HenryJamesHisLifeTheThreePeriodsMajorSubjectsWritingStyleLiteraryFeaturesofJamesFamousperson’scriticismLiterarycontributionsShortcomingsinhiswritingBorn15April1843NewYorkCity,USADied28February1916(aged72)LondonEnglandHisLifeHisLifeHenryJamesisaproductivewriter.Heoncewrotenovels,novellas,tales,travellingwritings,plays,autobiographiesandsoon.Buthenevertookpartinpublicaffairsorshowedmuchinterestintheeconomicandsocialchangesofthatperiod.Hewasdeeplyinterestedinthecontrastbetweentheoldworldandthenewone.ThePeriodsofJamesLiteraryCareerMiddleperiod(1882-1895):experimentswithdifferentthemesandformsMajorWorks:《波士顿人》TheBostonian（1886）《名流之死》Thedeathofthelion(1894)Lateperiod(1895-1916):arevivalofthethemeofinnocenceincorruptedworldand“theinternationaltheme”MajorWorks:《螺丝在拧紧》TheTurnoftheScrew（1898）《鸽翼》TheWingsoftheDove（1902）《金碗》TheGoldenBowl（1904）MajorSubjectsLiteraryFeaturesofJamesWritingStyle他（亨利.詹姆斯）在小说史上的地位，就和莎士比亚在诗歌史上的地位一样。——格雷厄姆.格林我试图像亨利·詹姆斯那样保持冷静……他是一位伟大的作家。——海明威HenryJamesisagreatauthor!1.Internationaltheme(国际主题)2.Psychologicalrealism(心理现实主义）3.Literarycriticism(文学评论)InternationalthemeAmericanpersonalitiesof1.HenryJamesisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20thcentury"streamofconsciousness"novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.2.Jameschangedthemethodofpresentationinanovel,shiftingthecentreofgravityfromactiontoitsintellectualandfantasticaspect:internalcircumstances.Hebelievedthatthewritershouldnotsimplypresentthesurfaceofsociallifebutprobethedeepestreachesofthepsychologicalandmoralnatureofhumanbeings.Hisfictionalworldisconcernedmorewiththeinnerlifeofhumanbeingsthanwithoverthumanactions.hepaysmoreattentiononpsychologicalanalysisandemphasizestheinnerawarenessandinwardmovementofcharactersTheemphasisonpsychologyandhumanconsciousnessisabreakthroughinnovelwritingandhadgreatinfluenceonthecominggenerations.Jameshasbeencalledthefirstofthe"modernpsychologicalnovelists",and"arealistoftheinnerlife".螺丝在拧紧LiterarycritcismShortcomingsThankyou！