1、,The introduction of author,Personal life Her major worksCharacters of her worksAwards,Margaret Laurence,（1926-1987）,Personal life,Born :July 18, 1926 Neepawa, Manitoba,尼帕瓦，马尼托巴,Personal life,At the age of 4, her mother died and her father died of pneumonia（肺炎）when she was 9. She raised from then on
2、 by her aunt/stepmother.In 1944, she attended Winnipegs United College . She wrote for the student newspaper and became involved with the “Old Left“(老左派：支持共产主义的人） socialist reform group.in 1947, she graduated.,Husband: Jack Laurence (an engineer) His job took them to England (1949), the then-British
3、 protectorate of British Somaliland (19501952), as well as the British colony of the Gold Coast (19521957). Laurence developed an admiration for Africa and of its various populations, which found expression in her writing.,Life in Africa,Back to Canada,In 1952, Laurence gave birth to daughter Jocely
4、n during a leave in England. in 1955，her son David was born in the Gold Coast. in 1957，the family left the Gold Coast just before it gained independence as Ghana, and move to Vancouver（温哥华）where they stayed for five years.,In 1962, she moved to London for a year. She then moved to Elm Cottage (Penn,
5、 Buckinghamshire) where she lived for more than ten years. in 1969, she became writer in residence（在职作家）at the University of Toronto.From 1981 to 1983, Laurence served as Chancellor of Trent University（川特大学） in Peterborough.,In 1986, Laurence was diagnosed with lung cancer. She committed suicide at
6、her home on January 5, 1987.,Two periods of her writing life,According to her life experience in AfricaAccording to the background of imaginary Manawaka（马纳瓦卡）in the western part of Canada,Her major works,works about AfricaA Tree for Poverty 贫穷树Travelogue: The prophet camel bell 先知的驼铃 First novel: Th
7、is side jordon 约旦河此岸 Short Stories ：The tomorrow tamer 驯服明天者,The Loon潜鸟The Stone Angle 石头天使 A Jest of God 上帝的玩笑 The fire dwellers 火中人 A bird in the house 屋中的小鸟 The Diviners 占卜者,Series of Manawaka（马纳瓦卡）novels,Her major works,Characters of works:,she depicts a group of women dedicated to exploring the meaning of existence and self-worth of women and challenges the male-centered literary traditional perspective.运用女性写作方式 ,刻画出一群执著探求存在意义及自我价值的女性形象 ,并以此来挑战以男性视角为中心的文学传统。,Awards,two Governor Generals Awards（总督奖） for her novels A Jest of God (1966) and The Diviners (1974).,Thank you,
