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作业：The Portrait of Dorian Gray

The Portrait of Dorian Gray is written by English writer Oscar Wilde who was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1856. Wilde has various and rich talents of literature. He is a critic, poet, novelist and most successfully a dramatist. He is the representative of Aestheticism in the 19th century in Britain. And his most famous and important opinion is “Art for Art’s Sake”.

The plot of this novel is not easy, because the hero Dorian Gray has experienced a lot of changes of his characteristic. Dorian Gray was a very good-looking and pure young man and his charm gave inspirations to his painter friend, Basil Hallward. Basil was deeply touched by Dorian and he painted a portrait for him. The portrait was extremely fine and Basil didn’t even want it to be exhibited. But just before the portrait was finished, Dorian met Lord Henry Wotton who was a sophisticated dandy at Basil’s home. Henry tried his best to influence Dorian. He told Dorian all kinds of negative thoughts, which made Dorian, feel strange but admirable to Henry. Then Dorian became good friends with Henry but not Basil. They spent a lot of time together. A month later, Dorian fall in love with an actress named Sibyl Vane. Sibyl was 17 years old and very pretty and innocent. She loved Dorian even deeper than Dorian loved her. One night, Dorian invited Henry and Basil to the theatre to watch the performance of Sibyl. But Sibyl acted badly because she suddenly realized that the lines were unreal but the love she had for Dorian was true and more important. She thought that Dorian would understand her but Dorian scolded her strictly and said that he didn’t want to see her any more. Dorian went home and slept for a long time. But the news came the next day that Sibyl was dead—she killed herself. Meanwhile Dorian discovered changes on his portrait. The image of a pure young man looked a bit cruel. He suffered a lot of pressure but soon came back to peace due to Henry’s “comfort” and “guidance”. Dorian then locked the portrait in a small room in case someone saw it. He continued to get influence from Henry.

Time went by quickly, but Dorian still looked so young and he led a colorful and cozy life. Then there came the painter Basil who had heard more and more rumors about Dorian. Basil felt sorry and sad for Dorian and wanted to lead Dorian back onto the right way. Dorian, however, stabbed Basil to death. Then Dorian threatened a chemist to help destroy the body of Basil. The chemist suffered greatly and committed suicide in the end. Another man James who was the brother of Sibyl returned from abroad and determined to kill Dorian. However, when the two of them met each other, Dorian denied the truth. He pointed to his young face and told James that he was too young to love his sister. James believed his words for Dorian seemed to be only 20 years old. But later James realized his mistake and continued to murder Dorian. Unfortunately, James was killed by accident.

Dorian now thought him completely safe because all those who knew his evil things were dead. He wanted to start life afresh but Henry didn’t believe it. Dorian thought that it might bring some good changes to his portrait if he started to do good things. Then he went to see his portrait again. To his horror, the face was even worse and looked hypocritical and there’s blood dripping from the hand. He was full of hate and seized a knife to ruin the picture. When the picture was stabbed, Dorian fell onto the floor. When he came to himself, the amazing thing happened: the man in the portrait was young and pure again, but the real Dorian became old and withered.

So that’s all the changes of Dorian Gray, which are directly related to Lord Henry. Henry is some kind of clever and speaks like a philosopher, but turned out to be the evilest one. He showed no respect for all women and thought Dorian some poisonous theories to spot him. So, Lord Henry “网上英语自主学习”课程总计36课时，平均每4个课时完成一个学习任务，学生按要求完成相应的作业并对自己的学习过程进行自我评价，如，甲、乙…

2009级英语专业网上英语自主学习作业

is the key person of Dorian’s tragedy.

I think this novel is well-written because the characters are described very detailed in fine words. I find that the author is very good at using English. For example:

“She is all the great heroines of the world in one.”

“When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies in through the window.”

“She cried musically.”

“She danced out of the door.”

“It seemed to me that all my life had been narrowed to one perfect point of rose-colored joy.”

“While she danced, as a plant sways in the water. The curves of her throat were the curves of a white lily. Her hands seemed to be made of cool ivory.”

Besides, there are lots of conversations and most of them are long and complicated, which makes me hard to get the real intention of the speaker. And this is what I don’t feel comfortable while reading.

