2016年自考《英美文学选读》（英）新古典主义时期：Henry Fielding

1、2016年自考英美文学选读（英）新古典主义时期：Henry Fielding2016年自考英美文学选读（英）新古典主义时期：Henry Fielding 1. 一般识记：His life career English author， born in Sharpham Park， England， April. 22. 1707， and died in Lisbon， Portugal， Oct. 1754. During his career as a dramatist， Fielding had attempted a considerable number of forms of pl

2、ays. Witty edies of manners or intrigues in the Restoration tradition， farce or ballad operas ith political implication， burlesques satires that been heavily upon the status quo of England. Of all his plays， the best knon are The coffee-House Politician The Historical Register for the Year 1736The H

3、istory of Amelia Joseph Andres In this novel， Joseph supposedly the young handsome chaste brother of Richardsons virtuous heroine Pamela， is tempted by his amorous mistress， supposedly aunt of Pamelas husband， Mr. B. Here， instead of being rearded for his virtue， Joseph is turned out of doors by his

4、 mistress. But the burlesque ends here; the book quickly turns into a great novel of the open road， a ic epic in prose， hose subject is the true ridiculous in human nature， as exposed in all its variety as Joseph the amiable quixotic parson journey homeard through the heart of England. The dominatin

5、g qualities of the novel are its excellent character-portrayal， timely entrances exits， robustness of tone hilarious， hearty humor. 2) The History of Jonathan Wild the Great Its a satiric biography that harks back to Fieldings early plays. It takes the life of a notorious real-life thief as a theme

6、for demonstrating the petty division beteen a great rogue a great politician such as Sir Robert Walpole， the Prime Minister. The ironical praises for the very qualities of the unscrupulous self-aggrandizement of ild point out the ay the Prime Minister had achieved his greatness. The Great Man， prope

7、rly considered， is no letter than a great gangster. 3. 领会：His achievement in English novel Fielding has been regarded by some as Father of the English Novel， for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists he as the first to set out，

8、 both in theory practice， to rite specifically a ic epic in prose， the first to give the modern novel its structure . Before him， the relating of a story in a novel as either in the epistolary form through the mouth of the principal character， as in Defoes Robinson Crusoe， but Fielding adopted the t

9、hird-person narration， in hich the author bees the all-knoing God. He thinks the thought of all his characters， so he is able-to present not only their external behaviors but also the internal orkings of their minds. In planning his stories， he tries to retain the grand epical form of the classical

10、orks but at the same time keeps faithful to his realistic presentation of mon life as it is. 4. 领会：Characteristics of his language His language is easy， unlabored familiar， but extremely vivid vigorous. His sentences are alays distinguished by logic rhythm， his structure carefully planned toards an

11、inevitable ending. His orks are also noted for lively， dramatic dialogues other theatrical devices such as suspense， coincidence unexpectedness. 5.应用：Selected Reading An Excerpt from chapter VIII， Book Four of Tom Jones. Tom Jones， generally considered Fieldings masterpiece， brings its author the na

12、me of the Pose Homer. The panoramic vie it provides of the 18th century English country city life ith different places about 40 characters is unsurpassed. The language is one of clarity suppleness. And last of all， the plot construction is excellent. Its 18 books of epic form are divided into 3 sections， 6 books ea