Major writers of modern English literature

《现代英国文学大家》

lesson one historical context / 1

i. the first half of the twentieth century 1

ii. the second halfofthe twentieth century 6

iii. study questions 8

lesson two joseph conrad / 9

i. life 9

ii. literary career and major writings 11

iii. attitudes andviews 13

iv. aesthetic principles and writing techniques 18

v. selected readings: heart of darkness/ "preface to the nigger of the 'narcissus'" 21

vi. study questions 31

lesson there e.m. forster / 32

i. life 32

ii. literary career and major writings 34

iii. attitudes and views 36

iv. aesthetic principles and writing techniques 42

v. commentary: a passage to india / aspects of the novel 44

vi. study questions 51

lesson four katherine mansfield / 52

.i. life 52

il. literary career and major writings 54

iii. attitudes and views 54

iv. aesthetic principles and writing techniques 57

v. selected readings: the garden party / "seriousness in art" 61

vi. study questions 74

lesson five william butler yeats / 75

i. life 75

ii. literary career and major writings 77

iii. attitudes and views 78

iv. aesthetic principles and writing techniques 81

v. selected readings: "the lake lsle of innisfree" / "easter 1916" / "sailing to byzantium" / "ireland and the arts" 86

vi. study questions 95

lesson six d.h. lawrence / 96

i. life 96

ii. literary career and major writings 98

iii. attitudes and views 100

iv. aesthetic principles and writing techniques 105

v. selected readings: the rainbow/"sex versus loveliness" 108

vi. study questions 118

lesson seven t.s. eliot / 119

i. life 119

ii. literary career and major writings 121

iii. attitudes andviews 123

iv. aesthetic principles and writing techniques 128

v. commentary: "the love song of j. alfred prufrock" and the waster land/ "tradition and the individual talent" 132

vi. study questions 140

lesson eight james joyce / 141

i. life 141

ii. literary career and major writings 143

iii. attitudes and views 145

iv. aesthetic principles and writing techniques 147

v. selected readings: a portrait of the artist as a young man/joyce's letter to grant richards, may 5, 1906 154

vi. smdyquestions 164

lesson nine virginia woolf/165

i. life 165

ii. literary career and major writings 166

iii. attitudes and views 169

iv. aesthetic principles and writing techniques 174

v. selected readings: mrs. dalloway/"modem fiction" 178

vi. study questions 188

lesson ten aldous huxley / 190

i. life 190

ii. literary career and major writings 192

iii. attitudes and views 194

iv. aesthetic principles and writing techniques 200

v. commentary: brave new world/"science and civilization" 202

vi. study questions 210

lesson eleven george orwell / 211

i. life 211

ii. literary career and major writings 213

iii. attitudes and views 215

iv. aesthetic principles and writing techniques 219

v. selected readings: nineteen eighty-four/"why ! write" 222

vi. study questions 234

lesson twelve samuel beekett / 235

i. life 235

il. literary career and major writings 236

iii. attitudes and views 237

iv. aesthetic principles and writing techniques 242

v. commentary: waiting for godot / "beckett's literary views" 247

vi. study questions 251

lesson thirteen william golding / 252

i. life 252

ii. literary career and major writings 253

iii. attitudes and views 254

iv. aesthetic principles and writing techniques 260

v. commentary: lord of the flies / "golding's literary views" 262

vi. study questions 268

lesson fourteen doris lessing / 269

i. life 269

ii. literary career and major writings 270

iii. attitudes and views 272

iv. aesthetic principles and writing techniques 279

v. commentary: the golden notebook/"a small personal voice" 282

vi. study questions 291

appendix 1 the sources of the quotations in the lectures 292

appendix 2 the other writers during the same period 295

appendix 3 a suggested course schedule 299

后记 (postscript in chinese) / 300