Eugene-ONeill.ppt

EugeneO NeillisunquestionablyAmerica sgreatestplaywright Inhislife hewonthePulitzerPrizefourtimesaswellashewastheonlydramatistevertowinaNobelPrize 1936 Heiswidelyacclaimed founderoftheAmericandrama ThefamousAmericandramacriticandprofessorJohnoncesaid beforeO Neill theUnitedStateshadtheatre afterO Neill ithaddramas Themajoreventsofhislife 1 OnOctober16 1888 O NeillwasborninatheatricalfamilyofNewYork 2 HegrewupinNewLondon Connecticut andspenthisearlyyearswithhisparentsontheatricalroadtours 3 In1906 Hereceiveduniversityeducationforoneyearandlatertraveledallovertheworld 4 In1914 heattendedProfessorGeorgePierceBaker sdramaworkshopatHarvard5 Inthesummerof1916 hisfirstone actplayBoundEastforCardiffperformedinWinstontroupe 6 BeyondtheHorizonperformedin1920 andhewonthefirstPulitzerPrizeaswellasNobelPrizein1936 7 Inhisoldage O NeillsufferfromParkinson sdisease HislastplayLongDay sJourneyIntoNightwaspublishedafterhisdeath ThethreedistinctperiodsofO Neill EarlyPhase 1912 1920 BoundEastforCardiff 1916 SecondPhase 1920 1934 BeyondtheHorizonTheEmperorJones 琼斯皇帝 AnnaChristie 安娜 克里斯蒂 TheHairyApe 毛猿 DesireundertheElms 榆树下的欲望 LastandBestPhase 1934 1953 TheIcemanCometh 卖冰的人来了 longDay sJourneyintoNight 长日入夜行 HisMajorPlays EarlyPhase 1912 1920 One actplays BoundEastforCardiff东航加迪夫 1916 describesthedyingsailorYankandhisdreamaboutthesecurityandpeacewhichcouldneverexistSecondPhase 1920 1934 O Neill sfirstfull lengthplay BeyondtheHorizon天边外 1920 wonhimthefirstPulitzerPrize Itsthemeisthechoicebetweenlifeanddeath theinteractionofsubjectiveandobjectivefactors AnnaChristie安娜 克里斯蒂ismoreofasuccessbecauseitdeploysthedevelopingcomplexityofO Neill spersonalvision showingusthatlifeisaclosedcircleofpossibilitiesfromwhichitisimpossibletoescape TheEmperorJones琼斯皇 1920 TheHairyApe毛猿 1922 DesireUndertheElms榆树下的欲望 1924 Theseplaysforayintoracerelations classconflicts sexualbondage socialcritiques andAmericantragediesontheGreekmodel TheGreatGodBrown大神布朗 1926 whichfusessymbolism poetry andtheaffirmationofapaganidealismtoshowhowmaterialisticcivilizationdeniesthelife givingimpulsesanddestroysthegenuineartistStrangeInterlude奇异的插曲 1928 LastandBestPhase 1934 1953 TheIcemanCometh送冰人来了 1946 provestobeamasterpieceinthewayitisacomplex ironic deeplymovingexplorationofhumanexistence writtenoutofaprofoundinsightintohumannatureandconstructedwithtremendousskillandlogic LongDay sJourneyIntoNight长夜漫漫路迢迢 1956 DescribethedailylifeoftheTyron theirgrumble sarcasm quarrel talkandreconciliation seemstohavelittletheatricality however naturallyindicatingthecorrosionofhumannatureofgoodthingsbythevulgarlife O Neill sThemes Humanexistenceandpredicament lifeanddeath illusionanddisillusion alienationandcommunication dreamandreality selfandsociety desireandfrustration etc Hischaractersintheplaysaredescribe