1.Halloeveryone,todayourtopicis~2.TheUnbearableLightnessofBeingisa1984postmodernnovelbyMilanKundera,abouttwomen,twowomen,adogandtheirlivesinthePragueSpringperiodofCzechoslovakhistoryin1968.Althoughwrittenin1982,thenovelwasnotpublisheduntiltwoyearslater,inaFrenchtranslation.3.therearefivepartsinourpresentationtoday.4.WhoisMilanKundera？MilanKundera(born1April1929)istheCzechRepublic'smostrecognizedlivingwriter.OfCzechorigin,hehaslivedinexileinFrancesince1975,havingbecomeanaturalisedcitizenin1981.5.Thetwomainthemesofhisworksarepoliticsandsex.6和7.Backgrounds.TheUnbearableLightnessofBeingtakesplacemainlyinHYPERLINK"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague"\o"Prague"Pragueinthelate1960sand1970s.ItexplorestheartisticandintellectuallifeofCzechsocietyduringtheCommunistperiod,fromthePragueSpringtotheHYPERLINK"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union"\o"SovietUnion"SovietUnion’sHYPERLINK"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia"\o"SovietinvasionofCzechoslovakia"August1968invasionanditsaftermath.Whatis“PragueSpring”?ThePragueSpringwasaperiodofpoliticalliberalizationinCzechoslovakiaduringtheeraofitsdominationbytheSovietUnionafterWorldWarII.Itbeganon5January1968,andcontinueduntil21AugustwhentheSovietUnionandallmembersoftheWarsawPact,withthenotableexceptionofRomania,invadedthecountrytohaltthereforms.8.[ThemaincharactersareTomas,asurgeon;hiswifeTereza,aphotographeranguishedbyherhusband'sinfidelities;Tomas’loverSabina,afree-spiritedartist]9.ACzechsurgeonandintellectual.TomasisaHYPERLINK"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Womanizing"\o"Womanizing"womanizerwholivesforhiswork.Heconsiderssexandlovetobedistinctentities:hecopulateswithmanywomenbutlovesonlyhiswife,Tereza.Heseesnocontradictionbetweenthesetwopositions.EventuallyfedupwithlifeinPragueunderthecommunistregime,hemovestothecountrywithTereza.HeabandonshistwinobsessionsofworkandwomanizinganddiscoverstruehappinesswithTereza.10.YoungwifeofTomas.Agentle,intellectualphotographer,shedelvesintodangero