本教材涵盖20世纪最有代表性的优秀英国文学家：J.康拉德、E.M.福斯特、K.曼斯菲尔德、W.叶芝、T.S.艾略特、D.H.劳伦斯、J.乔伊斯、V.伍尔夫、A. 赫胥黎、S.贝克特和W.戈尔丁，其中有小说家、短篇小说家、诗人和剧作家，四位诺贝尔文学奖获得者。教材每篇课文包括作家的“生平”“创作时期及主要作品”“思想观点”“美学原则和创作手法”“选读”（1篇文学代表作和1篇文论）和“思考题”六部分，概括作家的生活哲学、政治观、道德观、美学观、创作手法和艺术风格，结合宏观历史语境研究和微观文学文本分析，探究各个作家批判现代工业异化效应、质疑殖民主义、张扬女性主义，深思传统与现代性、历史与现代文明、东方与西方冲突等多方面的现代主义和后现代主义文学主题意义，分析文学作品中蕴涵的象征主义、反传统叙事、意识流、荒诞派艺术等创新美学观, 系统阐释20世纪英国文学丰富的思想价值和艺术性。

朱望 ---------------------------- 朱望，汕头大学文学院外国语言文学系教授，两次赴美国、一次赴英国作英国文学和西方文化研究项目（国家项目一个）。从1996年至今发表现代英国文学论文多篇，如《论T.S论艾略特的文化保守主义》《文学与文化之间：〈论印度之行〉跨文化的多重意义》《论乔伊斯〈一个青年艺术家的画像〉中的社会化意义》等（刊于《外国文学研究》《国外文学》《外国文学》《英美文学研究论丛》《解放军外语学院学报》等期刊）。著有《现代英国文学大家》和《现当代西方文化名家》，形成了文学与文化相辅相成的配套英文教材。 教授现代英国文学20年（汕大教学无记名评估每位学期97—99分，名列全校第一/校平均分88）；任硕士导师12年；完成汕头大学的“20世纪英国文学”精品课程建设项目，本教材就是项目建设的主要内容；获云南省“优秀教师”称号，多次获云南大学校级、省级和汕头大学校级优秀奖，并获得“李嘉诚基金会卓越教师奖”。

CONTENTS Lesson One Historical Context ……………………………………………………1 1　The First Half of the Twentieth Century …………………………………1 2　The Second Half of the Twentieth Century………………………………6 3　Study Questions……………………………………………………………8 Lesson Two Joseph Conrad …………………………………………………… 9 1　Life…………………………………………………………………………9 2　Literary Career and Major Writings………………………………………11 3　Attitudes and Views………………………………………………………13 4　Aesthetic Principles and Writing Techniques………………………………19 5　Selected Readings…………………………………………………………22 Heart of Darkness / “Preface to The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’” 6　 Study Questions……………………………………………………………33 Lesson Three E. M. Forster……………………………………………………34 1　Life…………………………………………………………………………34 2　Literary Career and Major Writings………………………………………36 3　Attitudes and Views………………………………………………………39 4　Aesthetic Principles and Writing Techniques………………………………44 5　 Commentary………………………………………………………………47 A Passage to India / Aspects of the Novel 6　Study Questions ……………………………………………………………54 Lesson Four Katherine Mansfield……………………………………………55 1　Life…………………………………………………………………………55 2　Literary Career and Major Writings………………………………………57 3　Attitudes and Views………………………………………………………57 4　Aesthetic Principles and Writing Techniques………………………………60 5　Selected Readings…………………………………………………………64 “The Garden Party” / “Seriousness in Art” 6　Study Questions…………………………………………………………… 78 Lesson Five William Butler Yeats……………………………………………… 79 1　Life………………………………………………………………………… 79 2　Literary Career and Major Writings… …………………………………… 81 3　Attitudes and Views… …………………………………………………… 82 4　Aesthetic Principles and Writing Techniques……………………………… 85 5　Selected Readings… ……………………………………………………… 90 “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” / “Easter, 1916” / “Sailing to Byzantium” / “Ireland and the Arts” 6　Study Questions…………………………………………………………… 99 Lesson Six D. H. Lawrence… ……………………………………………… 100 1　Life……………………………………………………………………… 100 2　Literary Career and Major Writings… ………………………………… 102 3　Attitudes and Views… ………………………………………………… 105 4　Aesthetic Principles and Writing Techniques…………………………… 109 5　Selected Readings… …………………………………………………… 112 The Rainbow / “Nottingham and the Mining Country” 6　Study Questions………………………………………………………… 124 Lesson Seven T. S. Eliot … ………………………………………………… 125 1　Life……………………………………………………………………… 125 2　Literary Career and Major Writings… ………………………………… 127 3　Attitudes and Views… ………………………………………………… 129 4　Aesthetic Principles and Writing Techniques…………………………… 135 5　Commentary… ………………………………………………………… 138 The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock / The Waste Land / “Tradition and the Individual Talent” 6　Study Questions………………………………………………………… 147 Lesson Eight James Joyce…………………………………………………… 148 1　Life……………………………………………………………………… 148 2　Literary Career and Major Works… …………………………………… 150 3　 Attitudes and Views… ………………………………………………… 152 4　Aesthetic Principles and Writing Techniques … ……………………… 155 5　Selected Readings… …………………………………………………… 161 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man / Joyce’s Letter to Grant Richards, May 5, 1906 6　 Study Questions…………………………………………………………173 Lesson Nine Virginia Woolf…………………………………………………174 1　Life………………………………………………………………………174 2　Literary Career and Major Works………………………………………175 3　Attitudes and Views……………………………………………………178 4　Aesthetic Principles and Writing Techniques……………………………183 5　Selected Readings………………………………………………………187 Mrs. Dalloway / “Modern Fiction” 6　Study Questions…………………………………………………………200 Lesson Ten Aldous Huxley…………………………………………………201 1　Life………………………………………………………………………201 2　Literary Career and Major Works………………………………………203 3　Attitudes and Views……………………………………………………205 4　Aesthetic Principles and Writing Techniques……………………………210 5　Commentary……………………………………………………………213 Brave New World / “Science and Civilization” 6　Study Questions…………………………………………………………221 Lesson Eleven Samuel Beckett………………………………………………222 1　Life………………………………………………………………………222 2　Literary Career and Major Writings……………………………………223 3　Attitudes and Views……………………………………………………224 4　Aesthetic Principles and Writing Techniques……………………………229 5　Commentary ……………………………………………………………234 Waiting for Godot / “Proust and Three Dialogues with Georges Duthuit” 6　Study Questions…………………………………………………………238 Lesson Twelve William Golding……………………………………………239 1　Life………………………………………………………………………239 2　Literary Career and Major Writings……………………………………240 3　Attitudes and Views……………………………………………………241 4　Aesthetic Principles and Writing Techniques……………………………247 5　Commentary……………………………………………………………249 Lord of the Flies / “Fable,” “Utopias and Antiutopias,” “Belief and Creativity” 6　Study Questions………………………………………………………… 256 Appendices 1 The Sources of the Quotations in the Lectures… ……………………… 257 2 The Other Writers during the Same Period… ………………………… 261 3 A Suggested Course Schedule… ……………………………………… 267 后 记………………………………………………………………………… 268