SirWilliamGeraldGoldingKt.,CBE(19September1911–19June1993)wasanEnglishnovelist,playwright,andpoetwhowonaNobelPrizeinLiterature,andisbestknownforhisnovelLordoftheFlies.HewasalsoawardedtheBookerPrizeforliteraturein1980forhisnovelRitesofPassage,thefirstbookinwhatbecamehisseatrilogy(三部曲),TotheEndsoftheEarth.In2008,TheTimesrankedGoldingthirdontheirlistofThe50greatestBritishwriterssince1945.LifeExperienceHewasbornonSep19th,1911inCornwall,onthesouth-westerntipofEngland.Hisfather,AlecGolding,wasadistinguishedschoolmaster.WilliamGoldingwasespeciallyinterestedinliteraturefromhisyoungageAt7,hebegantowriteaplayrevisedfromastoryinoldEgyptBecameaveryfamousnovelistinmiddleages,Hisnovelsarepermeatedwiththesenseofman’ssinandguilt.Hewasexpectedtobeascientistbyhisparents,however,havingaverydifferentplanforhisownfuture.GoldingstudiedsciencesatOxfordUniversityfor2yearsaccordingtohisparents’wishes.ThenhechangedhismajortoEnglishliteratureandAnglo-Saxonhistory.Aftergraduation,GoldingfollowedhisfamilytraditionandworkedasanEnglishandphilosophyteacher,whichwasajobhedidnotlikeatall.atBishopWordsworth’sSchoolinSalisbury.Atlast,hequitthisjob5yearslaterin1940andjoinedtheRoyalNavyincommandofarocketshipintheWWII.Hefought(onboardadestroyer)andwasbrieflyinvolvedinthepursuitandsinkingoftheGermanbattleshipBismarck.HealsoparticipatedintheinvasionofNormandyonD-Day,commandingalandingshipthatfiredsalvoesofrocketsontothebeaches,andwasinactionatWalcherenatwhich23outof24assaultcraftweresunkMarriageandfamilyGoldingmarriedAnnBrookfield,ananalyticchemist,on30September1939andtheyhadtwochildren,JudithandDavid.DeathHediedofheartfailureon19June1993andwasburiedinthevillagechurchyardatBowerchalke,SouthWiltshire.Heleftthedraftofanovel,TheDoubleTongue,setinancientDelphi,whichwaspublishedposthumously(与死后的).HissonDavidcontinuestoliveatTullimaarHouse.Writingstyle:Golding‘sallegorical(寓意的,讽刺的)fictionmakesbroaduseofallusionstoclassicalliterature,mythology,andChristiansymbolism.Nodistinctthreadunitesinhisnovels,andthesubjectmatterandtechniquevary.Hisnovelsareoftensetinclosedcommunitiessuchasislands,villages,monasteries,groupsofhunter-gatherers,shipsatseaorapharaoh'scourt.ListofWorksWORKTIMEWORKTIMEPoems1934DarknessVisible1979LordoftheFlies1954AMovingTarget(essays)1982TheInheritors1955ThePaperMen1984PincherMartin1956AnEgyptianJournal1985TheBrassButterfly(play)1958TotheEndsoftheEarth(trilogy)1980-1989FreeFall19591.RitesofPassage1980TheSpire19642.CloseQuarters1987TheHotGates(essays)19653.FireDownBelow1989ThePyramid1967TheDoubleTongue(posthumous)1995TheScorpionGod1971RitesofPassageawardedtheBookerPrizeLordoftheFlies《蝇王》Hisfirstnovel,LordoftheFliesdescribesagroupofboysstranded(陷于困境的)onatropical(热带的)islandrevertingbacktosavagery.Maincharacters:RalphThechiefofthegroupatthebeginning,hadmanyleadershipskills.Hehadatendencytobepoliteandlogical.JackJackwhohadloveofviolenceepitomizestheworstaspectsofhumannaturewhennotrepressedortemperedbysociety.Maincharacters:“Piggy”Asthebrainyrepresentativeofcivilization,hetriedhardtokeeptheorder.Hethoughttheowningoftheconch(贝壳)wouldmakeotherslistentohim.RogerHekilledPiggywithastoneandbecametheexecutioner(刽子手)andtorturer(拷问者)ofJack'stribe.Herepresentedbrutalityandbloodlust.Maincharacters:SimonSimonwasacharacterwhorepresentedpeace,tranquility(宁静)andpositivity.Helovedthenatureoftheislandandwaspositiveaboutthefuture.SimonwaskilledbyJack’speoplefortheymistakinghimforthebeastandtheykilledhimintheir“dance”.Hisdeathrepresentedthelossoftruthandcommonsense.TheBeastThebeastisasymbolGoldingusestorepresentthesavageimpulseslyingdeepwithineveryhumanbeing.TheThemeThethemeisthedarkside—orevil—ofhumannature.THANKYOUBy朱梦麒