Henry-Fielding-亨利·菲尔丁解析.ppt

1、2020/9/16,1,Henry Fielding (1707-1754),Henry Fielding: an overview Fieldings Masterpiece The story of The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Tom Jones, his character,2020/9/16,2,Life ExperienceDrama-theatre-newspaper-law-novel,Novels Joseph Andrews (1742) 约瑟夫安德鲁斯 Jonathan Wild the Great (1743) 大伟人乔纳森

2、维尔德 Tom Jones (1749) 汤姆琼斯 Amelia (1751) 阿米莉亚,Plays The Welsh Opera (1731) 威尔斯歌剧 Don Quixote in England (1734) 堂吉诃德在英国 Pasqin (1736) 巴斯昆 The Historical Register for the Year (1732） 一七三六历史记事,2020/9/16,3,Henry Fielding: an overview,the greatest novelist in the eighteenth century the greatest novelist o

3、f the eighteenth century the father of the English realistic novel,2020/9/16,4,Fielding as a Playwright,Fieldings dramatic theory and practice were in conformity with the theory of “a return to nature” and the principle that the stage should be “a school of morality” in the Enlightenment period.,202

4、0/9/16,5,Analysis,some 40 characters,Tom Jones,good-natured frank and open kind, disinterested(无私的) imprudence(轻率的),Blifil,villain, selfish, malicious, hypocritical,Sophia,ideal, good qualities, gaiety(快乐), candour(坦率), brave,courage,Western,barbarian(残暴的人) autocrat (专横的人),Partridge,Jack-of-all-trad

5、es simple, faithful good-natured, a little whimsical (想入非非的),Bridget,Mr. Allworthy,2020/9/16,6,The story of Tom Jones,The novel tells the story of an illegitimate child, reared by squire Mr. Allworthy, who lives on his estate together with his sister Miss Bridget, a prudish spinster. Once, arriving

6、home from a trip to London, Mr. Allworthy is surprised to find a baby in his bedroom. He adopts the foundling and names him Tom. Shortly afterwards Miss Bridget gets married to a certain Captain Blifil, and gives birth to a boy. Young Blifils parents die and the orphan is left in the care of Mr. All

7、worthy who brings him up together with Tom.,2020/9/16,7,The story of Tom Jones,Tom has grown up to be a jolly, open-hearted and handsome young man. He gets involved in several fleeting love affairs. But his light-heartedness gives way to serious love when he meets Sophia, the daughter of a neighbori

8、ng Squire Western. Young Blifil, contrary to Tom, is sly and faithless. Having an eye to his uncles money, he bears a secret hatred of Tom, fearing lest the legacy should fall into his hands. He blackens Tom in Mr. Allworthys eyes. Deceived by Blifils backbiting, Mr. Allworthy banishes Tom from his

9、home.,2020/9/16,8,The story of Tom Jones,Sophias father, Squire Western, infuriated upon learning of his daughters attachment to the foundling, threatens to marry her off by force to the rich heir, young Blifil. Then the scene is shifted to London, where all the main characters are thrown together,

10、each in pursuit of his own interests: Sophia flees to the capital fearing the very idea of marriage to hateful Blifil; Squire Western follows his daughter;,2020/9/16,9,The story of Tom Jones,young Blifil, accompanied by his uncle, is there in search of Sophia; Tom takes his way to London, accompanie

11、d by the schoolmaster Partridge, a simple, lovable man. Tom and Sophia travel independently, ignorant of each others plans. Their journey is filled with many exciting incidents. Toms imprudence leads him into various love affairs and adventures, some of which endanger his very life.,2020/9/16,10,The

12、 story of Tom Jones,Blifil, intent on ruining his rival, spares no pains to secure a conviction for Tom, who is supposed to have killed a man in self-defense. However, Blifils intrigues are laid bare, and the angry Mr. Allworthy expels him. At the same time the old gentleman learns from his attorney

13、 of a letter addressed to him by his sister Bridget on her death-bed. It has been maliciously withheld by Blifil, as it contains her confession that Tom Jones is her illegitimate son.,2020/9/16,11,The story of Tom Jones,Mr. Allworthy, rejoiced at this news, reconciles with Tom, and makes him his hei

14、r. Sophia forgives Tom his youthful mistakes and squire Western consents to Sophias marriage to Tom. All ends happily.,2020/9/16,12,Themes,A. The stories is about human nature. Fielding saw both sides of human nature: the good and the bad. It is human nature to err. And a man who errs may reform and

15、 be redeemed so long as he has a good heart, while those who are wicked by nature are beyond redemption. B. The story gives a panoramic view of the 18th century English life with scores of different places and a whole gallery of characters. Fielding attacked social injustice, hypocrisy, vice and cor

16、ruption in the government and defended the rights and dignity of the poor and the unfortunate.,2020/9/16,13,The features of the books,A. Structure: a. The book follows the form of “comic epic in prose”. It is well-balanced and carefully planned. (in the country-on the road- in London). The story abs

17、orbs the features of family novel (Richardson), novel of incidents (Defoe) and picaresque novel (Swift).,2020/9/16,14,Novels of incidents mainly reveals the action of the characters or events, not the characters. The plots are loose but flowing. The novel focuses on the funny and adventurous events.

18、,Picaresque novel emerged in Spain in 16th century. The typical story concerns the escapades（胡作非为） of a social outcast who lives by wits and shows a long succession of his adventures. Picaresque fiction is realistic in manner, episodic in structure (that is, composed of a sequence of events), and of

19、ten satiric in aim.,2020/9/16,15,Characterization,40 characters All the characters are true to life. Tom：upright, frank, kind-hearted, sometimes be very rash and commit rather serious errors, particularly in his relations with women, yet who is always ready to help others and never tries to harm anyone for his own benefit. Blifil: pretends to