文档介绍：Jack London(1876-1916)
杰克 伦敦
Biography
Literary career
Major works
Writing style & Theme
Significance
The Sea Wolf
Jack London’s Life
He was born in San Francisco on January 12, 1876, the illegitimate son of a self-taught man and an eccentric woman. He took the last name of his stepfather and was called John Griffith London.
At the age of 13, he took a job in a cannery, and at the age of 15 he was the captain of an oyster pirate boat. He lived on the fringes of society until he was seventeen.
In 1893 he became a sailor. For the next four years he worked his way around the world.
Determined to get an education, he went to high school at the age of nineteen, entered preparatory school, and then spend a semester as a special student at the University of California in 1896.
London had to drop out after a few months to make money for the family. But he read extensively by himself.
He as a tramp and participation in the Klondike gold rush（淘金热） in 1897. He failed to find gold, but the experience became a rich source for his literary creation later.
In 1916 he resigned from the Socialist Party because he could not resolve the tension exemplified in his fiction. He died of uraemia (尿毒症) on November 22.
Newsboy报童 (at 10)
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Oyster pirate (16)
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A hard laborer (muscle seller)
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A tramp流浪者, beggar (at 18)
A knowledge pursuer
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A successful writer
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A rancher (大农场主)
The People of the Abyss(1903)深渊中的人们
Love of life 热爱生命
The Call of the Wild(1903) 野性的呼唤
The Sea Wolf(1904) 海狼
White Fang(1906) 白牙
The Iron Heel(1908) 铁蹄
Martin Eden(1909)
The Valley of the Moon(1912) 月谷
The Star Rover(1915) 星游人
The Little Lady of the Big House(1916)大屋里的小妇人
His Major Works
杰克 伦敦
Forceful and colorful
Subjectivity and enthusiasm
Naturalism mingled with Romanticism
Limitations: formless, clumsy yet vigorous style; stiff and stereotyped characters and dialog