A-Passage-to--India-印度之行ppt

Structure•TheAuthorandTheBook•Characterlist•PlotSummary•TheWholeStorySummaryE.M.Forster•EdwardMorganForster(1January1879–7June1970)wasanEnglishnovelist,shortstorywriter,essayist.•Heisknownbestforhisironicandwell-plottednovels,examiningclassdifferenceandhypocrisyinearly20th-centuryBritishsociety.HisMajorWorks:HowardsEnd:Forster‘shumanisticimpulse(人文主义冲动）towardunderstandingandsympathy.ARoomwithaview:Hismostoptimisticwork.APassagetoIndia:Thisbookbroughthimhisgreatestsuccess.•APassagetoIndia(1924)isanovelbyEnglishauthorE.M.Forstersetagainstthebackdrop（背景）oftheBritishRaj（统治）andtheIndianindependencemovementinthe1920s.•Itwasselectedasoneofthe100greatworksofEnglishliteraturebytheModernLibraryandwonthe1924JamesTaitBlackMemorialPrizeforfiction.•Timemagazineincludedthenovelinits100BestEnglish-languageNovelsfrom1923to2005.•ThenovelisbasedonForster'sexperiencesinIndia.E.M.Forsterborrowedthebook'stitlefromWaltWhitman'spoemLeavesofGrass.Characterlist•Dr.Aziz：•AyoungMuslimIndianPhysician（内科医生）whoworksattheBritishhospitalinChandrapore.•CyrilFielding:The45-year-old,unmarriedBritishheadmasterofthesmallgovernment-runcollegeforIndians.•AdelaQuested:•AyoungBritishschoolmistresswhoisvisitingIndiawiththevagueintentionofmarryingRonnyHeaslop.•Mrs.Moore:•Theelderly,thoughtfulmotherofRonnyHeaslop.SheisvisitingChandraporetooverseeherson'sengagementtoAdelaQuested.PlotSummary•Mosque•Cave•TempleMosque（清真寺）•Keywords:Visit,Chandraporemarry,dining,summons（传唤，召唤）,mosque（清真寺）chat,relates,indignant（愤怒的）,Mr.Turton,Fielding'steaparty,MarabarCaves（马拉巴洞穴）Caves(洞穴）•missthetrain，explorethecaves，claustrophobia（幽闭恐惧症）echo•sheinnocentlyaskshimwhetherhehasmorethanonewife.Adela‘sfield-glasses•Atthetrainstation,Dr.AzizisarrestedandchargedwithsexuallyassaultingAdelainacave•Therun-uptoAziz'strialforattemptedsexualassaultreleasestheracialtensionsbetweentheBritishandtheIndians•Fieldingisostracized（排斥）andcondemnedasablood-traitor.（叛徒）•Moorediesduringthevoyage.•Afteraninitialperiodoffeverandweeping,AdelabecomesconfusedastoAziz'sguilt.•AlltheEnglishareshockedandinfuriated（激怒的）bywhattheyviewasAdela'sbetrayalofthewhiterace.•AfterexplainingtoFieldingthattheechowasthecauseofthewholebusiness,shedepartsIndia,nevertoreturn.•AzizmovestotheHindu-ruledstateofMauandbeginsanewlife.Temples（寺庙）•Twoyearslater,FieldingreturnstoIndiaandtoAziz.•Butintime,hecomestorespectandloveFieldingagain.•Inthenovel'slastsentences,heexplainsthatheandFieldingcannotbefriends,atleastnotuntilIndiaisfreeoftheBritishRaj.Eventheearthandtheskyseemtosay,Notyet.TheWholeStorySummary•Inthishard-hittingnovel,firstpublishedin1924,themurky（朦胧的）personalrelationshipbetweenanEnglishwomanandanIndiandoctormirrorsthetroubledpoliticsofcolonialism.AdelaQuestedandherfellowBritishtravelers,eagertoexperiencetherealIndia,developafriendshipwiththeurbane（温文尔雅的）Dr.Aziz.Whileonagroupouting,AdelaandDr.AzizvisittheMarabarcavestogether.Astheyemerge,Adelaaccusesthedoctorofassaulting•her.WhileAdelaneveractuallyclaimsshewasraped,thedecisionsshemakesostracizeherfrombothhercountrymenandthenatives,settingoffacomplexchainofeventsthatforeverchangesthelivesofallinvolved.Thisintenseandmovingstoryasksthelistenerseriousquestionsaboutpreconceptions（偏见）regardingrace,sex,religion,andtruth.Apoliticalandphilosophicalmasterpiece.