(全英文)勃朗特姐妹生平轶事及作品背景解析.doc

(全英文)勃朗特姐妹生平轶事及作品背景解析.doc

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探访英国文学之勃朗特姐妹：

Readingsisters'imagination

“TheYoungMen’sMagazine”MCT

品读勃朗特姐妹的想象世界。

词数499建议阅读时间8分钟

Imaginefourlittlechildren:

threesistersandabrother.Theyarealoneinalargeoldhouse,milesfromanywhere.Theweatheroutsideisstormy,or“wuthering”（呼啸的）aslocalpeoplecallit.There’snoonehomebutaservantinthekitchenbelow.Theirmotherisdeadandtheirfather,apriest（牧师）,isoutseeingthepeoplewhogotohischurch.Butevenwhenheisathome,heisdistantandserious.Theyplay,likeallchildrenplay,butwithapassion（热情）andimaginationthatisrareandremarkable.

Thechildren’snameswereCharlotte,EmilyandAnne;theirbrotherwascalledBranwell.Theylived200yearsagoinalittleplacecalledHaworthinWestYorkshireinthenorthofEngland.Threeofthembecamefamousasadults,andevenmoreaftertheir（sadlyearly）deaths.TheBrontesisters,astheyareknown,madeamarkontheliteratureoftheircountry.Theirtwomostfamousnovels,Charlotte’sJaneEyreandEmily’sWutheringHeights,havebeencopiedbyathousandotherwritersandreadbymillionsinalmosteverylanguagethatpeoplespeak.April21markedthe200thanniversaryofCharlotte’sbirth.

In2011,anamazingdiscoverywasmadethattakesusbacktothelargecreaky（破旧的）housethatstood200yearsago.Itisaverysmallnotebookcalled“TheYoungMen’sMagazine”.Theauctioneer（拍卖商）whosolditsaidthatitwashalfthesizeofacreditcard（信用卡）.Onits19pagestherearethousandsofwords–4,000ofthemtobeexact.The“magazine”hasmade-upadvertisements（广告）,newsitems,poemsandstoriesinit.Itshowstheimaginationofthosechildrenwho,cutofffromtheworld,wereforcedtoinventtheirown.

Whentheygettogether,allyoungchildrenplayatinventingtheirownworlds.Formost,theseworldsarerathernormal:

doctorsandnurses,soldiersandthelike.This200-year-olddocument（文件）showsthatthiswasnotthecasewiththeBrontes.TheimaginationsoftheBronteswerefarlargerthanthoseoftheaveragechild.“TheYoungMen’sMagazine”,asthenotebookiscalled,hasstories,newsandpoems,evenmade-upadvertisements,whichshowthegreatcreativitythesistershadasadults.

IfwethinkabouthowEmily,CharlotteandAnnlived,wecanimaginetheforcesthatpushedthemtobecreative.TheylivedawayfromothersinalonelypartofYorkshireinthenorthofEngland.Withnomotherandafatherwhowasn’twiththem,whocouldtheyturntobuteachother?

Whatelsedidtheyhaveotherthantheirimaginations?

Thechildhoodtheyspentlearningandplayingtogetherledtotheirfamousnovelsandpoems.ThatiswhereTheTenantofWildfellHall,JaneEyreandWutheringHeightswereborn.

Questionstoreflecton:

HowdidtheBrontessistersandbrotherspendtheirchildren?

Inwhatwhydidtheyoungagesrelatetotheworksofthesisters?

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Whatcanwefindfromtheso-called“TheYoungMen’sMagazine”?

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Novelshowspassion

《呼啸山庄》：

情感浓烈的杰作。

词数406建议阅读时间6分钟

HeathcliffandCatherine’sloveispassionatebutdoomed.

TheoneandonlynovelbyEmilyBronteisoneofthestrangestandmostdisturbinginthehistoryofEnglishliterature.Indeed,WutheringHeights（1847）wastoomuchforthebook’sfirstreaders.Onereviewerdidn’tholdbackonhisfeelings:

“Weknownothinginourfictitiousliterature…whichpresentssuchshockingpicturesoftheworstformsofhumanity（人性）.”

Todaywemaynotagreewiththesethoughtsonthenovel,butreadingitwecanseehowsomereadersinthe19thcenturymighthavereacted.Thereisviolence,drunkenness（酒醉）,kidnapping（诱拐）andmuch,muchmore.Butthereisalsopassion,whetheritisthepassionofhateoroflove.

Speakingoflove,WutheringHeightsisfamouslythelovestoryofCatherineandHeathcliff.CatherineisoneofMr.Earnshaw’stwochildren.TheyliveinWutheringHeightshighintheYorkshirecountryside,aplacethatissimilartowhereEmilylived.Heathcliffisanorphan（孤儿）boywhocomesintothehouseasaworker.

HeandCatherinearealwaystogetheraschildren.Theyspendalotoftimegettingintotroubleonthemoorstogether.Theirrelationshipissostrongthattheysaymorethanoncethattheyareeachother.AlthougholdMr.EarnshawlovesHeathcliff,Catherine’sbrotherHindleyhateshim.

Still,itisnotHindleysomuchassocialstructure（结构）thatruinsHeathcliffandCatherine’slove.Theother“greathouse”ofthenovelisThrushcrossGrange.Itishometothewell-to-doEdgarLintonandhissisterIsabella.

CatherinefallsinlovewithEdgar,orratherfallsinlovewithanideaofhim.Edga