Mo Luoya Biography Of Truth And Beauty,

AndréMaurois, academician in the French Academy, was a famous French writer and biographer in the twentieth century. Over eighty years of his long life he has never stopped writing. He tried a variety of literary genres, and maked an outstanding contribution in art as in culture of the whole mankind. He closely linked his attitude to a creator and his deep conviction to the noble mission of art and use it as a weapon to fight against the evils of life. Maurois was a great psychological novelist and historian. The best biography of his genre was formed in the intersection of these two areas. Maurois'great wisdom, keen sense of observation and rich life experience gave this ancient genre of biography new meaning and new vitality, making biographies in the twentieth century so much more popular by readers. Maurois stuck to the authentic biographical material. Meanwhile he also knew to put emotions and focus on character's personality and psychological characteristics emphasizing the characters personality in his biography. Maurois is a realist and humanist biographer; he revealed the character's humanitarian spirit in a realistic way, reflecting his democratic and progressive thought. He also explained the philosophy of life through the biographies, giving readers the confidence and strength to pursue a better life.This paper starts from Maurois'several most important biographies and talks about how to effectively combine the authenticity and artistry together in the ideological content and the writing skills of Maurois'biography. The first chapter is divided into two parts: first part discusses the art notions of Maurois'biography, which is that biography should be the perfect blend of the real and the poetic. The second part describes the major ideological content of Maurois'biography, which includes his biography philosophy of realism and humanitarian tendencies. The second chapter is also divided into two parts: the first part gives a detailed analysis of the contents of each biography and artistic characteristics, discusses how Maurois'biography reflected the authenticity of history and the validity of literary. The second part discusses the main features of the writing method from six specific sides.