(1953)TheImportanceofUnderstanding(1960)TheChineseTheoryofArt(1967)HismanyworksrepresentanattempttobridgetheculturalgapbetweentheEastandtheWest.HewasnominatedfortheNobelPrizeinLiteratureseveraltimesinthe1970s.第三页第四页，共18页。第四页第五页，共18页。MomentinPekingisanhistoricalnoveloriginallywritteninEnglishbytheChineseAmericanauthorLinYutang.ThenovelcoverstheturbulenteventsinChinafrom1900to1938includingtheBoxerUprisingTheRepublicanRevolutionof1911theWarlordEratheriseofnationalismandcommunism,andtheoriginsoftheSino-JapaneseWarof1937-1945.第五页第六页，共18页。Thisnovelismerelyastoryof...howcertainhabitsoflivingandwaysofthinkingareformedandhow,aboveall,menandwomenadjustthemselvestothecircumstancesinthisearthlylifewheremenstrivebutgodsrule.第六页第七页，共18页。MaincharactersYaoMulan(姚木兰)

Theprotagonistofthestory,Mulan,isfromthewealthyYaofamily.DuringtheBoxerRebellionsheiskidnappedbybandits,andthenrescuedbytheTsengfamily;thetwofamiliesthereafterbecomeclosefriends.Mulanislively,intelligent,andgenerous,aswellasextremelyresponsible.Herfatherhasalwaysencouragedherinterests,amongthemherintenseinterestin"bonecharacters"(thestudyofancientChinesecharacterswrittenonbones)andthesingingofChineseopera.Herintelligence,alongwithherkindheartednature,catchtheinterestofayoungmannamedKungLifu.MulanfeelsattractedtoLifu,butshehonorsherfamily'swishandadvicethatshemarrySunya;thismarriageismainlyharmonious.Togethertheyhaveonechild,Amei.第七页第八页，共18页。MaincharactersTsengSunya(ZengSunya,曾荪亚)

Mulan'shusband,TsengSunya,isaffectionatelycalled"Fatty"byMulan.Astheyoungestsonofhisfamily,Sunyaisarguablytheleastresponsibleone,buthaswhatiscalleda"roundcharacter".HeandMulanhadgottentoknoweachotherwellwhenMulanwasrescuedfrombanditsbyhisparentswhentheywerechildren.Asthetwofamiliesbecameincreasinglyclose,theirengagementwasplannedhappily.第八页第九页，共18页。MaincharactersKungLifu(KongLifu,孔立夫)AscholarandYaoMochow'shusband,heoriginallyfellinlovewithMulan,butmarriedMochow.YaoMochow(YaoMochou,姚莫愁)YaoMulan'ssister,sheisalsoverycleverandattractive.ShehadbeeninlovewithSunyabutamisunderstandingwithLihuaseparatedthem.ShewentoutwithNiuHuaiYuandfinallymarriedLifu.第九页第十页，共18页。MaincharactersRedjade(红玉)Mulan,Mochow,andAfei'scousin.ShewasmadlyinlovewithAfei,andadmiredLinDaiyufromtheclassicDreamoftheRedChamber(红楼梦).WhenshemisunderstoodaconversationandthoughtthatAfeididn'tloveher,shecommittedsuicidebydrowningherself.第十页第十一页，共18页。Thenovelhasbeenadaptedtwiceintoatelevisiondrama,includingthemostrecentversionin2005,starringZhaoWei.

Adaptations第十一页第十二页，共18页。TheCountofMonteCristo

By

AlexandreDumas

第十二页第十三页，共18页。InthisdramatizationofDumas's1845novel,awronglyimprisonedFrenchmanlearnsofavastburiedtreasure,escapesfromprison,findsthetreasure,andcomestoParistoberevengedonthosewhoimprisonedhim.

第十三页第十四页，共18页。Born:24July1802Birthplace:Villers-Cotterets,FranceDied:5December1870(naturalcauses)BestKnownAs:TheauthorofTheThreeMusketeers

第十四页第十五页，共18页。AlexandreDumaswrotetheclassicadventurenovel

TheThreeMusketeers

andsomeofthemostfamousandpopularstoriesinFrenchliterature.

第十五页第十六页，共18页。

Beginningin1844hehadastringofbrilliantlysuccessfulbooks,publishingTheThreeMusketeers(1844,firstprintedinserialform)andfollowingitwithTwentyYearsAfter(1845)andTheBlackTulip(1850),amongmanyothers.Agreatcelebritywriterof