I have also looked up to some reference books to find some useful information so that I can understand the story better. According to some critical opinions, “like Dorian’s portrait, the novel has aged badly…Wilde, however, had very little talent for fiction: the plotting is heavy-handed, the characters one-dimensional.” Or “as a period piece, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, like the Sherlock Holmes stories, paints the fog-muffled streets, the dandies, and the languor of London in the 1890’s. The atmosphere of the book is still entrancing even if the basic plot has less impact today.” I don’t know whether they are right, but I’ll try to understand.

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第二篇：解析英语的书评

解析英语的书评：

评价是语言的一种重要功能,是语篇人际意义的重要组成部分.文章运用评价理论框架,对英语书评中的评价从评价系统的三个次系统,即态度、介入与级差三方面进行分析,以探讨评价在书评中的运用.

请记住，你的目标不只是完成书评的写作，而且要给评论本身加上一个难忘的结尾，使它成为一篇一流的报刊文章。在被评论的书已被人遗忘后多年，你都会为这篇书评而骄傲。——爱德华·豪尔

首先，边阅读，边就情节和内容做笔记，记下日后可能阐发的评论。你会惊奇地发现，阅读时手边有一只铅笔，会使理解更为深人。

阅读报刊杂志上的书评也会使你受益良多。许多国家和地区出版物都辟有书评专栏或专页，一般在接近封底处。不妨花些时间到图书馆浏览最新几期的《书籍分类目录》和《当代文艺评论与批评》，这里发表有大多数著名作家早期作品的书评摘要，由此可获得有价值的参考文献。在此你还可读到那些你没有时间去看的书的简略的情节摘要，这为你写书评提供了很好的背景知识。

你很快会发现，一篇好的书评应包括以下方面：

1．一个生动的开场白：用一两个简短的段落揭示作者的姓名、书名，以及有关作者的简要信息，如过去的作品、曾获得的荣誉。

2．如果是小说，对情节做简要勾勒，如果作品不是小说，写明写作目的和主题。

3．书评作者对此书优缺点的评论。

4．用一个总结性的语句式段落使读者对此书有一个总体印象。

开篇

写好开篇段落对书评来说非常有挑战性，其目的是抓住读者的注意力，使他们产生读这篇文章的热切愿望。

开篇之前，先做一下笔记，问自己一些问题：

·贯穿此书的主题是什么？

·与同类书相比，这本书的特色是什么？

·这本书对我产生了什么影响？通过回答上述问题，你可能就知道该如何人手了。

一般来说，作者姓名和书名应该在第一段中出现，但有时你可能会从书中最重要的观点说起，犹如书评专门评论该书的主题。文章开头用简短的语言表明作者对本书的总体印象是个不错的办法，一两个形容词就够了，过后你可在此基础上扩展。

为非小说书籍作书评时，最好先对此书主题的背景作简短介绍，尤其是当一些读者对主题

不太熟悉时。例如，我发表在《圣·佛朗西斯科编年史》的一篇书评就是这样开头的：“最近来自南非的新闻既令人兴奋，又让人惊恐。这个国家即将获得自由，但它的人民却搞起了内部骚乱。”下一句才指出书的名称、作者及与他相关的信。

摘要

人们是为了判断是否想读这本书才去看书评的，因此你应让他们对书的内容有所了解。小说的评论可对主要人物作些介绍，但只需简要点出部分情节即可。没有比评论者泄露了小说结局更让作者和准读者更恼火的事了！通常我简介小说的前三分之一或前半部分情节，忽略副情节。在冲突即将解决时，某个人物要做出决定时，或一个主要的活动场景即将开始时，戛然而止。

非小说的书评则应提供所有重要信息的概览，其中包括重大的日期，人物地点，观点及作者如何得出结论的阐述。

适当地引用书中原文可使读者产生真实的感受。要寻找那些机智、动人或有力的话语，并对它们产生的背景作一番描述。除非编辑准许你篇幅拉长，一般情况下，一定要将引言限制在一两句之内。不要忘记在每句引文后面注上页码出处，这样编辑可以核实。

最后简要的总结

使用有力度的词语，尽量简短地总结你对此书的观点。如果可能，与篇首的评论遥相呼应。