同济大学课件精选《公共英语》视听说

1、WLS-Movie AppreciationAnna Karenina By Leo Tolstoy Storyline Student contributionBackground introductionMain characters Anna Arkadyevna Karenina Stepan Oblonskys sister, Karenins wife and Vronskys lover. Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky Lover of Anna Prince Stepan Arkadyevitch Oblonsky (Stiva) a civ

2、il servant and Annas brother. Princess Darya Alexandrovna Oblonskaya (Dolly) Stepans wife Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin a senior statesman and Annas husband, twenty years her senior. Konstantin Dmitriev itch Levin (Kostya) Kittys suitor and then husband, old friend of Stiva. Nikolai Levin Konstantins

3、 brother Sergius Ivanich Koznyshev Konstantins half-brother Princess Ekaterina Alexandrovna Shcherbatskaya (Kitty) Dollys younger sister and later Levins wife Princess Elizaveta (Betsy) Annas wealthy, morally loose society friend and Vronskys cousin Countess Lidia Ivanovna Leader of a high society c

4、ircle that includes Karenin, and shuns Princess Betsy and her circle. She maintains an interest in the mystical and spiritual Countess Vronskaya Vronskys mother Major themesAnna Karenina is commonly thought to explore the themes of hypocrisy, jealousy, faith, fidelity, family, marriage, society, pro

5、gress, carnal desire and passion, and the agrarian connection to land in contrast to the lifestyles of theWorks by Leo Tolstoy1851 Istoria vcherashchnevo dnya (Accounts of Yesterday) 1852 Childhood, Boyhood, Youth, an autobiographical trilogy 1855-56 Sevastapol Sketches 1865-69 War and Peace 1875-7

6、Anna Karenina 1884 My Confession 1886 How Much Land Does a Man Need? 1886 The Death of Ivan Ilyich 1895 Master and Man 1899 ResurrectionQuestions for Consideration1 What impresses you most in this movie?2 What do you think of the fate of Anna?3 The famous opening sentence of the original novel is “All happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”. What do you