第三十六课A Tale of Scottish Rural Life一个关于苏格兰乡村生活的故事.docVIP

第三十六课A Tale of Scottish Rural Life一个关于苏格兰乡村生活的故事Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s Sunset Song (1932) was voted投票 “the best Scottish novel of all time”by Scottish’s reading public in 20051刘易斯格拉斯克基邦的《日落歌》（1932年）在2005年被苏格兰读书界投票选为“苏格 兰有史以来最佳小说”。 Once considered shocking令人震惊的 for its frank坦白的 description 描述of aspects 方面of the lives of Scotland’s poor rural 农村farmers，it has been adapted for stage舞台剧，film，TV and radio in recent decades.近几十年来，它被改编为舞台剧、电影、电视剧和广播剧。The novel is set on the fictional 虚构的estate庄园 of Kinraddie，in the farming country of the Scottish northwest in the years up to and beyond超过 World War I.At its heart is the story of Chris，who is both part of the community and a little outside不太合群的 it.小说中的故事发生在第一次世界大战前后，地点位于苏格兰西北农业区里一个名为“金莱 迪”的虚拟庄园。小说的主线是克里斯，一个既属于当地社区而又不太合群的人。Grassic Gibbon gives us the most detailed 详细说明and intimate提示 account 解释of the life of his heroine女主角. 书中，格拉斯克?基邦详细地介绍了主人公的生活。We watch her grow through a childhood dominated 受控制的by her cruel残酷的 but hard-working辛勤工作的 father；experience 经历tragedy 悲剧(her mother’s suicide 自杀and murder 谋杀of her twin 双胞胎children)；and learn about her feelings as she grows into woman.We see her marry，lose her husband，then marry again.Chris has seemed so convincing令人心悦诚服的 a figure认为 to some female女性 readers that they cannot believe that she is the creation of a man2.在一些女性读者看来，克里斯这个人物写得非常有说服力，因此不能相信她是由一个 男作家创作出来的。? ?? ???But it would be misleading误导性的 to suggest that this book is just about Chris. 然而，如果说这本小说讲的仅仅是克里斯的故事，却将会对读者造成误导。It is truly a novel of a place and its people. 事实上，这是一 部描写整个地区及其居民的作品。Its opening 开篇section部分 tells of Kinraddie’s long history，in a language that imitates the place’s changing patterns 方式of speech 方言and writing书面语。故事开篇就讲述了 “金莱迪”庄园的悠久历史，所用语言也在 模仿该地区口语及书面语的变化模式。The story itself is amazingly令人惊奇 full of characters 人物and incidents发生的事. 这个故事本身所涉及的人物和事件，数量令人吃惊。It is told from Chris’ point of view角度看 but also from that of the gossiping流言蜚语 community社区，a community where everybody knows everybody else’s bus