美国文学选读-henrry-james-的-daisy-miller-特点分析备课讲稿

1、 theroy of fiction I.The novelist must ba faithful to life as it actually appears.II. There must be freedom for the artist to choose what subject he will deal with.III.The novel must be regarded as an organic whole with every part a functioning contributor to the achieving of the novels ultimate exp

2、ression.IV.Dramatization: showing rather than tellingV. Central consciousness through whom events are observed. VI.Psychological realismVII.Ambiguity第一页，共7页。I. The novelist must ba faithful to life as it actually appears. We can find human in his writings just live in reality. They have the same nee

3、d experiences as us. p 120 Daisy said I am going to the Pincio. It is a real palaceI. There must be freedom for the artist to choose what subject he will deal withHe think the function of fiction is to show real life even people have never aware of it. The artist should be able to feel the life, to

4、understand human nature.p124 Its a pity to let the girl ruin herself said Mrs. Walker. It show people in that time care more about reputation. 第二页，共7页。III. The novel must be regarded as an organic whole with every part a functioning contributor to the achieving of the novels ultimate expression.Henr

5、y James believed that reality lies in the impressions made by life on the spectator, and not in any facts of which the spectator is unaware. We can see from the dialogue between Winterbourne and Daisy. Through Winterbourne love Daisy, but he is trop into Europe culture s dumpy principle, he do not a

6、gree Daisy go out with Mr. Giovanelli.p123第三页，共7页。IV.Dramatization: showing rather than tellingThis paper is going to talk about the choices of fight and compromise between Winterbourne and Daisy. In other word, is between America and Europe. He dont just state it directly but through dialogue. p123

7、 Winterbourne said he is only a clever imitation of one. he is a music-master or a penny-a-liner, or a thrid-rate artist. But Daisy said he is gentleman.IV.Central consciousness through whom events are observed.His central consciousness is the the conflict of the American and European personalities.

8、 The typical American in Jamess novel is fresh, enthusiastic, not perhaps as cultured as he might be, but eager to learn, and basically “good” in spite of his disregard of the outworn conventions and social graces of Europe. IV.热IV.k第四页，共7页。The European, on the other hand, is highly cultivated, urba

9、n, sometimes boring, but always correct.p124VI. Psychological realismThis is realistic detail, telling the reader how the houses look, how the clothes look. He believed that the writer should not simply present the surface of social life but probe the deeper reaches of the psychological and moral na

10、ture of human beings. p128 she came a little nearer, and he held the parasol over her; then, still holding it, he let it rest upon her shoulder, so that both of their heads were hidden from Winterbourne.VI. 就第五页，共7页。VII.Ambiguity: James never let anything react as certain. People can not be sure wha

11、t is real thing. So the question of ambiguity and complete truthfulness is very important, and this is what makes Jamess fiction so subtle.In the novel, In the novel Daisy Miller, Henry James explored the contrast between American culture and European culture. Henry James was on the side of America, he had confidence in American culture and believed that America was a country of free