felicia菲利西亚的旅行.pptx

Felicia ’ s journey 吴梅红刘琦章雨薇朱雅莉 About the author ? William Trevor (威廉?特雷弗)被人们誉为“我们这个时代最好的作家之一”爱尔兰作家和剧作家,爱尔兰文学界的元老之一。在他的短篇故事和小说中,特雷弗极力揭示人类内心中最黑暗的角落。费利西亚的旅程特雷弗使用他的天赋,作为一个讲故事的高手,联合应用抒情散文,紧密编织的故事和精心绘制的字符转出这种心理惊悚片。读者从菲利西亚与杀人魔( Mr . Hilditch )各自零星片段的回忆里,重组对历史和宗教的嘲弄。 A number of the stories use Gothic elements to explore the nature of evil and its connection to madness. Trevor has acknowledged the influence of James Joyce on his short-story writing, and “ the odour of ashpits and old weeds and offal ” can be detected in his work 。 Trevor's stories are set in both England and Ireland; they range from edies to tales based on Irish history and politics. Common themes in his works are the tensions between Protestant (usually Church of Ireland) landowners and Catholic tenants. 他认为自己是“爱尔兰的每根血管”他的短篇小说,往往遵循一个契诃夫的模式。他作品中的人物通常是被边缘化的社会成员: 儿童,老人,单亲中年男性和女性,或婚姻不幸的人群。他们不认命不撤退,顽强致力于创造自己的另类世界。特雷弗承认詹姆斯?乔伊斯的影响,在他的作品中,可以检测到“ ash pits 老杂草和内脏的气味”但总的印象并不忧郁,因为,在他的早期作品中,他用黑色幽默将读者带进一个悲喜交加的世界。特雷弗的故事背景设置在英格兰和爱尔兰, 他的作品的共同主题是新教(通常是爱尔兰教会)地主和天主教租户之间的紧张关系。 Felicia ’ s journey 1994: Whitbread Prize Best Novel for Felicia ‘ s Journey 菲利西亚得名于「爱尔兰革命之女」,其曾祖母曾参加反英之复活节暴动( Easter Upri sing )。讽刺的是,抛弃她的情人居然加入英国陆军,有可能会被派至北爱尔兰镇暴,与自己同胞为敌。更为反讽的是,她得以死里逃生,不在于自身的勇气,而是杀人魔-病态的大英帝国崇拜者-本身软弱的溃败。在爱尔兰反英揭竿起义的志士,面对死亡可从宗教寻得慰藉;可是对在英国侥幸存活的菲利西亚来说,宗教已不具安定力,无法平复人心。她因爱而祈祷,继而展开寻爱之旅;然而这趟旅程终究在冷血的英国沦为漫无目标的流离。由「祈祷」落为「乞讨」: 菲利西亚的旅程是崔弗为弱势族群所谱的悲歌,凄凉无泪。毕竟,如菲利西亚所说,「哀悼就是无止境的疑惑」。 Plot summary ? Felicia, the unlikely heroine of the story, is a young Irish girl from a strongly conservative Republican family. Having lost her job at the local meat-canning factory, she is forced to stay at home to care for her widowed father, two brothers, and great-grandmother. Just when she begins to lose all hope of escaping the gloom of her existence, a charming man called Johnny Lysaght returns home from England to visit his mother. It doesn't take long for Johnny to seduce the naive and impulsive Felicia. Nor does it take long