Samuel Johnson.ppt

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1、SamuelJohnsonDr.JohnsonSamuelJohnson(18September1709 –13December1784)oftenreferredtoasDrJohnson,Occupation:Englishauthor,poet,essayist,moralist,literarycritic,biographer,editorandlexicographer词典编纂人.EarlylifeandeducationA.Borninpoverty,Johnsondemonstratedsignsofgreatintellige

2、nceasachildB.Attheageof19,heenteredPembrokeCollege,Oxford.StudiedinOxfordfor13months,ashortageoffundsforcedJohnsontoleaveOxfordwithoutadegree.C.HeeventuallyreceivedadegreejustbeforethepublicationofhisDictionaryin1755,OxfordUniversityawardedJohnsonthedegreeofMasterofArts.D.He

3、wasawardedanhonorarydoctoratein1765byTrinityCollegeDublinandin1775byOxfordUniversity.ADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguageJohnson'sADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagewaspublishedin1755;ithadafar-reachingeffectonModernEnglishandhasbeendescribedas"oneofthegreatestsingleachievementsofsch

4、olarship."ThisworkbroughtJohnsonpopularityandsuccess.Majorworks《伦敦》（London）(1749）《人类欲望之虚幻》（TheVanityofHumanWishes）(1749）<英语语言大词典>（ADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage）(1755)《拉斯利斯的历史》(TheHistoryofRasselas)(1759)《阿比西尼亚王子》（PrinceofAbyssinia）(1759)《诗人列传》（LivesofthePoets)Famousquotati

5、onsItmattersnothowamandies,buthowhelives.Wherethereisnohope,therecanbenoendeaver.Greatworksareperformednotbystrengh,butbyperseverance.Johnsonistheneo-classicalEnlightenmentthinkersofthelate18thcenturythelastgreatone.Hewasveryconcernedabouttheillusorydesireofthehuman,becausea

6、lmostallofhisworksarethetheme.HewanttoawakenpeopletotheideaofthisignorancebytheirownpensandthentreatitEvaluation"hechangedthewholecourseofbiographyforthemodernworld.”JohnsonwasadevoutAnglicanandcommittedTory,andhasbeendescribedas"arguablythemostdistinguishedmanoflettersinEng

7、lishhistory".Heisalsothesubjectof"themostfamoussingleworkofbiographicalartinthewholeofliterature":JamesBoswellLifeofSamuelJohnson.