Lao She老舍英文介绍.ppt

LaoShe,Teahouse,Introduction,ShuQingchun,Manchuethnicity（满族）Chinesenovelistanddramatist.Oneofthemostsignificantfiguresof20thcenturyChineseliterature,RickshawBoy(骆驼祥子),Teahouse(茶馆).HisworksareknownespeciallyfortheirvividuseoftheBeijingdialect.,Earlylife,Poorfamily，BeijingFatherdiedinastreetbattlewiththeEight-PowerAlliedForces(八国联军).BeijingNormalThirdHighSchool（1913）BeijingNormalUniversity（1913-1918）,TeachingandWritingCareer,Administratorandfacultymember，primaryandsecondaryschoolsinBeijingandTianjing.（1918-1924）InfluencedbytheMayFourthMovement(1919).London，Englishliterature,(especiallyDickens）CheelooUniversityandShandongUniversity.（1930-1937）UnitedStates，atwo-yearculturalgrantsponsoredbytheStateDepartment,lecturingandoverseeingthetranslationofseveralofhisnovels.（1946）,LifeinthePeoplesRepublicofChina,HeexperiencedmistreatmentintheCulturalRevolutionofthemid-1960s.RedGuardsoftheCulturalRevolutionhadattackedhimasacounterrevolutionary.Greatlyhumiliatedbothmentallyandphysically,hecommittedsuicidebydrowninghimselfinBeijingsTaipingLakein1966.,HewasmarriedtothefamouspainterHuJieqingandtheyhadfourchildren,onesonandthreedaughters.,Works,RickshawBoy（1936）ItdescribesthetragiclifeofarichshawpullerinBeijingofthe1920sandisconsideredtobeaclassicofmodernChineseliterature.,CrescentMoonSiShiTongTangCatCountryThePhilosophyofOldZhang,Writingstyle,1.content：Worksaremostlytakenfrompubliclife,whichhavedevelopedimportantsubjectareasformodernChineseliterature.2.Language：Hisdescriptionofnaturalscenery,thewaysoftheworld,customfashion,usingspokenmasses,areshowingastrongBeijingflavor.3.theme：Criticismofculturaltraditionanddevelopmentofanti-imperialismandpatriotism,Teahouse,Teahouseisaplayinthreeacts,setinateahousecalledYuTaiinBeijingfrom1898untiltheeveofthe1949revolution.Firstpublishedin1957,theplayisasocialandculturalcommentaryontheproblems,culture,andchangeswithinChinaduringtheearlytwentiethcentury.Atthebackgroundoftheriseanddeclineintheteahouse,hedescribessocialvisageofourcountrythroughthechangesofcharacters.Itrevealsturbulenceanddarknessofsemi-colonialandsemi-feudalsociety.,Act1:,AfterthefailureofWuxuReformin1898，WangLifadidexcellentbusinessinteahouse，attractingpeopleinvarioustrades.,Act2:,AlthoughWangLifarackedhisbraintoimproving，teahousebusinesswasinatoughtimeunderthewarlordsinthe1910s.,Act3:,AfterthevictoryofWWII,allpeopleofrighteousnesswereinadilemma.,WangLifa,Heisaselfsish,slipperyandsociablebusinessman.Whenpolicemenmaketroubletohim,hewillflatterthem.Butactuallyheisanhonestmanjustwanttodobusinessinastableenvironment.Intheend，hecantresistagainstevilforce.Afterteahouseisoccupied，hehangshimself.,Artisticfeatures,1.SpecialdramaticconflictHeusesTechniqueofsilhouette（剪影式）toshowdifferentkindsofpeopleinthesociety.EverylittleconflictsbetweencharactersimpliescontradictionsbetweenpeopleandOldtime.,2.DistinctdramaticstructureTeahousehasntacompleteplotcluebutthroughcharactersexercisespushingforwardtheplay,itcalled“Thetypeofpicture”.(图卷式)3.RefineddramaticlanguageHeusesrefined，humorousandpersonalizedlanguagewithhiddenmessage.ItisalsofullofstronglocalfeatureoftheBeijingdialect.,LaoSheTeah