欢迎来到天天文库
浏览记录
ID:40530731
大小:19.15 KB
页数:4页
时间:2019-08-04
《A Passage to India的作品及背景介绍》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、APassagetoIndia(1924)isanovelbyE.M.ForstersetagainstthebackdropoftheBritishRaj英属印度andtheIndianindependencemovementinthe1920s.Itwasselectedasoneofthe100greatworksofEnglishliteraturebytheModernLibraryandwonthe1924JamesTaitBlackMemorialPrize布莱克小说纪念奖forfiction.Time
2、magazineincludedthenovelinits"TIME100BestEnglish-languageNovelsfrom1923to2005““1923年至2005年最好的百部英语小说”.ThenovelisbasedonForster'sexperiencesinIndia.1.2HistoricalbackgroundoftheNovel1、E.M.ForsterwroteAPassagetoIndiain1924,thelastnovelthathepublishedduringhislifeti
3、me.ThenoveldiffersfromForster‘sothermajorworksinitsovert(公开的)politicalcontent,asopposedtothelightertone轻快的笔调andmoresubdued温和的politicalsubtextcontainedinhisotherworks.ThenoveldealswiththepoliticaloccupationofIndiabytheBritish,acolonialdominationthatendedafterthe
4、publicationofForster'stextandstillduringhislifetime.2、ThecolonialoccupationofIndiaisthebackgroundofthenovel.BritainoccupiedanimportantplaceinpoliticalaffairsinIndiasince1760,butdidnotsecurecontroloverIndiafornearlyacentury.InAugustof1858,duringaperiodofviolentr
5、evolt反抗againstBritainbytheIndians,theBritishParliamentpassedtheGovernmentofIndiaAct《印度政府法案》,transferringpoliticalpowerfromtheEastIndiaCompanytothecrown.Thiswasasystemofaloof,condescendingsovereignty这是一个典型的居高临下的英国殖民分离体系inwhichtheEnglishbureaucracydidnotassociate
6、withthepersonstheyruled,andfindsitsexpressionincharacterssuchasRonnyHeaslopandMr.McBrydeinAPassagetoIndia.3、Indiannationalismbegantofomentaround1885andnationalismfoundexpressionintheMuslimcommunityaswellaroundthebeginningofthetwentiethcentury.ReformsinIndia'spo
7、liticalsystemoccurredwiththevictoryoftheLiberalParty自由党in1906,culminatingintheIndianCouncilsAct《印度议会法案》of1909,butnationalismcontinuedtorise.4、Indiatookpartinthefirstworldwar,assistingtheBritishwiththeassumptionthatthishelpwouldleadtopoliticalconcessions让步,butev
8、enwiththepromiseafterthewarthatIndianswouldplayanincreasedroleintheirowngovernment,relationsbetweentheEnglishandIndiansdidnotimprove.Afterthewartensioncontinued;in1919hundre
此文档下载收益归作者所有