京華煙云-英文介紹

Chinesewriter

BornOct.10,1895,Fujianprovince

diedMarch26,1976,HongKong

studiedintheU.S.andEurope

In1932heestablishedahighlysuccessfulWestern-stylesatiricalmagazineofatypetotallynewtoChinaLinYutang:第一頁第二頁，共18頁。Lin’sAcademicsstudiedatSaintJohn'sUniversityinShanghaibachelor'sdegreestudyatHarvardUniversitydoctoraldegreemovingtoFranceandeventuallytoGermanycompletedhisrequirementsforadoctoraldegreetaughtatPekingUniversityEnglishliterature第二頁第三頁，共18頁。Lin’sLegacyMyCountryandMyPeople(吾國與吾民)(1935)TheImportanceofLiving(生活的藝術(shù))(1937)MomentinPeking(京華煙云)(1939)BetweenTearsandLaughter(啼笑皆非)(1943)TheVermillionGate(朱門)(1953)TheImportanceofUnderstanding(1960)TheChineseTheoryofArt(1967)HismanyworksrepresentanattempttobridgetheculturalgapbetweentheEastandtheWest.HewasnominatedfortheNobelPrizeinLiteratureseveraltimesinthe1970s.第三頁第四頁，共18頁。第四頁第五頁，共18頁。MomentinPekingisanhistoricalnoveloriginallywritteninEnglishbytheChineseAmericanauthorLinYutang.ThenovelcoverstheturbulenteventsinChinafrom1900to1938includingtheBoxerUprisingTheRepublicanRevolutionof1911theWarlordEratheriseofnationalismandcommunism,andtheoriginsoftheSino-JapaneseWarof1937-1945.第五頁第六頁，共18頁。Thisnovelismerelyastoryof...howcertainhabitsoflivingandwaysofthinkingareformedandhow,aboveall,menandwomenadjustthemselvestothecircumstancesinthisearthlylifewheremenstrivebutgodsrule.第六頁第七頁，共18頁。MaincharactersYaoMulan(姚木蘭)

Theprotagonistofthestory,Mulan,isfromthewealthyYaofamily.DuringtheBoxerRebellionsheiskidnappedbybandits,andthenrescuedbytheTsengfamily;thetwofamiliesthereafterbecomeclosefriends.Mulanislively,intelligent,andgenerous,aswellasextremelyresponsible.Herfatherhasalwaysencouragedherinterests,amongthemherintenseinterestin"bonecharacters"(thestudyofancientChinesecharacterswrittenonbones)andthesingingofChineseopera.Herintelligence,alongwithherkindheartednature,catchtheinterestofayoungmannamedKungLifu.MulanfeelsattractedtoLifu,butshehonorsherfamily'swishandadvicethatshemarrySunya;thismarriageismainlyharmonious.Togethertheyhaveonechild,Amei.第七頁第八頁，共18頁。MaincharactersTsengSunya(ZengSunya,曾蓀亞)

Mulan'shusband,TsengSunya,isaffectionatelycalled"Fatty"byMulan.Astheyoungestsonofhisfamily,Sunyaisarguablytheleastresponsibleone,buthaswhatiscalleda"roundcharacter".HeandMulanhadgottentoknoweachotherwellwhenMulanwasrescuedfrombanditsbyhisparentswhentheywerechildren.Asthetwofamiliesbecameincreasinglyclose,theirengagementwasplannedhappily.第八頁第九頁，共18頁。MaincharactersKungLifu(KongLifu,孔立夫)AscholarandYaoMochow'shusband,heoriginallyfellinlovewithMulan,butmarriedMochow.YaoMochow(YaoMochou,姚莫愁)YaoMulan'ssister,sheisalsoverycleverandattractive.ShehadbeeninlovewithSunyabutamisunderstandingwithLihuaseparatedthem.ShewentoutwithNiuHuaiYuandfinallymarriedLifu.第九頁第十頁，共18頁。MaincharactersRedjade(紅玉)Mulan,Mochow,andAfei'scousin.ShewasmadlyinlovewithAfei,andadmiredLinDaiyufromtheclassicDreamoftheRedChamber(紅樓夢(mèng)).WhenshemisunderstoodaconversationandthoughtthatAfeididn'tloveher,shecommittedsuicidebydrowningherself.第十頁第十一頁，共18頁。Thenovelhasbeenadaptedtwiceintoatelevisiondrama,includingthemostrecentversionin2005,starringZhaoWei.

Adaptations第十一頁第十二頁，共18頁。TheCountofMonteCristo

By

AlexandreDumas

第十二頁第十三頁，共18頁。InthisdramatizationofDumas's1845novel,awronglyimprisonedFrenchmanlearnsofavastburiedtreasure,escapesfromprison,findsthetreasure,andcomestoParistoberevengedonthosewhoimprisonedhim.

第十三頁第十四頁，共18頁。Born:24July1802Birthplace:Villers-Cotterets,FranceDied:5December1870(naturalcauses)BestKnownAs:TheauthorofTheThreeMusketeers

第十四頁第十五頁，共18頁。AlexandreDumaswrotetheclassicadventurenovel

TheThreeMusketeers

andsomeofthemostfamousandpopularstoriesinFrenchliterature.

第十五頁第十六頁，共18頁。

Beginningin1844hehadastringofbrilliantlysuccessfulbooks,publishingTheThreeMusketeers(1844,firstprintedinserialform)andfollowingitwithTwentyYearsAfter(1845)andTheBlackTulip(1850),amongmanyothers.Agreatcelebritywriterof