Henry Fielding.ppt

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1、HenryFieldingHenryFielding’sfamousplays:Thecoffee-HousePolitician,TheTragedyofTragediesandPasquin.Asamasterpieceonthesubjectofhumannature,ThehistoryofTomJones,aFoundlingbroughtFieldingthenameofthe“ProseHomer”.TheHistoryofAmelianisastoryabouttheunfortunatelifeofanidealizedwoman,asadpictureofthe

2、sociallifeatthetime.MaincharactersinThehistoryofTomJones,aFoundling:Mr.Allworthy,Blifil,TomJonesandSophia.AnanalysisonTomJones:Foratime,TomeJonesbecameanationalhero.Peoplewerefondofthisyoungfellowwithmanlyvirtuesandyetnotwithoutfault---honest,kindhearted,high-spirited,loyalandbrave,butimpulsiv

3、e,wantingprudenceandfullofanimalspirits.Inaway,theyoungmanstandsforawayfaringEveryman,whoisexpelledfromtheparadiseandhastogothroughhardexperiencetogainknowledgeofhimselfandfinallyapproachperfectness.Fielding’scontributionstoliterature:1)Hecreatedbothinpracticesandtheorytowritea“comicepicinpros

4、e”.2)Heestablishedtheformofthemodernnovelforhewasthefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.3)Headopted“thethird-personnarration”,inwhichtheauthorbecomesthe“all-knowingGod.”Hethinksthethoughtsofallhischaracters,sohecanpresentnotonlytheirexternalbehaviorsbutalsotheinternalworkingsoftheirm

5、inds.4)Fieldingwasregardedas“FatheroftheEnglishnovel.”Fieldingwassympathetictowardthepoorandtheunfortunate,andprotestedagainstsocialinjusticeandpoliticalcorruptioninhisplays.Inplotting,hetriedtopreservethegrandepicalformoftheclassicalworksbutalsokeptfaithfultohisrealisticpresentationofcommonli

6、fe.Sohisworksareregardedas“thejustcopiesofhumanmanners”.Fielding’sworksarecharacterizedbylively,dramaticdialoguesandothertheatricaldevicessuchassuspense,coincidenceandunexpectedness.