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1、Unit10CompanyofWolves----AngelaCarterOutlineAbouttheauthorWarm-upquestionsTextualanalysisCriticalresponseandimpactAbouttheauthor---AngelaCarter(1940-1992)LifeexperienceEnglishnovelistandjournalistBorninEastbourne,Englandandsufferedanorexia(厌食症)asateenagerBegantoworkasajournalis
2、tontheCroydonAdvertiserafterattending Streatham&ClaphamHighSchoolinsouthLondon,followinginthefootstepsofherfather.Attendedthe UniversityofBristol whereshestudiedEnglishliteratureSpentmuchofthelate1970sand1980sasawriterinresidenceatuniversities,includingthe UniversityofSheffield
3、, BrownUniversity,the UniversityofAdelaide,andthe UniversityofEastAnglia.Diedoflungcancerin1991AwardsandhonorsTheMagicToyshop(1967)《魔幻玩具铺》,获约翰‧勒维林‧里斯奖SeveralPerceptions(1968)《数种直觉》,获桑姆塞‧毛姆奖NightsattheCircus(1984)《马戏团之夜》,获詹姆斯·泰特·布莱克文学奖UndertooktheworkasjuryofTheManBookerPrize(布克
4、奖)in1983Rankedtenthinthelistof“The50greatest Britishwriterssince1945”inTheTimesin2008WritingfeaturesFeministwriter:reworkingofmythandfairytalefromafeministpointofview“transfigure….theclassicalfairytalesothatthestorylineremainsthesamebutadifferentsetofvaluesisintroduced.”“Iamall
5、forputtingnewwineinoldbottles,especiallyifthepressureofthenewwinemakestheoldbottlesexplode.”SexuallibertyofwomenDividedcriticalopinionsovertheroleoftheeroticinCarter’sworks:(1)Women’ssexualityasameanstoassertthemselves(2)ClosetopornographyExponentofmagicalrealism(addingGothicth
6、emes,violenceanderoticism)FemaleGothicMagicalRealismMagicalrealism,magicrealism,ormarvelousrealismisliterature,paintingandfilmthat,whileencompassingarangeofsubtlydifferentconcepts,shareincommonanacceptanceofmagicintherationalworld.Itisalsosometimescalledfabulism,inreferencetoth
7、econventionsoffables,myths,andallegory.Ofthefourterms,Magicalrealismisthemostcommonlyusedandreferstoliteratureinparticularthatportraysmagicalorunrealelementsasanaturalpartinanotherwiserealisticormundaneenvironment.Orinotherwords,itisakindofmodernfictioninwhichfabulousandfantast
8、icaleventsareincludedinanarrativethatotherwisemaintain