野性的呼唤(英文版)培训资料.ppt

The Call of the Wild Jack London A realistic writer Born: January 12, 1876 San Francisco, California United States Died: November 22, 1916 (aged 40) Glen Ellen, California United States Occupation :Novelist, journalist, short story writer and essayist Life Experiences Writing Style Major Works Life Experiences 1890 1891 child laborer in a cannery (at 14) oyster pirate(at 15) sailor of a sealing schooner(at 17) 1893 1895 jailed for vagrancy finished high school(at 19) University of California(at 20) 1896 1897 Klondike Gold Rush(at 21) writer reporter The Son of the Wolf(1900) 1916 died from a gastrointestinal of uremia (尿毒症)though it was widely supposed that he committed suicide.(at 40) Writing Style He was fascinated by the way violence tested and refined human character. Without much stylistic and formal refinement and subtlety of characterization, London’s fiction has the unusual and intriguing power of ancient myth. Although his work can never be classed rough realism, he will always be remembered as the originator of a new type of writing called rough realism. Forceful, and colorful; Subjectivity and enthusiasm His characterizations were often stiff and his dialogue stereotyped. Themes: primitive violence, Anglo-Saxon supremacy, biological evolution, class warfare, and mechanistic determinism. Writing Style Major Works Major Works The People of the Abyss(1903) 深渊中的人们 The Call of the Wild(1903) 野性的呼唤 The Sea Wolf(1904) 海狼 White Fang(1906) 白牙 Love of Life (1907) 热爱生命 The Iron Heel(1908) 铁蹄 Martin Eden(1909) 马丁.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)大屋里的小妇人 Wolf House 特怀曼·L·托尔利在《狼的智慧》中对狼有很好的描述及概括。 狼是陆地上生物最高的食物链终结者之一，群居动物中最有秩序，纪律的族群。由于有狼的存在，其他野生动物才得以淘汰老弱残的不良族群；也因为有狼的威胁存在，其它野生动物才被迫进化得更优秀，以免被狼淘汰；也因为有狼非常强的生存能力，适应能力。 Background Presenter: 彭雪宁 8号 The Call of the Wild: Background Background knowledge A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discover