《英国文学》课程PPT教学课件（English Literature）Part VIII 3.Thackeray

william Makepeace Thackeray English novelist (1811-1863) famous for his novel Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray English novelist (1811-1863) famous for his novel Vanity Fair

"Life is a mirror.When you smile in front of it,it will also smile and so will it when you cry to it.” -W.M.Thackeray

❖ “Life is a mirror. When you smile in front of it, it will also smile and so will it when you cry to it.” -W. M. Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray 1.Life ll.Literary Career lll.Major Works IV.The Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray ❖ I. Life ❖ II. Literary Career ❖ III. Major Works ❖ IV. The Vanity Fair

I.Life born in Calcutta,India parents:well-to-do *sent to England after his father died education:Trinity College, Cambridge

I. Life ❖ born in Calcutta, India ❖ parents: well-to-do ❖ sent to England after his father died ❖ education: Trinity College, Cambridge

abandoned his studies without taking a degree lost some of his inheritance of 20,000 pounds through gambling visited Germany in the beginning of the 1830s met Goethe

❖ abandoned his studies without taking a degree ❖ lost some of his inheritance of 20,000 pounds through gambling ❖ visited Germany in the beginning of the 1830s ❖ met Goethe

the Middle Temple,London

❖ studied law at the Middle Temple, London, during 1831-33 ❖ little enthusiasm to continue his studies ❖ offered to undertake the task of illustrating Dickens’s Pickwick Papers in 1836 ❖ Dickens: Thackeray’s drawings unsuitable the Middle Temple, London

started his career as a hard working journalist many absurd pen names: George Savage Fitz-Boodle Michael Angelo Titmarsh Theophile Wagstaff C.J.Yellowplush 6E$q

❖ started his career as a hard working journalist ❖ many absurd pen names: George Savage Fitz-Boodle Michael Angelo Titmarsh Théophile Wagstaff C.J. Yellowplush Esq

In 1836 he married a poor Irish girl,Isabella Shawe;they had 3 daughters. Thackeray's fame as a writer began in the late 1830s with The Yellowplush Papers(1837-8)

❖ In 1836 he married a poor Irish girl, Isabella Shawe; they had 3 daughters. ❖ Thackeray’s fame as a writer began in the late 1830s with The Yellowplush Papers (1837-8)

Isabella suffered a mental breakdown in 1840 never recovered <survived Thackeray by thirty years *his children send to France to his mother sreturned to England in 1846 to live with him

❖ Isabella suffered a mental breakdown in 1840 never recovered survived Thackeray by thirty years ❖ his children send to France to his mother returned to England in 1846 to live with him

contributed regularly to some magazines. attracted first attention in Punch where he satirized English snobbery. These sketches reappeared in 1848 as The Book of Snobs sin which he stated that“he who meanly(卑贱地) admires mean things is a Snob

❖ contributed regularly to some magazines. ❖ attracted first attention in Punch where he satirized English snobbery. ❖ These sketches reappeared in 1848 as The Book of Snobs in which he stated that “he who meanly (卑贱地) admires mean things is a Snob