Maya Angelou介绍（课堂PPT）

1,1.Childhood2.DifferentRoles:Singer&DancerAuthor&PoetActress&DirectorActivistEducator3.ThefriendshipBetweenMayaandOprahWinfrey,2,Born:MargueriteJohnson,April4th,1928,inSt.Louis,Missouri,StampsArkansasChildhood:1-17yearsIKnowWhyTheCagedBirdSingsrape-murder-mute13GeorgeWashingtonHighSchoolCaliforniaLaborSchoolFirstWork-streetcarconductorGivebirthtohersonGuy(unwed)17-19asinglemothersstruggle,3,Allmywork,mylife,everythingIdoisaboutsurvival,notjustbare,awful,ploddingsurvival,butsurvivalwithgraceandfaith.Whileonemayencountermanydefeats,onemustnotbedefeated.-MayaAngelou,4,Singer&Dancer,5,6,SanFranciscoNamechangedCalypsoDance1952,wonscholarship,trainedinAfricanDanceStudiedModernDancewithMarthaGrahamTouredEuropewithaproductionoftheopera(Learnedseverallanguages)In1957,firstalbum,7,8,Author&Poet,IwritebecauseIamaBlackwoman,listeningattentivelytoherpeople.-MayaAngelou,1984,9,Autobiographyvolumes-“Withoutdoubt,Americasmostvisibleblackwomanautobiographer.”-“openthemselvesupwithoutshametotheeyesoftheworld.,10,Criticisms:LesbianismPremaritalCohabitationPornographyViolenceThirdonthelistof100MostFrequentlyChallengedBooksof19902000,11,In1993,sherecitedherpoemOnthePulseofMorningattheinaugurationofPresidentBillClinton.,IgrewupinArkansas,shesays.Iknowwhatitwaslike.Meanandhopeless.IknowhowhardtheClintonsworkedtochangeallthat.,12,Aprolificpoet,NominatedforthePulitzerPrize,Thetriumphandpainofbeingblackandthestruggletobefree.,13,aphenomenalpoemthatspeakstousofwhereweareaswomenatthedawnofanewcentury.,Angeloucelebratesthecourageofthehumanspiritovertheharshestofobstacles,14,15,Actress&Director,16,1961,playedin1972,thefirstoriginalscriptbyaBlackwoman,PulitzerPrize1977,playedasupportingroleinTV19931996,directedherfirstfeaturefilm2008,composedpoetryfor,17,18,Activist,19,In1960,Dr.MartinLutherKingSheservedasNorthernCoordinatorfortheSouthernChristianLeadershipConference.Kingsassassination,fallingonherbirthdayin1968,leftherdevastated.,20,Educator,SistershecalledmesisterMommadontcarewhatotherpeoplesayaboutyou.MommaknowswhenyouandtheLordareready,yougointobeateacher.,21,shemovedtoGhanawhereshetaughtattheUniversityofGhanasSchoolofMusicandDramaReynoldsProfessorofAmericanStudiesatWakeForestUniversity.,22,“Imnotawriterwhoteaches.Imateacherwhowrites.“Shedescribesthejoyshefindsinaclassroom:“Iseeallthoselittlefacesandbigeyes.Blackandwhite.Theylooklikesparrows(麻雀)inthenest.Theylookup,withtheirmouthswideopen,andItrytodropineverythingIknow.”,23,MayaAngelou&OprahWinfrey,24,Inthelate70s,metOprahWinfrey,LaterbecameherclosefriendandmentorLovinggrandmotherSexualabuseAdorewrittenworld,treasurebooksPlentyoffailure