A Passage toIndia 印度之行ppt.ppt

Structure TheAuthorandTheBook Characterlist PlotSummary TheWholeStorySummaryE.M.Forster Edward Morgan Forster(1January18797June1970)wasanEnglishnovelist,shortstorywriter,essayist. Heisknownbestforhisironicandwell-plottednovels,examiningclassdifferenceandhypocrisyinearly20th-centuryBritishsociety.HisMajorWorks:HowardsEnd:Forstershumanisticimpulse(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. ThenovelisbasedonForstersexperiencesinIndia.E.M.ForsterborrowedthebookstitlefromWaltWhitmanspoemLeavesofGrass.Characterlist Dr.Aziz： AyoungMuslimIndianPhysician（内科医生）whoworksattheBritishhospitalinChandrapore. CyrilFielding:The45-year-old,unmarriedBritishheadmasterofthesmallgovernment-runcollegeforIndians. AdelaQuested: AyoungBritishschoolmistresswhoisvisitingIndiawiththevagueintentionofmarryingRonnyHeaslop. Mrs.Moore: Theelderly,thoughtfulmotherofRonnyHeaslop.SheisvisitingChandraporetooverseehersonsengagementtoAdelaQuested.PlotSummaryMosqueCaveTempleMosque（清真寺） Keywords:Visit,Chandraporemarry,dining,summons（传唤，召唤）,mosque（清真寺）chat,relates,indignant（愤怒的）,Mr.Turton,Fieldingsteaparty,MarabarCaves（马拉巴洞穴）Caves(洞穴） missthetrain，explorethecaves，claustrophobia（幽闭恐惧症）echo sheinnocentlyaskshimwhetherhehasmorethanonewife.Adelasfield-glasses Atthetrainstation,Dr.AzizisarrestedandchargedwithsexuallyassaultingAdelainacave Therun-uptoAzizstrialforattemptedsexualassaultreleasestheracialtensionsbetweentheBritishandtheIndians Fieldingisostracized（排斥）andcondemnedasablood-traitor.（叛徒） Moorediesduringthevoyage. Afteraninitialperiodoffeverandweeping,AdelabecomesconfusedastoAzizsguilt. AlltheEnglishareshockedandinfuriated（激怒的）bywhattheyviewasAdelasbetrayalofthewhiterace. AfterexplainingtoFieldingthattheechowasthecauseofthewholebusiness,shedepartsIndia,nevertoreturn. AzizmovestotheHindu-ruledstateofMauandbeginsanewlife.Temples（寺庙） Twoyearslater,FieldingreturnstoIndiaandtoAziz. Butintime,hecomestorespectandloveFieldingagain. Inthenovelslastsentences,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.。