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1、E.M.Forster黄曦彦140702035E.M.ForsterE.M.ForsterIntroductionKeythemesSymbolism&MysticismHistoricalbackgroundofAPassagetoIndiaNotableworksbyForsterCriticalreceptionsContentsEdwardMorganForster(1January1879 –7June1970)，aged91.Occupationnovelist,shortstorywr

2、iter,essayistandlibrettist.NationalityBritishWritingPeriod1901-1970GenresRealism,Symbolism,ModernismSubjectsClassDivision,Gender,HomosexualityIntroductionItalyGreeceIndiaAPassagetoIndia(1924)isanovelbyE.M.ForstersetagainstthebackdropoftheBritishRajandt

3、heIndianindependencemovementinthe1920s.ThenovelisbasedonForster'sexperiencesinIndia.E.M.Forsterborrowedthebook'stitlefromWaltWhitman'spoemofthesamenameinLeavesofGrass.WhereAngelsFeartoTreadandARoomwithaViewcanbeseencollectivelyasForster'sItaliannovels.

4、BothincludereferencestothefamousBaedekerguidebooksandconcernnarrow-mindedmiddle-classEnglishtouristsabroad.WhereAngelsFeartoTreadARoomwithaViewKeyThemesAPassagetoIndiaandHowardsEnd,exploretheirreconcilabilityofclassdifferences.ARoomwithaViewalsoshowsho

5、wquestionsofproprietyandclasscanmakehumanconnectiondifficult.HisposthumousnovelMauriceexploresthepossibilityofclassreconciliationasonefacetofahomosexualrelationship.Hisviewsasahumanistareattheheartofhiswork,whichoftendepictsthepursuitofpersonalconnecti

6、onsinspiteoftherestrictionsofcontemporarysociety."Thehumanisthasfourleadingcharacteristics–curiosity,afreemind,beliefingoodtaste,andbeliefinthehumanrace."Forsterisnotedforhisuseofsymbolismasatechniqueinhisnovels,andhehasbeencriticised(asbyhisfriendRoge

7、rFry)forhisattachmenttomysticism.OneexampleofhissymbolismisthewychelmtreeinHowardsEnd.ThecharactersofMrs.WilcoxinthatnovelandMrs.MooreinAPassagetoIndiahaveamysticallinkwiththepast,andastrikingabilitytoconnectwithpeoplefrombeyondtheirowncircles.HowardsE

8、ndSymbolism&MysticismForsterachievedhisgreatestsuccesswithAPassagetoIndia(1924).ThenoveltakesasitssubjecttherelationshipbetweenEastandWest,seenthroughthelensofIndiainthelaterdaysoftheBritishRaj.Forsterconnectspersonalrelationshipswithth