京华烟云英文版介绍

1、2015MOMENT IN PEKING- by Cici, EE1, 01411020451CONTENT234ABOUT THE WRITER INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND OF THE STORYMAIN CHARACTERSMY OPINIONS OF THIS BOOKPART 11、Chinese writer 2、Born Oct. 10, 1895, Fujian province Died March 26, 1976, Hong Kong3、Studied in the U.S. and Europe in his early years4、In

2、1932 he established a highly successful Western-style satirical magazine of a type totally new to ChinaABOUT THE WRITER LINS LEGACY1、My Country and My People (吾国与吾民)(1935)2、The Importance of Living (生活的艺术) (1937)3、Moment in Peking(京华烟云) (1939)4、Between Tears and Laughter (啼笑皆非) (1943)5、The Vermillio

3、n Gate (朱门) (1953)nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature PART 2Following the structure of A DRAM IN RED MANSIONS, LIN wrote THE MOMENT OF PEKING as a English novel.12THE MOMENT OF PEKING describes a story of YAO,ZENG and NIU three families vicissitudes in thirty years and all the happiness and

4、sorrow between them since 1901.INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND OF THE STORYThe novel covers the turbulent events in China from 1900 to 193834the Boxer UprisingThe Republican Revolution of 1911The Warlord EraThe rise of nationalism and communism, The origins of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945.INTRODUC

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6、12lively, intelligent, and generous, as well as extremely responsible3Mulan feels attracted to Lifu, but she honors her familys wish and advice that she marry SunyaMULAN YAOfrom the wealthy YAO familyMAIN CHARACTERS12Mulans husband3the youngest son of his familyTseng Sunya (Zeng Sunya, 曾荪亚) MAIN CHA

7、RACTERS12Yao Mulans sister Clever and attractive3She married LIFU when he was a poor scholarShe knows her sisters love for LIFUYao Mochow (Yao Mochou, 姚莫愁) MAIN CHARACTERS12A scholar and Yao Mochows husband3A biology professor at a school in PekingFight for democracy and law in ChinaLIFU KONG ADAPTATIONS12including the most recent version in 2014, starring li Sheng.3And also Zhao Weis VersionThe nove