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1、更多英更多英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)資習(xí)資料請(qǐng)?jiān)L問(wèn)請(qǐng)?jiān)L問(wèn)博客：博客：（原（原創(chuàng)英語(yǔ)小說(shuō)，新，新聞中英中英對(duì)照翻照翻譯）:blog..cndengfuzhang1Thosewhoareoutsidewanttogetinthosewhoareinsidewanttogetout.城外人的想沖進(jìn)去，城里的人想逃出來(lái)。FtressBesiegedisaclassicofwldliteratureamasterpieceofparodicfictionthatp

2、layswithWesternliterarytraditionsphilosophydleclassChinesesocietyintheRepublicanera.ThetitleistakenfromanoldFrenchproverb“Marriageislikeaftressbesieged:thosewhoareoutsidewanttogetinthosewhoareinsidewanttogetout“.Setonthe

3、eveoftheferociousSinoJapaneseWarFtressBesiegedrecountstheexuberantmisadventuresofthehaplessheroFangHungchien.ThismasterwkofwldliteratureplayswithWesterntraditionspicaresquehumourtragiccomedysatireEasternphilosophythemeso

4、fdleclassChinesesocietytocreateitsownuniquefeastofdelights.《圍城》講述的是20世紀(jì)30年代一群知識(shí)分子的故事。小說(shuō)雖然處在中日戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的大背景中，但始終不觸及時(shí)政，而是僅僅圍繞著從歐洲留學(xué)回國(guó)的青年方鴻漸為中心，以調(diào)侃、幽默和極富諷刺意味的筆觸，描繪了這位歸國(guó)留學(xué)生在生活、工作和婚姻戀愛(ài)等方面遭遇到的重重矛盾和無(wú)奈。FtressBesiegedByChienChungshuTran

5、slatedbyJeanneKellyNathanK.MaoAuthsPrefaceInthisbookIintendedtowriteaboutacertainsegmentofsocietyacertainkindofpeopleinmodernChina.InwritingaboutthesepeopleIdidnotfgettheyarehumanbeingsstillhumanbeingswiththebasicnatureo

6、fhairlesstwoleggedanimals.Theactersareofcoursefictitioussothosewithafondnessfhistyneednottroublethemselvestryingtotracethemout.Thewritingofthisbooktooktwoyearsaltogether.ItwasatimeofgreatgriefdisruptionduringwhichIthough

7、tseveraltimesofgivingup.ThankstoMadamehsing)publishedinbookfmin1947hasbeenacclaimedas“oneofmodernChinastwobestnovels“her“greatestnovel“2ithasbeenthesubjectoftwodoctaldissertationsonemastersthesisvariousscholarlypapersinE

8、nglishChinese.3AmongdifferingviewsonthemeritsofthenovelC.T.Hsiahashighlypraisedthenovelscomicexuberancesatire4DennisHuitslinguisticmanipulationTheodeHutersitsrelationshiptomodernChineselettersMaiPingkunhaswrittenfavablyo

9、nbothChiensessayshisfiction.Whateachcritichasstressedisoneaspectofthenovelsmultifacetedbrillianceitistheintentofthisintroductiontodiscussthenovelasanartisticwhole.OnNovember101910ChienChungshutheauthofFtressBesiegedwasbn

10、intoaliteraryfamilyinWuhsiKiangsuprovince.HisfatherChienChipo(1887—1957)wasarenownedliteraryhistianuniversityprofess.ChienwasaprecociouschildnotedfhisphotographicmemybrillianceinwritingChineseverseprose.Upongraduationfro

11、mgradeschoolheattendedSt.JohnsUniversityAffiliatedHighSchoolsinSoochowWuhsi.InhighschoolChienexcelledinEnglish.WhenhesatfthematriculationexaminationoftheprestigiousTsinghuaUniversityitwassaidthathescedverypolyinmathemati

12、csbutdidsowellinEnglishChinesecompositionthathepassedtheexaminationwithsome~cIat.AtTsinghuaChienwasknownasanarrogantyoungmanwhocutlectureskeptmuchtohimself.AmonghisfewintimatefriendswasAchillesFangthe“wdwizard“(asMariann

13、eMoecalledhim)whowasthenastudentinthedepartmentofphilosophy.ThereChienalsomethisfuturewifeYangChiang.AftergraduatingfromTsinghuain1933heacceptedateachingappointmentatKuanghuaUniversityinShanghai.In1935onaBoxerIndemnitySc

14、holarshipChienwenttoExeterCollegeOxfdmajedinEnglishliterature.Hereadmethrillersdetectiveyarnsthanwashealthyfastudentdevotedtoseriousresearch.HealsodevelopedakeeninterestinHegelsphilosophyMarcelProustsfiction.Perhapsmoste

15、godeflatingwashisfailuretopasstheprobationerexaminationinEnglishpalaeographyhehadtositfitasecondtime.NohelesshedidachievehisB.Litt.degreefromOxfdin1937.Histhesiscomposedofthreemeticulouslyresearchedchapters(“ChinaintheEn

16、glishLiteratureoftheSeventeenthCentury““ChinaintheEnglishLiteratureoftheEighteenthCentury)waslaterpublishedintheEnglisheditionoftheQuarterlyBulletinofChineseBibliography(Tushuchikan).HavingtakenhisOxfddegreehestudiedayea

17、rinParis.ReturningtoChinain1938thesecondyearofthesecondSinoJapaneseWarChienathomeintheliteraturesoftwothreemajEuropeanlanguagestaughtattheNationalSouthwestAssociatedUniversityinKunmingitheNationalTeachersCollegeatLantien

18、inPaochingHunanprovinceAuraWomensCollegeofArtsSciencesinShanghaiChinanUniversityinShanghai.From1946to1948hewasalsotheeditoftheEnglishlanguageperiodicalPhilobiblionpublishedbytheNationalCentralUniversityLibraryinNanking.A