乔治奥威尔 (1)

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Evaluations
Evaluations
Orwell was “the best English essayist since Hazlitt” ---- Irving Howe
“西方文学自伊索寓言以来， 历代都有以动物为主的童话和 寓言，但对20世纪后期的读者 来说，此类作品中没有一种比 《动物庄园》更中肯地道出当 今人类的处境了。” ---夏志清
Spain
when the Spanish Civil War broke out, he went into Spain to join the Republican militia in fighting against the Fascist forces of Franco. The experience in Spain was described by him in Homoge to Catalonia(1938)
1941 《狮子与独角兽》 The Lion and The Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius） 1945 《动物庄园》 Animal Farm 1945 《民族主义的基本特征》 Notes on Nationalism 1946 《穷人之死》 How the Poor Die 1949 《甘地的思考》 Reflections on Gandhi 1950 《猎象记》 Shooting An Elephant 1950《一九八四》Nineteen Eighty-Four
France
He was determined to abandon the middle class way of life and associate himself with the outcast, down trodden people through practicing asceticism.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984
• Last novel • A warning of the future where the state machine exerts complete control over social life • Dystopian novel • Description of life under totalitarian rule: The freedom of mind was fatal guilty; The independents had been cleaned up; Complete control of thoughts;
Animal Farm (1945)
A political fable A short novel that criticizes the Soviet Union,one of England's allies in World War II . It is an entertaining story about animals or, on a deeper level, a savage attack on the misuse of political power. It reflects events leading up to and during the Stalin era before the Second World War.
George Orwell
(1903~1950)
Michael Eva
CONTENTS
outline
Parentage
Career
Orwell's press card portrait, taken in 1933
Major works Evaluations
Parentage
born in Bengal(孟加拉）,India his father---a minor British official in Indian civil service his mother---French parentage, daughter of a timber merchant in Burma
" A successful impersonation of a plain man who bumps into experience in an unmediated way and tells the truth about it.“ ----Rushbrook Williams
“垂死的肺病患者，三十三年前/ 自己的喘息都已不继/就咳尽你一 腔的热血。”
George Orwell with his adopted son in 1946
CONTENTS
Burma
career
BBC
France England
Spain
Burma (1922~1928)
He joined the Indian Imperial Police for five years and eventually resigned from the post in 1928. His service in Burma produced in him a sense of guilt for having himself take part in the imperialist oppression of the colonial people.
BBC
In August 1941 Orwell began to work
for the Eastern Service of the BBC at
the beginning of the WWII .

Best English work about the Spanish Civil War
The square in Barcelona renamed in Orwell's honour
England
He buried himself in poverty, keeping a close observation of the condition of the poor, outcast people. Using the pseudonym, George Orwell, he began writing articles for magazines. His first book, Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) described his experiences as a struggling writer.
Childhood:
He studied in the most famous school “Eton”. morose,unsociable and disobedient "a true rebel" autobiographical essay Such,Such Were the Joys
---《致奥威尔》余光中
• “一代人的冷峻良知 ”
乔治· 奥威尔荣登《时代周 刊》封面人物
“多一个人看奥威尔，就多了一 份自由的保障””
thank you
one of the Seven Commandments
• All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. • 所有的动物生来平等，但有 的动物较之其他动物更为平 等。
Theme
• The novel addresses not only the corruption of the revolution by its leaders but also how wickedness, indifference, ignorance, greed and myopia（目光短浅） corrupt the revolution.
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Major Works
A List of his works
1931 《行刑》 A Hanging 1933 《巴黎伦敦落魄记》 Down And Out In Paris And London 1934 《在缅甸的日子》Burmese Days 1935 《牧师的女儿》A Clergyman’s Daughter 1936 《让叶兰在风中飞舞》Keep The Aspidistra Flying 1938 《向加泰罗尼亚致敬》 Homage to Catalonia 1939 《上来透口气》 Coming Up For Air 1940 《鲸鱼之中》 Inside the Whale