Articles by Canadian writer Alice Munro Monroe

Alice Munro (Alice Ann

Munro (193 1-), a Canadian short story writer, won the Booker Prize in 2009 and the Governor-General Award of Canada three times for his many excellent works in his writing career. Monroe is considered the best in the world.

As one of the novelists, her stories often reveal people's situations and relationships through the lens of daily life. Although most of her novels are set in southwest Ontario and the Pacific northwest coast, she

However, its reputation far exceeds that of Canada, and it has been recognized by international readers.

Her story is touching and explores people's hearts in a seemingly effortless style. Her works made her "one of the greatest novelists of our time", and Cynthia Ozick called her "Chekhov of our time".

Brief biography

Alice Munro was born in Winham, Ontario, into a family of ranchers who raised foxes and poultry. The father is Robert Eric.

Laidlaw's mother is a school teacher. Her name is annie clark.

Laidlaw Alice started writing when she was a teenager. 1950 published her first work "The Dimension of Shadow" when she was studying at the University of Western Ontario. 65438-0949, Alice entered the University of Western Ontario.

I am an English major. I worked as a waiter, a tobacco picker and a librarian at school. 195 1, she left the university with James? Monroe got married and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia. Her daughter

Sheila, Catherine and Jenny were born in 1953, 1955 and 1957 respectively. Catherine died 15 hours after birth. 1963

1980, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe moved to Victoria, where they founded Monroe Book Company. 1966, and their daughter Andrea was born.

From 65438 to 0968, Alice Munro's first collection of novels, Dancing in a Happy Shadow, was highly praised by people and won the highest literary award in Canada-the Governor-General Award of Canada. After that, she published The Life of Girls and Women, which tells a series of interrelated stories and constitutes a novel together.

1972, Alice Monroe divorced james monroe. Alice returned to Ontario and became a resident writer at the University of Western Ontario. 1976, Alice married the geographer Gerald Fremlin, and the couple moved to a farm outside Clinton Town, Ontario, and later moved from the farm to Clinton Town, where they have lived ever since.

1978, Alice Munro's short stories "Who do you think you are? It is also a set of interrelated stories, published in the United States, entitled "Beggar Girl-The Story of ——flo and Ross".

This book won her the second governor's award. From 1979 to 1982, Munro traveled to Australia, China and Scandinavia. 1980, she served as two universities in British Columbia and Queensland.

A resident writer studied it. During the two decades of 1980s and 1990s, Monroe published a collection of short stories every four years, which was highly praised by people. She also won various awards in Canada and internationally.

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In 2002, Monroe's daughter Sheila published a childhood memoir: Mother and Daughter Life-Growing Up with Alice Monroe.

Alice Munro's story is often published in various publications, such as The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Grand Street, Lady and Paris Review. In order to promote her

In an interview with a collection of novels published in 2006, looking at Castle Rock, Meng Ruo mentioned that he might not publish a new collection of novels in the future. But then she gave up the plan and a new book came out. She is the most

The title of the new collection of novels is tentatively set as Too Much Joy, which is expected to be published this year.

Her novel Bear in the Mountain was adapted and put on the screen. The film is called Away from Her, directed by sarah polley and directed by Julie.

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Starring Vincent. The film premiered successfully at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006. Polly's film was nominated for the Oscar for best adapted screenplay, but the prize was finally awarded to the film No Country for Old Men.

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Writing style

Many of Munro's stories are set in huo long County, Ontario. Outstanding locality is an important feature of her novels. Another feature is the omniscient narrator of the story, who tells the world at the same time.

To understand what is happening in the world. Many people compare Monroe with rural writers in the southern United States because of her small town scene. Monroe's characters and William? Faulkner and flannery? Characters in O 'Connor's Works

Things, like things, often need to face deep-rooted customs and traditions. But the difference is that Munro's characters don't react so strongly to things. So as far as the male characters in her works are concerned, it can be said that Meng Re has mastered the description.

The essence of ordinary people, but her female role is more complicated. Many of Munro's works reflect the Gothic style of southern Ontario.

People often compare Monroe with Cynthia, an outstanding short story writer and American writer.

Ozick once called Monroe "Chekhov of our time". Like Chekhov's works, the plot is secondary in the reality of dreams, "few events happen." Compared with Chekhov

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Holcomb wrote: "The whole foundation of (the story) is instant understanding, sudden disclosure, and accurate and subtle disclosure of the details of things." Munro's works involve "love and work, and the relationship between them."

Failure. Like Chekhov, she is fascinated by the theme of time and repeatedly describes our sad and helpless situation in front of time-time can neither delay nor stop its relentless progress. "

A common theme in Meng Ruo's works (especially in her early works) is the dilemma faced by a girl who is about to enter adulthood when facing her family and the small town where she grew up. In her recent works,

For example, in Hatred, Friendship, Etiquette, Love and Marriage published in 200 1 and Escape published in 2004, her theme turned to the miserable life of middle-aged, single women and the elderly.

Meng Ruo's concise language and skillful grasp of details endow her novels with "extraordinary accuracy"-Helen.

That's what Hoey said about her. Meng Ruo's narrative reveals the fuzziness of life: irony and seriousness coexist, sacred and solemn proverbs and fiery prejudice, specialized and useless knowledge and sharp happiness.

Violent tone ","low taste, indifference, and the joy it brings "and so on. Meng Ruo juxtaposes the wonderful and the ordinary, and the two interweave with each other, directly and effortlessly injecting life into his works. just as

Robert Sack said:

Meng Ruo's writing ... clearly established mutual understanding between readers and commentators. We are all attracted by her vivid description, which is not the so-called realistic imitation or "realism", but makes people feel that what she writes is the thing itself, that is, the person itself.

Many critics believe that Meng Ruo's stories often have the emotional and literary depth of novels. People often ask the question: Is Meng Ruo writing a short story or a novel? Alex Keegan gave a simple answer in Selected Works magazine: "Who cares? Most of Munro's stories contain as much content as novels. "

works

Dance of Happy Shadows, 1968 (won the Canadian Governor's Novel Award 1968).

Life of girls and women, 197 1 year.

There's something I've been meaning to tell you, 1974.

Who do you think you are? ("Who do you think you are? ), 1978 (won the Canadian Governor's Novel Award 1978)

Satellite of Jupiter, 1982 (nominated for the Governor-General Award of Canada)

The process of love, 1986 (won the 1986 Canadian Governor's Novel Award).

My young friend, 1990 (Trillium Book Award Cui Ling Award).

Open Secrets, 1994 (nominated for the Governor-General Award of Canada)

Selected stories (selected stories), 1996.

The love of a good woman, 1998 (Gilles Prize).

Hateship, friendship, courtship, love boat, marriage (Hateship, friendship, etiquette, love and marriage), 200 1 year.