杰克 倫敦 （課堂PPT）

1、1Jack London(1876-1916)2BiographyBiographyLiterary careerLiterary careerMajor worksMajor worksWriting style & ThemeWriting style & ThemeSignificanceSignificanceThe Sea WolfThe Sea Wolf3 He was born in San Francisco on January 12, 1876, the illegitimate son of a self-taught man and an eccentric woman

2、. 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 year

3、s he worked his way around the world. 4 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 f

4、amily. But 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 ex

5、emplified in his fiction. He died of uraemia (尿毒癥) on November 22.5Newsboy報童報童 (at 10) Oyster pirate (16)A hard laborer (muscle seller) A tramp流浪者流浪者, beggar (at 18)6 A knowledge pursuer A successful writer A rancher (大農(nóng)場主大農(nóng)場主)7 The People of the Abyss(1903)深淵中的人們 Love of life 熱愛生命 The Call of the W

6、ild(1903) 野性的呼喚 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 Works89Writing Style Forceful and colorful Subjectivity and enthusiasm Naturalism

7、mingled with Romanticism Limitations: formless, clumsy yet vigorous style; stiff and stereotyped characters and dialogues10Theme 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

8、 triumph of the 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 desert11Significance Breaking through some forbidden ar

9、ea in literature (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) literature Realist, spokesman of socialism Great thinker12The Sea Wolf Wolf Larsen: the captain of ship Ghost. Hum

10、phrey van Weyden: a survivor from a storm and then became the mate of Ghost. Maud Brewster: a lady who Wolf Larsen and Weyden loved.13General 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 wa

11、sh dishes and cut potatoes. 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 a

12、t last, Weyden became the most reliable person to captain and he was appointed as the mate to help the captain.14General 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 e

13、scape from the hell”. Weyden and Maud 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

14、, and his illness made him very weakly. As a 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. 15The Summary This book not only describes the fight between h

15、uman beings and nature, but also the fight between 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 praised human beings noble spirits.16Jacks notable sayings Youth is always young and elderly will only grow old 青年總是年青，只有老年才會變老青年總是年青，只有老年才會變老 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 w