DHLawrence學習教案

1、會計學1DHLawrence第一頁，共21頁。D.H. Lawrence(David Herbert Lawrence)nLife experiencenWriting FeaturesnNotable works第1頁/共21頁第二頁，共21頁。 (11 September 1885 2 March 1930) English novelistPoetplaywrightEssayistLiterary criticPainter第2頁/共21頁第三頁，共21頁。lDavid Herbert Lawrence was born on September 11, 1885, in Eastwo

2、od, Nottinghamshire, central England.lHe was the fourth child of a struggling coal miner who was a heavy drinker. His mother was a former schoolteacher, greatly superior in education to her husband. Family Background第3頁/共21頁第四頁，共21頁。Eastwood第4頁/共21頁第五頁，共21頁。D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum The house

3、in which the author was born第5頁/共21頁第六頁，共21頁。Life experienceslHe was educated at Nottingham High SchoollHe worked as a clerk in a surgical appliance factory and then for four years as a pupil-teacher. lAfter studies at Nottingham University, Lawrence matriculated at 22 and briefly pursued a teaching

4、 career.第6頁/共21頁第七頁，共21頁。lIn 1909, a number of Lawrences poems were published by Ford Max Ford in the English Review. The appearance of his first novel, The White Peacock (1911), launched Lawrence into a writing career. lIn 1912 he met Frieda von Richthofen, the professor Ernest Weeklys wife and fel

5、l in love with her. Frieda left her husband and three children, and they eloped to Bavaria.lIn 1914 Lawrence married Frieda von Richthofen, and traveled with her in several countries. lhe died 2 March 1930 at the Villa Robermond in Vence, France, from complications of tuberculosis第7頁/共21頁第八頁，共21頁。Wr

6、iting FeaturesHis working-class background and the tensions betweenhis parents provided the raw material for a number of his early works. Lawrence would return to this locality and often wrote about nearby Underwood, calling it; the country of my heart,“ as a setting for much of his fiction.第8頁/共21頁

7、第九頁，共21頁。lLawrences artistic tendency is mainly realism which combines dramatic scenes with an authoritative commentarylWith the working-class simplicity and directness, Lawrence can summon up all the physical attributes associated with the common daily objectslIn presenting the psychological aspect

8、s of his characters, Lawrence makes use of poetic imagination and symbolism in his writinglLawrence endows the traditional realism with a fresh psychological meaning第9頁/共21頁第十頁，共21頁。Notable worksNovel:Sons and LoversThe RainbowWomen in LoveLady Chatterleys Lover第10頁/共21頁第十一頁，共21頁。Short Story:Odour o

9、f ChrysanthemumsThe Virgin and the GypsyThe Rocking-Horse Winner第11頁/共21頁第十二頁，共21頁。The Rocking-Horse WinnerA film directed by Anthony Pelissierproduced by John Mills第12頁/共21頁第十三頁，共21頁。CharactersPaul: A young boy who notices that his mother doesnt love him and his sisters, even though she “adores” th

10、em.When he receives a rocking horse for Christmas, he rides it often and comes to find that he can predict what horse is going to win the next big horse race.Hester: Pauls mother. She becomes “dissatisfied with her marriage” when she finds that her husband is not lucky and doesnt make enough mon第13頁

11、/共21頁第十四頁，共21頁。Bassett: The family gardener and friend. Is the one who gets Paul into horse racing, and later becomes “betting partners”.Oscar Creswell: Pauls uncle and his mothers brother. Provided the money that Paul used to make his first win at the horse race. Signed the lawyer papers in order f

12、or Pauls mother to receive “one thousand pounds at a time, on the mothers birthday, for the next five years”. Oscar becomes partners with Paul and Bassett.第14頁/共21頁第十五頁，共21頁。ThemeNeglect In her preoccupation with material things, Hester neglects to provide Paul the love he needs to develop into a no

13、rmal, mentally stable child. 第15頁/共21頁第十六頁，共21頁。 Faulty Sense of Values Hester makes stylish living the chief goal of her marriage. Consequently, her relationship with her husband and the care and nurture of her childrenin particular, Paulstagnate. Whenever money becomes available, sheSpends beyond

14、her means. Though she and her husband rear their children in a pleasant house with servants and a nurse, they seem to regard them as objects for display, like the furnishings in the home. Hesters spending and indebtedness create anxiety that haunts the house and personifies itself by repeatedly whis

15、pering the phrase: There must be more money. 第16頁/共21頁第十七頁，共21頁。 Obsession Lust for material objects, stylish living, and money so obsesses Pauls mother that she neglects Paul and his sisters. Paul then inherits her obsession. But he wants to win money for his mother, not for himself, in order to pr

16、ove that he has the luck that his father lacks. Having luck and money will make him lovable to his mother, he apparently believes, and silence the house voices. When he discovers that the five thousand pounds he sets aside for her is not enough to achieve his goals, he becomes obsessed with winning

17、more. His mania ultimately kills him. 第17頁/共21頁第十八頁，共21頁。My own opinionsFirst, I think it is proper and reasonable for a person to pursuit money. To be frank, except improving ourselves to be better people, for most of us, the purpose to come to university is to find a good job in the future and gai

18、n a high salary. It is acceptable. But the desire should not be magnified. People should make themselves the slaves of money. Or he or she will miss the best “sceneries” in the life path. 第18頁/共21頁第十九頁，共21頁。Second, Although in the first paragraph of the story, the author says Hester does not love her children. Nevertheless, outwardly she pretends to love them, and people say, She is a good mother. She adores h