The Scenery on a Chinese Screen: Chinese Image in Maugham s Eyes开题报告

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1. 研究目的与意义

William Somerset Maugham(1874 - 1965) was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s. Maugham had been writing steadily since the age of 15 and fervently wished to become an author, but as he was not of age he refrained from telling his guardian.For the next five years, he studied medicine at St Thomas'''' Hospital in Lambeth, London. During these 5 years, he not only had a chance to know the living condition of the lowest class people, but developed keen eyes to analyse human and society as well.His works, widely noticed and prevailed throughout the world, reflects his great wisdom and subtle insight into human nature, which were mainly drawn from his own life experience. The popularity of him and his inseparable relationship with China gives me a curiosity to research this set of travel notes -- On a Chinese Screen.Maugham travelled in China from 1919 to 1920. The travel notes On a Chinese Screen was one of the fruits of his Chinese tour. There are 58 essays in this book, long or short, which could be used as raw materials of a marvallous novel were put together into a travel corpus. In Maugham''''s eyes, China is a country with long history and cultural traditions, ancient and mysterious. But at the same time, it is fatuous, fedual and backward.The research of this theme itself is fresh, profound and practical. In addition, with the amazing finanical and social developments of nowadays#8217; China, I think, it is quite interesting to take a look at what was China like in a foreigner#8217;s eyes 100 years ago.

2. 研究内容和预期目标

This essay is going to take this trave nots as a research object, starting from the perspective of China''''s current situation, the typical British#8217;s pride and prejudice, values and aesthetic tendency and Maugham''''s emotional domination, discusses the complex contradictions and changes of the 'Chinese image' in Maugham''''s works, and analyzes the causes of this image.

3. 国内外研究现状

As the travel notes On a Chinese Screen and other works like Of Human Bondage, The Moon and Six pence, The Razor''''s Edge win worldwide attention, the researches on Maugham and this representative work by scholars at home and broad has achieved many basic and acknowledged agreements. There are some papers and dissertations are relevant to the same topic----analysis on Maugham#8217;s status and his life. Maugham is a unique writer with a worldwide reputation in the history of British literature. His uses various forms of literature narrating. He is a rare talent in the literary world. However, Maugham#8217;s status is very disproportionate in the hearts of readers comparing with the critics, and many scholars abroad or at home have realized this point. Hou(2008) said #8220;His work, although not very popular with the favor of academic criticism, but quite welcomed throughout the world and has a far-reaching influence, which indeed caused many readers from different countries and different classes#8217; long lasting interests.#8221; Some foreign researcher believe Maugham#8217;s work are lack of innovations in forms and writing skill, he is #8220;a teller of tales#8221; rather than a real author. H.E.Bates(1950) said 'Maugham is just a continuation of a tradition -- he directly and objectively tells the story. So, the effect of Maugham is not, and will not be broad and far-reaching.'On the contrary, the book The World of Somerset Maugham had pointed out that in more than a quarter of a century, Maugham is the only writer who accepted by common readers as well as received highly educated, sophisticated readers. He brought joy to more than millions of ordinary readers and made their lives more meaningful.

4. 计划与进度安排

As Maugham held a rather different attitude toward China and Chinese people during 1920s comparing with other foreign authors, a close look at the Chinese image in Maugham'''' s eyes must be taken.This essay includes the following four aspects:Chapter OneIntroduction1.1 An Introduction to the Author: Research Background both at Home and Abroad2.2 An Introduction to the Travel Essays On A Chinese ScreenChapter TwoThe Twisted Chinese Image2.1 Maugham: Typical British#8217;s pride and prejudice 2.1.1 People 2.1.2 Landscape and architecture2.2 Ideal romanticism and dense utopian emotionChapter ThreeCauses of Chinese Image in Maugham'''' s Eyes3.1 Orientalism: Self-esteem of #8220;the empire on which the sun never sets#8221;3.2 The use of pre-given foreign resources3.3 The author''''s own emotional domination 3.3.1 Nostalgia 3.3.2 Personal life experience 3.3.3 Pessimistic attitude to the Industrial societyChapter FourConclusion

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