TheMoonandSixpence月亮和六便演示课件
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The Moon and Sixpence 《月亮和六便士》
2020/10/10
1
William Somerset Maugham (1874-19650)
William Somerset Maugham
English novelist, playwright,and short-story writer whose work is characterized by a clear unadorned(朴实 的)style,cosmopolitan(世界性 的)settings and a shrewd understanding of hum an nature.
It shows the vulgar life of a stockbroker and a genius artist.
Tቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱeme:
Pressures:
• House loan • Auto loan(车贷） • House rent • Price • Competition(job hunting) • Children&Parents • ...
The novel is based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin.
It is told in episodic form by the firstperson narrator as a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character.
Why it is called "The Moon and Sixpence"?
Metaphor:
The moon represents for the spirit,the everlasting pure passion,hung high above Strickland's head,guiding him to pursue his rooted love of art as a painter.Meamwhile,the sixpence is a kind of British coin,stands for the material life.
Similarity:
They are all round and shiny under the sun.
Contrast:
There is one and only one moon in the universe while tens millions of sixpence.
The moon is unique,sublimately beautiful and sixpence is common,vulgar ,often dirty.
basis
Motivation & aim
Ideality
Thank You!
2020/10/10
14
Social atmosphere:
➢Slaves (house,car,card,children...) ➢Money worship ➢Blind comparison ➢Show off ➢...
As a result, ideality is sacrificed.
Reality
Premise &
Plots:
Charles Strickland
Peaceful Life Leave for Paris
a well-off, middle-class stockbroker in
London Wife and two
children
Dirk Stroeve Blanche
Tahiti
Ata Died of leprosy(麻 风病）
2020/10/10
1
William Somerset Maugham (1874-19650)
William Somerset Maugham
English novelist, playwright,and short-story writer whose work is characterized by a clear unadorned(朴实 的)style,cosmopolitan(世界性 的)settings and a shrewd understanding of hum an nature.
It shows the vulgar life of a stockbroker and a genius artist.
Tቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱeme:
Pressures:
• House loan • Auto loan(车贷） • House rent • Price • Competition(job hunting) • Children&Parents • ...
The novel is based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin.
It is told in episodic form by the firstperson narrator as a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character.
Why it is called "The Moon and Sixpence"?
Metaphor:
The moon represents for the spirit,the everlasting pure passion,hung high above Strickland's head,guiding him to pursue his rooted love of art as a painter.Meamwhile,the sixpence is a kind of British coin,stands for the material life.
Similarity:
They are all round and shiny under the sun.
Contrast:
There is one and only one moon in the universe while tens millions of sixpence.
The moon is unique,sublimately beautiful and sixpence is common,vulgar ,often dirty.
basis
Motivation & aim
Ideality
Thank You!
2020/10/10
14
Social atmosphere:
➢Slaves (house,car,card,children...) ➢Money worship ➢Blind comparison ➢Show off ➢...
As a result, ideality is sacrificed.
Reality
Premise &
Plots:
Charles Strickland
Peaceful Life Leave for Paris
a well-off, middle-class stockbroker in
London Wife and two
children
Dirk Stroeve Blanche
Tahiti
Ata Died of leprosy(麻 风病）