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1、英国文学James-JoyceBritishLiteratureJamesJoyce2JamesJoyce(1882-1941)BiographyBorninadecliningIrishmiddleclassfamilyReceivedgoodeducation,buttherigidityofthereligionanditsrepresentativeeffectturnedhimawayfromthechurchtoliteratureBritishLiteratureJamesJoyce3Hisliterarypassionsincludedsu
2、chworldmastersasDante,Flaubert,Ibsen,andTolstoy,andhisfirstessayonIbsen,publishedwhenhewasastudentattheUniversityofDublin,wontheadmirationoftheagingNorwegianplaywrighthimself.BritishLiteratureJamesJoyce4Aftercollege,wenttoEuropeandstayedtherefortherestofhislife(1902-1941)Hislonges
3、tsojourn(atemporarystay)occurredduring1903-1904whenhewentbacktoseehisdyingmotherandmethisfuturewifeWasneverfinanciallycomfortableallhislifeTriedtomakeendsmeetbydoingoddjobssuchasteachingEnglishandlecturingonliteratureBritishLiteratureJamesJoyce5Neverlostsightofhispriority—theambit
4、iontowritethegreatestliteratureofhistimeSpentyearsonthewritingofonebookThePortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan(1916)took10yearsand3thoroughrevisionstofinish,Ulysses(1922)10yearsforconceptionand8yearsforexecution,andFinnegansWake(1939)awholeof16yearsBritishLiteratureJamesJoyce6Inthematic
5、terms,heneverforgottopromotethespiritualfreedomofhisnativecountrywithhiswritings.Irishnationalismfeaturesprominentlyinhisworks.ThethemeofIrishdiscontentmentandstruggleforfreedomalwaysappearsasaclearnarrativethread.BritishLiteratureJamesJoyce7Joycelovesthecommonpeople.Hefindsgreatv
6、alueinloveandcompassion.Heloveslifeitselfandbelievesthatlovemakeslifeworthlivingandmakeshumaninvincible.Thereishispreoccupationwithartanditsmissioninlife.Itisconspicuousthatonethingalwaysstandsoutinboldreliefonhisfictionalcanvas,thatis,artanditsrelationtolife.Acirculartheoryofhist
7、oryHebelievesthatallsocietiespassthroughfourstages.Thefirstisareligiousstage,whensocietiesaregovernedbythepeople’saweofgodsandsupernaturalevents.Secondcomesafeudal,aristocraticstage,whennoblemenandkingsarealsoheroicfigures.Thisisfollowedbyademocraticstage,duringwhichindividualismg
8、rowseverstrongerandbringsaboutthe
