月亮与六便士 ppt课件
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>> His work often takes a sober, objective and even critical attitude to look at life, with a detachment of irony and pity . He has a large readership at home and abroad.
2 A summary of the novel
>> This story is based on the French impressionist painter Paul gauguin's life.
>> It describes an ordinary London stock broker Strickland, who was addicted to the art, abandoned his wife and children, abandoned his wealthy and happy life, went to went to Paris, determined to find his art. Five years later, Strickland was down and out, but he was still in his dream and never regretted it. In the pursuit of art, his talent was gradually recognized.
>> He was born in a lawyer's family. His parents died early, so his uncle brought him back to England. He studied medicine in university but later, instead, he turned to write.
3 A short analysisThe central character, Charles Strickland is a middle-aged English stockbroker who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist.
Later he went to the south Pacific Tahiti. He composed his bright life with pen, and Injected his value of life into the canvas. Then he married a native womanand had three children. But not for long, his children died and he suffered from leprosy. The struggle of poverty and the torment of the disease didn't hit him down. He just regretted that he had never visited his consciousness. After his death, his wife followed his last wishes, destroyed his legacy.
Timeline:
>> 1874 - Born on the 25th of January. >> 1905 - Of Human Bondage, another novel written during this period appeared. >> 1916 - Maugham travelled to the Pacific to research his novel The Moon And Sixpence, based on the life of Paul Gauguin. >> 1917 - Syrie and Maugham were married. >> 1922 - Maugham produced a book of 58 short story sketches. >> 1927 -His play, The Letter, was performed in London. >> 1944 - The Razor's Edge was published. >> 1954 - He wrote his memoir Looking Back. >> 1965 - Died on the 16th of December.
>> The work performance talent, personality and material civilization, and the contradiction between modern marriage and family life. It has a broad view of life, sharply dissects the human nature under the skin, mixing with onlookers' laugh and cruel looking.
The Moon And Sixpence
1 A brief introduction of the author
William Somerset Maugham
>> A famous British novelist and playwright. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s.
2 A summary of the novel
>> This story is based on the French impressionist painter Paul gauguin's life.
>> It describes an ordinary London stock broker Strickland, who was addicted to the art, abandoned his wife and children, abandoned his wealthy and happy life, went to went to Paris, determined to find his art. Five years later, Strickland was down and out, but he was still in his dream and never regretted it. In the pursuit of art, his talent was gradually recognized.
>> He was born in a lawyer's family. His parents died early, so his uncle brought him back to England. He studied medicine in university but later, instead, he turned to write.
3 A short analysisThe central character, Charles Strickland is a middle-aged English stockbroker who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist.
Later he went to the south Pacific Tahiti. He composed his bright life with pen, and Injected his value of life into the canvas. Then he married a native womanand had three children. But not for long, his children died and he suffered from leprosy. The struggle of poverty and the torment of the disease didn't hit him down. He just regretted that he had never visited his consciousness. After his death, his wife followed his last wishes, destroyed his legacy.
Timeline:
>> 1874 - Born on the 25th of January. >> 1905 - Of Human Bondage, another novel written during this period appeared. >> 1916 - Maugham travelled to the Pacific to research his novel The Moon And Sixpence, based on the life of Paul Gauguin. >> 1917 - Syrie and Maugham were married. >> 1922 - Maugham produced a book of 58 short story sketches. >> 1927 -His play, The Letter, was performed in London. >> 1944 - The Razor's Edge was published. >> 1954 - He wrote his memoir Looking Back. >> 1965 - Died on the 16th of December.
>> The work performance talent, personality and material civilization, and the contradiction between modern marriage and family life. It has a broad view of life, sharply dissects the human nature under the skin, mixing with onlookers' laugh and cruel looking.
The Moon And Sixpence
1 A brief introduction of the author
William Somerset Maugham
>> A famous British novelist and playwright. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s.