9.1复习笔记
Henry James(1843-1916)（亨利·詹姆斯）
witchhazel1.Life（生平）
Henry James,born into a very rich and well-bred family in New York,was an outstanding realistic novelist.When he was young,he traveld a lot with his father to European countries.His parents didn’t pay attention to formal education in school but invited personal tutors to teach him and his brother and sister with European countries’languages and culture.When he was19years old,he entered Law School of Harvard,however,he quit law study when he began to be attracted by literature becau of the effect of Howells and others on him.
He is primarily known for the ries of novels in which he portrays the encounter of Americans with Europe and Europeans.
亨利·詹姆斯出生于纽约市的一个富裕而又有教养的家庭，是一位出色的现实主义小说家。年小时候的他，
经常跟随父亲周游欧洲。父母不重视学校的正规教育，而是聘请家庭教师教授欧洲各国的语言和文化。19岁时，詹姆斯进入哈佛大学法学院，但因受豪威尔斯等作家的影响对文学产生兴趣，不久便放弃学习法律。
他主要是由于写作关于美国人到欧洲及在欧洲的遭遇为体裁的小说而闻名。
2.Contributions and opinions（文学成就和主张）
James contributed significantly to literary criticism,particularly in his insistence that writers be allowed the greatest possible freedom in prenting their view of消释的意思
the world.James claimed that a text must first and foremost be realistic and contain a reprentation of life that is recognizable to its readers.Good novels,to James, show life in action and are,most importantly,interesting.The concept of a good or bad novel is judged solely upon whether the author is good or bad.His imaginative u of point of view,interior monologue and possibly unreliable narrators in his own novels and tales brought a new depth and interest to narrative fiction.
詹姆斯主要成就在文学批评方面，他尤其坚持作家应给予最大自由表现他们眼中的世界。詹姆斯主张文本最重要的是要现实，能够使读者通过文本认识到现实生活。对詹姆斯来说，好的小说体现现实生活，并且，最重要的是要有趣。小说的好坏仅仅是依据作家好坏而判断的。他对视角、心理独白和不可靠叙述者等的富于想象的运用，赋予了叙事小说新的深度和价值。
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3.Major Works（主要作品）
A Passionate Pilgrim(1875)《热衷游历的人》
Roderick Hudson(1875)《罗德里克·赫德森》quickly
The Novels and Tales of Henry James《亨利·詹姆斯小说、故事集》
The American(1877)《一个美国人》
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Daisy Miller(1879)《黛西·米勒》
The Portrait of a Lady(1881)《一个女士的画像》
The Bostonians(1886)《波士顿人》
The Princess of Casamassion(1886)《卡萨玛西玛公主》
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The Spoils of Poynton(1897)《波音顿的珍藏品》
The Turn of the Screw(1898)《螺丝在拧紧》
学习英语The Awkward Age(1899)《未成熟的少年时代》interface
The Wings of the Dove(1902)《鸽翼》
The Ambassadors(1903)《专使》
哒哒在线少儿英语The Golden Bowl(1904)《金碗》
4.Selected works（选读作品）
◆The Jolly Corner《快乐的一角》
Spencer Brydon returns to New York City after more than thirty years abroad. He has agreed to have
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his old family hou demolished in favor of a more lucrative apartment building.Before the wreckers begin,he starts to prowl the hou at night.Brydon has begun to realize that he might have been an astute businessman if he hadn’t forsaken moneymaking for a more leisurely life.He discuss this possibility with Alice Staverton,his woman friend who has always lived in New York.
Meanwhile Brydon begins to believe that his alter ego—the ghost of the man he might have been—is haunting the“jolly corner”,his nickname for the old family hou.After a harrowing night of pursuit in the hou,Brydon finally confronts the ghost,who advances on him and overpowers him with“a rage of personality before which his own collapd.”Brydon eventually awakens with his head pillowed on Alice Staverton’s lap.It is arguable whether or not Brydon had actually become unconscious or whether he had died and has awoken in an afterlife.She had come to the hou becau she nd he was in danger.She tells
him that she pities the ghost of his alter ego,who has suffered and lost two fingers from his right hand.But she also embraces and accepts Brydon as he is.
小说主人公斯宾塞·布莱顿在欧洲生活了30多年后回到纽约。他同意将旧房子拆除，以建一座更好的住所。动工前，夜间，他前往旧房子。布莱顿开始意识到如果他没有因闲适的生活而放弃挣钱的话，他有可能已经成为一个狡猾的商人。他与一直住在纽约的女友艾丽斯·斯苔弗顿谈论这种可能性。
以此同时，布莱顿开始相信他的他我——他可能成为的人的灵魂——出现在被他称为“快乐的一角”的老房子里。在房子里痛苦地寻找了一夜后，布莱顿最终遇到了鬼魂，他逼向布莱顿以一种“在个性前自我崩溃的暴怒”压到了他。被吓晕的布莱顿在艾丽斯的怀中苏醒过来。有争议的是，布莱顿是否真的失去了意识，是否他已经死了，醒来后已经进入来世。艾丽斯来到这里，因为她意识到布莱顿有危险。她告诉他她同情他的他我，他遭受了很多，右手失去了两个手指。但是，她仍然拥抱并接受了布莱顿。
