Department of English
Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
2202232 Introduction to the Study of English Fiction
Ian McEwan
(June 21, 1948-)
Amsterdam
(1998)
Review Sheet
Characters
George Lane -
Molly Lane -
Clive Linley -
Vernon Theobald Halliday (41) -
Julian Garmony -
Rose Garmony - wife of Julian Garmony ()
Giulio Bo - conductor (157)
British Symphony Orchestra - plays Clive's millennium symphony (158)
Paul Lanark - (164)
Mandy Halliday - wife of Vernon Halliday (178)
Frank Dibben -
Setting
London
Amsterdam
Plot
Part I (3-26)
Scene i (3-17)
Scene ii (18-26)
Part II (29-57)
Scene i (29-37)
Scene ii (38-44)
Scene iii (45-50)
Scene iv (51-56)
Scene v (57)
Part III (61-90)
Scene i (61-67)
Scene ii (68-75)
Scene iii (76-90)
Part IV (93-130)
Scene i (93-97)
Scene ii (98-104)
Scene iii (105-20)
Scene iv (121-25)
Scene v (126-28)
Scene vi (129-30)
Part V (133-78)
Scene i (133-44)
Scene ii (145-49)
Scene iii (150-54)
Scene iv (155-69)
Scene v (170-73)
Scene vi (174-78)
Discussion
Notes
11 all through the night: now a well-known lullaby. Read a version of the lyrics and listen to the lullaby at Babycenter (1:53 min.).
157 Nessun dorma: "no one shall sleep," "let no one sleep," "may no one sleep" is the title of an aria in Act III (the final act) of Puccini's opera Turandot. For a translation into English of the Italian aria with commentary see Mark Lew's Commentary on Symbolism, Poetry, and "Nessun Dorma."
176 Beethoven's Ode to Joy: Beethoven set Schiller's 1785 ode to music in the final movement of his Ninth Symphony. Listen to a clip: violins (0:50 min.), chorus (0:51 min.).
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Reference
Childs, Peter, ed. The Fiction of Ian McEwan: A Reader's Guide to Essential Criticism. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2006.
McEwan, Ian. Amsterdam. 1998. London: Vintage, 2005.
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