Alice-Munro详细介绍.ppt

Alice MunroAlice Munro（1931）The recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature Born:10 July 1931,Wingham,Canada Nationality:Canadian Genres:Short stories Prize motivation:“master of the contemporary short story”Language:EnglishCompany LogoCompany Logo1 Contents 2.Career 1.Personal life 4.Recommend reading 3.WorksCompany LogoCompany Logo2 Personal lifevEarly lifelMunro began writing as a teenager.She published her first story,“The Dimensions of a Shadow,”in 1950.lShe study English and Journalism at the University of Western Ontario.lIn 1951,she left university to marry fellow student James Munro.Company LogoCompany Logo3 Personal lifevMarriage and Middle-aged lifelMunro married James Monro in 1951.They had four daughters,one died 15 hours after birth.lIn 1963,the Munros moved to Victoria where they opened Munros Books.lAlice and James Munro divorced in 1972.In 1976,she married Gerald Fremlin.Company LogoCompany Logo4 Personal lifevRecent lifelMunro and Fremlin moved to a farm outside Clinton,Ontario,and later to a house in Clinton,where Fremlin died in 2013.lIn 2009 Munro indicated that she had received treatment for cancer.Company LogoCompany Logo5 CareervThe Governor Gernerals AwardlMunros first collection of stories Dance of the Happy Shades(1968)won the Generals Award.lIn 1978,Munros collection interlinked stories Who Do You Think You Are earned a second Governor Generals Literary Award.Company LogoCompany Logo6 CareervThe Nobel Prize lOn 10 October 2013,Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize,cited as a“master of the contemporary short stories”.lShe is the first Canadian and the 13th woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.Company LogoCompany Logo7 WorksvWriting stylelStrong regional focus.Many of Munros stories are set in Huron County,Ontario.lThe omniscient narrator who serves to make sense of the world.Her male characters tend to capture the essence of the everyman,while her female characters are more complex.Company LogoCompany Logo8 WorksvThemes of her workslAbout the fate of ordinary women.A frequent theme of her early stories has been the dilemmas of a girl coming to terms with her family,and the small town she grew up in.lAbout illness and death.Her novels are staged in family life,and they are involved in the seriousness of illness and death.Company LogoCompany Logo9 Recommend ReadingvList of short stories by Alice MunrolDance of the Happy Shades1968lLives of Girls and Women1971lWho Do You Think You Are1978lFriend of My Youth1990lThe Love of a Good Woman1998lRunaway2004lToo Much Happiness2009Company LogoCompany LCompany LogoCompany Logo1111