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SomersetMaugham,afamousBritishnovelistplaywrightandshortstorywriter.(25January187416December1965),section1,BriefIntroductionofhislife,Childhood,8yearsoldhismomdied,twoyearslaterhisfatherdied.MaughamwassenttotheUKtobecaredforbyhisuncle,HenryMacDonaldMaugham.hisuncleprovedcoldandemotionallycruel,hisnewschoolwasalsodifficultforhim.HewasteasedforhisbadEnglish(Frenchhadbeenhisfirstlanguage)andhisshortstature,whichheinheritedfromhisfather.,Childhood,Miserablebothathisunclesvicarageandatschool,theyoungMaughamdevelopedatalentformakingwoundingremarkstothosewhodispleasedhim.ThisabilityissometimesreflectedinMaughamsliterarycharacters.,Career,Maughamsfatherandthreeolderbrotherswerealldistinguishedlawyers,butMaughamaskedtobeexcusedfromthedutyoffollowingintheirfootsteps.Maughamhadbeenwritingsteadilysincetheageof15andferventlywishedtobecomeanauthor,butlaterhestudiedmedicineatthemedicalschool,meetingpeopleofalowsortwhomhewouldneverhavemetotherwise,andseeingthematatimeofheightenedanxietyandmeaningintheirlives.,Career,In1897,hepublishedhisfirstnovel,LizaofLambeth,ataleofworking-classadulteryanditsconsequences.LizaofLambethsfirstprintrunsoldoutinamatterofweeks.Maugham,whohadqualifiedasamedic,droppedmedicineandembarkedonhis65-yearcareerasamanofletters.Helatersaid,Itooktoitasaducktakestowater.,Marriage,DuringhisyearinHeidelbergMaughammetandhadasexualaffairwithJohnEllinghamBrooks,anEnglishmantenyearshissenior.Althoughhomosexual,MaughamenteredintoarelationshipwithSyrieWellcome,anAmerican-bornEnglishpharmaceuticalmagnate.HenryWellcomesuedhiswifefordivorce,namingMaughamasco-respondent.Themarriagewasunhappy,andSyriedivorcedhimin1929,findinghisrelationshipandtravelswithHaxtontoodifficulttolivewith.,Marriage,Maughamslovelifewasalmostneversmooth.Heonceconfessed:
IhavemostlovedpeoplewhocaredlittleornothingformeandwhenpeoplehavelovedmeIhavebeenembarrassed.Inordernottohurttheirfeelings,IhaveoftenactedapassionIdidnotfeel.,Section2,Worksandwritingstyle,drama,Longnovel,NotableWorks,Hisreputationasanovelistrestsprimarilyonthesebooks:
LizaofLambeth(1897)wasW.SomersetMaughamsfirstnovel,whichhewrotewhileworkingasadoctoratahospitalinLambeth.ItdepictstheshortlifeanddeathofLizaKemp,an18-year-oldfactoryworkerwholivestogetherwithheragingmotherinthefictionalVereStreet.Allinall,itgivesthereaderaninterestinginsightintotheeverydaylivesofworkingclassLondonersattheendofthenineteenthcentury.,Inclassicguide,Maughamintroducesanddiscusseswhatheconsiderstobethetengreatestnovelsandtheirauthors.Herearesomeoftheformulaeofgreatnessinthegenre.Maughamschoicelist:
FieldingsTomJones;汤姆琼斯(亨利菲尔丁)DickenssDavidCopperfield;大卫科波菲尔(查尔斯狄更斯)FlaubertsMadameBovary;包法利夫人(福楼拜)BalzacsOldManGoriot;高老头(巴尔扎克)EmilyBrontesWutheringHeights,呼啸山庄(艾蜜莉勃朗特)DostoevskysTheBrothersKaramazov;卡拉马佐夫兄弟(陀思妥耶夫斯基)StendhalsTheRedandtheBlack;红与黑(斯汤达尔)AustensPrideandPrejudice;傲慢与偏见(珍奥斯汀)MelvillesMobyDick;白鲸记(赫尔曼梅尔维尔)TolstoysWarandPeace.战争与和平(托尔斯泰),HisWritingStyle,MaughamwasinfluencedbythepublishedjournalsoftheFrenchwriterJulesRenard,IbsenandhiscomedieswasinfluencedbyOscarWildealot.Maughamhadenjoyedfortheirconscientiousness,wisdomandwit.Healwaysholdcalm,aloofevenparticularattitudeswithsomesatireandmercytoobservelifeinalmostallhisworks.,HisWritingStyle,Hisworksaremianlyaboutfamily,loveandthetwistsinmarriage.Hedescribedthesituationsandcustomsintheupperclassandexpressedthedoubtsaboutthesocietymorality.Hisworksaremoresatiricthanhumourous.,section3,Influence,In1947MaughaminstitutedtheSomersetMaughamAward,awardedtothebestBritishwriterorwritersundertheageofthirty-fiveforaworkoffictionpublishedinthepastyear.NotablewinnersincludeV.S.Naipaul,KingsleyAmis,MartinAmisandThomGunn.Onhisdeath,MaughamdonatedhisroyaltiestotheRoyalLiteraryFund.,Otherwritersacknowledgedhiswork.AnthonyBurgess,whoincludedacomplexfictionalportraitofMaughaminthenovelEarthlyPowers,praisedhisinfluence.IanFlemingnotedthathewrotetheshortstoryQuantumofSolaceasanhomagetoMaughamswritingstyle.GeorgeOrwellsaidthatMaughamwasthemodernwriterwhohasinfluencedmethemost,whomIadmireimmenselyforhispoweroftellingastorystraightforwardlyandwithoutfrills.,此课件下载可自行编辑修改,供参考!
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