蝴蝶梦Rebecca

2020/3/21《蝴蝶梦》Rebecca——DaphneduMaurierBy：ViviLemonjennifer2020/3/21AuthorBackgroundCharactersAnalysisWritingstyleThemainplotAchievementcontentsDaphneduMaurierEarlylifeMajorworks&AppraisePersonallifeDeathBackground作者受十九世纪以神秘、恐怖等为主要特点的哥特派小说影响较深，同时研究并刻仿勃朗特姐妹的小说创作手法，她擅长刻画细腻的人物和布局曲折的情节。InfluencedbyGothicnovelsinthenineteenthcentury,whicharefullofmysteryandhorrorcolor,andstudyingandimitatingBrontesisters‘creationtechnique.Theauthorwasgoodatdepictingexquisitepeopleandthedeviouslayoutofplots.EarlylifeDaphneduMaurier,LadyBrowningDBE（13May1907–19April1989)wasanEnglishauthorandplaywright.Hergrandfatherwastheartistandwriterandherfatheristheactor.Hereldersisteralsobecameawriterandheryoungersisterwasapainter.shealwayslivedaplacecalledCornwallinsouthwestEngland.EarlylifeCornwallMajorworks&AppraiseRebecca《蝴蝶梦》Majorworks&AppraiseJamaicaInn《牙买加旅店》MyCousinRachel《浮生梦》TheKing'sGeneral《征西大将军》MaryAnne《玛丽.安妮》TheScapegoat《替罪羊》RuleBritannia《统治吧，不列颠Majorworks&AppraiseLiterarycriticshavesometimesberatedduMaurier'sworksfornotbeingintellectuallyheavyweightlikethoseofGeorgeEliotorIrisMurdoch.Bythe1950s,whenthesociallyandpoliticallycriticalangryyoungmenwereinvogue,herwritingwasfeltbysometobelongtoabygoneage.2020/3/21CharactersAnalysis2020/3/21CharacterRelations（敌视）2020/3/21Rebecca•ThedarkqueenofManderley•Shenevershowsup,wassaidtobeverybeautiful•Hasbeendiedfor10months,butseemstobeeverywhere2020/3/21TheunnamedheroineAyoung,naivewoman•Justakid,feelingconfusedaboutlove•Fullofimaginations•ComparedherselftoRebecca•Triedtochangethingsandpeople’sexpressionofher2020/3/21Thehero：MaximKeptasecretandfeltpainful•Anelder,handsomewidower•OwnerofManderley•TroubledbythedeathofhiswifeRebecca•Lovedhisnewwifeverymuchbutdidn’tappearobviously2020/3/21Frank•Helpedtheheromanagehispropertyaffairs•WasseducedbyRebeccabeforeandfeltveryupset•Kind-heartedandhelptheheroinealot2020/3/21Mrs.Danvers•Thehousekeeper•AcrazyfanofRebecca•WantedtodrivetheheroineawayandkeepRebecca’sstatusforever2020/3/21Writingstyle:suspense•Suspenseisanimportantelementofwriting.Itsspecialfeature,astheEnglishdramatist,WilliamArchillsaid,“topredictaveryattractivestateofaffairswithouttellingitout.”Onsuspense’sforming,theEnglishcritic,DavidLodgehasincisiverecapitulation,”Tosetforthaquestionandpostponetheanswer.”Tobeexactly,thatis,tostressamain,unusualsituation.Andthereisenoughtimeandspaceleftforreaderstoimagine.•悬念是一种独特的文学结构形式,其重要特征,用英国戏剧理论家威廉·阿契尔的话说,就是“预示出一种十分吸引人的事态,却不把它预叙出来.”对于悬念的形成,英国当代小说批评家戴维·洛奇曾作过精辟的概括,即“提出问题，延缓提供答案”.具体而言,就是突出不同寻常的情境并延缓批露底细,使其呈明显的悬而未决的状态.ThemainplotFirstmeetawkwardlyMeetagainoccasionallyFallinloveWenttoManderleyaftermarriageMrs.DanversthreatenedtheheroineRealizedRebeccaexistedeverywhereandeverybodylikedher,shewasverysadHetoldherthesecretRebecca’scorpse（尸体）wasfoundandherdoctortoldthetruthMrs.DanversburntManderleyandkilledherself.AchievementAwardsIntheUS,DuMaurierwontheNationalBookAwardforfavouritenovelof1938,votedbymembersoftheAmericanBooksellersAssociation.In2003,thenovelwaslistedatnumber14ontheUKsurveyTheBigRead.ThemostsuccessfulvisionofmoviesadaptedfromRebecca(Hitchcock,1940)2020/3/21Thankyou