英国文学.约翰逊.ppt

A Brief History of English Literature
Samuel Johnson
塞缪尔·约翰逊
(1709-1784)
Dr Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson, often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer.
(1709-1784)
Contemporary of Cao Xueqin
塞缪尔·约翰逊（Samuel Johnson)，
常称为约翰逊博士（Dr. Johnson），
英国历史上最有名的文人之一，
集文评家、诗人、散文家、传记家、
词典家于一身，前半生名不经传，但他花了九年
时间独力编出的《约翰逊字典》(A Dictionary of the English Language)，
为他赢得了文名及 “博士”的头衔。博斯韦尔（James Boswell）后来为他写的传记《约翰逊传》记录了他后半生的言行，使其成为家喻户晓的人物。
Early Life and Education
The son of a booker seller, born in poverty.
Johnson demonstrated signs of great intelligence as a child.
His long education as a teenager was constant, and he all excelled in them.
At the age of 19, he entered Pembroke College, Oxford. 13 months later, a shortage of funds forced Johnson to leave Oxford without a degree.
Early Career
As the lack of degree, it’s hard for him to find a job in school, even an usher’s position.
He eventually found employment as undermaster at a school after his father died in poverty and illness.
His career was not so prosperous in this time, and he also suffered the illness.
In 1734, his close friend Harry Porter died and Johnson married the widow, who’s got three children, in the next year. He lived on Tetty’s money in his
early years.
In 1735, while worked as a tutor, he applied for the position of headmaster, failed. In the autumn, he opened Edial Hall School as a private academy. He only had 3 pupils. The school finally closed.
A Dictionary of the English Language
Johnson began to wrote the dictionary from 1747, and it took him 9 years to finish it. Though it was widely praised and had a huge impact, Johnson didn’t gain much money from it.
到了十八世纪中叶,意大利人有了他们的大词典； 甚至世仇法国人也有了他们的大词典，而英国居然没有！
但意大利文