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1、Jack London(1876-1916)1向上教學(xué)BiographyBiographyLiterary careerLiterary careerMajor worksMajor worksWriting style&ThemeWriting style&ThemeSignificanceSignificanceThe Sea WolfThe Sea Wolf2向上教學(xué) He was born in San Francisco on January 12,1876,the illegitimate son of a self-taught man and an eccentric woma
2、n.He took the last name of his stepfather and was called John Griffith London.At the age of 13,he took a job in a cannery,and at the age of 15 he was the captain of an oyster pirate boat.He lived on the fringes of society until he was seventeen.In 1893 he became a sailor.For the next four years he w
3、orked his way around the world.3向上教學(xué) Determined to get an education,he went to high school at the age of nineteen,entered preparatory school,and then spend a semester as a special student at the University of California in 1896.London had to drop out after a few months to make money for the family.B
4、ut he read extensively by himself.He as a tramp and participation in the Klondike gold rush(淘金熱)in 1897.He failed to find gold,but the experience became a rich source for his literary creation later.In 1916 he resigned from the Socialist Party because he could not resolve the tension exemplified in
5、his fiction.He died of uraemia(尿毒癥)on November 22.4向上教學(xué)Newsboy報(bào)童報(bào)童(at 10)Oyster pirate(16)A hard laborer(muscle seller)A tramp流浪者流浪者,beggar(at 18)5向上教學(xué) A knowledge pursuer A successful writer A rancher(大農(nóng)場(chǎng)主大農(nóng)場(chǎng)主)6向上教學(xué) The People of the Abyss(1903)深淵中的人們 Love of life 熱愛生命 The Call of the Wild(1903)野性的
6、呼喚 The Sea Wolf(1904)海狼 White Fang(1906)白牙 The Iron Heel(1908)鐵蹄 Martin Eden(1909)馬丁.伊登 The Valley of the Moon(1912)月谷 The Star Rover(1915)星游人 The Little Lady of the Big House(1916)大屋里的小婦人 His Major Works7向上教學(xué)8向上教學(xué)Writing Style Forceful and colorful Subjectivity and enthusiasm Naturalism mingled wit
7、h Romanticism Limitations:formless,clumsy yet vigorous style;stiff and stereotyped characters and dialogues9向上教學(xué)Theme of Jack Londons Works Influenced by Marxism and Darwinism,and also by Nietzsches(尼采)view of superman,London believed both in the success of the working class and in the triumph of th
8、e strongest individuals.Primitive violence,Anglo-Saxon supremacy,biological evolution,class warfare,and mechanistic determinism.Strong and weak individuals in the context of irresistible natural forces such as the sea or the desert10向上教學(xué)Significance Breaking through some forbidden area in literature
9、 (violence,death,sex etc.)Greatly influencing the 20th century writers such as Hemingway and Faulkner Hope for human civilization Father of American proletariat(工人階級(jí))literature Realist,spokesman of socialism Great thinker11向上教學(xué)The Sea Wolf Wolf Larsen:the captain of ship Ghost.Humphrey van Weyden:a
10、survivor from a storm and then became the mate of Ghost.Maud Brewster:a lady who Wolf Larsen and Weyden loved.12向上教學(xué)General Plots Weyden met a huge storm and all people on the ship were disappeared,but he was saved by the cook of Ghost.He became a cabin boy.He helped the cook wash dishes and cut pot
11、atoes.In the meanwhile,he found Wolf Larsen s cruelty and selfishness,but he also realized the difference between the captain and the other people on the ship.He and the captain discussed about philosophy,literature,astronomy,etc.Many sailors wanted to kill captain,so at last,Weyden became the most
12、reliable person to captain and he was appointed as the mate to help the captain.13向上教學(xué)General Plots After a storm,Maud was saved by them,and the captain fell in love with her,but she was always afraid of him.Weyden loved her,too.Finally,Humphrey and she decided to escape from the hell”.Weyden and Ma
13、ud landed on an island.They learnt to build houses by sealskin.Life was happy though hard before the Ghost came.Wolf had no ability to kill Weyden for bad headache.Weyden and Maud tried to rebulid the ship.But Wolf destroyed their work.Wolf was blind at last,and his illness made him very weakly.As a
14、 result,his right ear couldnt hear,even could not move his right arm or leg.But Maud and Weyden still took care of him.Day by day,Wolf became weaker and weaker,finally,he killed himself.14向上教學(xué)The Summary This book not only describes the fight between human beings and nature,but also the fight betwee
15、n man and man.Wolf Larsen believed that the big creatures eat the little ones,and he never respected others lives at all.By those characters,we can see the confliction of civilization and uncivilization,the struggle of humanity and inhumanity.It shows the authors views and values of life,and it also
16、 praised human beings noble spirits.15向上教學(xué) Youth is always young and elderly will only grow old 青年總是年青,只有老年才會(huì)變老青年總是年青,只有老年才會(huì)變老 The only way to get smart is to buy with the youth 得到智慧的唯一辦法,就是用青春去買得到智慧的唯一辦法,就是用青春去買I would rather be ashes than dust!我寧愿化作灰燼,也不要做塵埃我寧愿化作灰燼,也不要做塵埃 I would rather be a superb meteor,我愿做一顆華麗的流星我愿做一顆華麗的流星 every atom of me in magnificent glow,愿我的每一顆星都閃現(xiàn)那動(dòng)人的光輝愿我的每一顆星都閃現(xiàn)那動(dòng)人的光輝 than a sleepy and permanent planet.而不做那沉默永遠(yuǎn)不滅的光輝。而不做那沉默永遠(yuǎn)不滅的光輝。16向上教學(xué)