经典萧伯纳作品赏析Pygmalion课件

1、PYGMALION.PYGMALION.Do you know the famous actress? Can you name some films which she acted in?.Do you know the famous actress窈窕淑女(My Fair Lady)1964年.窈窕淑女.Questions:Have you seen the film My Fair Lady ? Who wrote the play?George Bernard Shaw.Questions:Have you seen the fiDo you know something about

2、Shaw?George Bernard Shaw(1856-1950) a Irish dramatist, a literary critic, a socialist spokesman, a leading figure in the 20th century theater. a freethinker, defender of womens rights, and advocate of equality of income. .Do you know something about ShBorn in Dublin in 1856 to a middle-class Protest

3、ant family. He married Charlotte Payne-Townshend in 1898, but it is known that he never touched her once. He flirted with beautiful women but never had further committed relations. He was member of Fabian Society, a middle-class socialist group that aimed at the transformation of English government

4、and society. .Born in Dublin in 1856 to a miLiterary Career and Achievementsthe second greatest English playwright behind only Shakespeare “a day never passes without a performance of some Shaw play being given somewhere in the world.” his works including: 60 plays, 5 novels, 3 volumes of music crit

5、icism, 4 volumes of dance and theatrical criticism, and heaps of social commentary, political theory, and correspondence. One of Shaws greatest contributions as a modern dramatist is in establishing drama as serious literature, no less important than the novel. .Literary Career and Achievem In 1925

6、he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Shaw accepted the honor but refused the money . He was a very humorous playwright. . In 1925 he was awarded the The Fair Lady by George Bernard Shaw is an adaptation of a Greek story. Do you know the story?.The Fair Lady by George BernarPygmalion, a gif

7、ted artist, makes a stone statue of a beautiful woman.He asks the Greek Goddess to bring her to life.His wish is granted.Pygmalion, a gifted artist, maDo you heard of “the Pygmalion Effect”?The Pygmalion Effect (皮格马利翁效应) is that people tend to behave as you expect they will. If you expect a person t

8、o take responsibility, they probably will. If you expect them not to even try, they probably wont. .Do you heard of “the PygmalionThe Pygmalion MythIt derives its name from the famous story in Ovids Metamorphoses(奥德维变形记）. Pygmalion is disgusted by the loose and shameful lives of the women in his era

9、, women of Amathus, the first women to become prostitutes, and decides to live alone and unmarried. With wondrous art, he creates a beautiful statue in ivory, Galatea, representing feminine ideal. .The Pygmalion MythIt derives.When Pygmalion returns home, he kisses his statue and is delighted to fin

10、d that she is warm and soft to touch. “The maiden felt the kisses, blushed and lifting her timid eyes up to the light, saw the sky and her lover at the same time.” .When Pygmalion returns home, hFateful meetings.Fateful meetings.Main charactersEliza Doolittle(E): a poor flower girl who is ambitious

11、to improve herself.Professor Higgins(H): an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a persons English decides his/her position in society.Colonel Pickering(P): an officer in the army and later a friend of Higgins who sets him a task.Main charactersEliza DoolittleLower classLanguage: calls

12、 gentleman “sir” and _ (or captain) which is a compliment（赞扬）Behaviour: _ to people of higher classComprehending respectful“capin”.Lower classLanguage: calls genLanguage: calls Eliza “_” and Pickering “_”Behaviour: _ to lower class; _ to same or upper classMiddle classrudepoliteyou silly girlmy dear

13、 man.Language: calls Eliza “_Upper classLanguage: prepared to begin a _ with Henry, whom he does not know; generous with praise to him.Behaviour: generally confident and _; but _ Elizapoliteignoresconversation.Upper classLanguage: prepared 在这一幕中, 萧伯纳除了应用笑剧性的动作之外, 更运用了调皮话、幽默短句、反说等舞台对话, 来增强戏剧的讽刺效果Higg

14、ins:Nonsense ! I know I have no small talk;but people dont mind .(希金斯:没有的话! 我知道我不会应酬, 可是别人也不在乎。Mrs.Higgins:Oh , don t they ? Small talk indeed! What about your large talk ? (希金斯太太:不在乎? 不是会不会说应酬话的问题, 你的大议论别人真受不了。.在这一幕中, 萧伯纳除了应用笑剧性的动作之外, 更运用了调Liza :Walk! Not bloody likely .I m going in a taxi .(伊丽莎:散步! 我他妈的才不呢。我要坐汽车回去呢!)Higgins :Good -bye , be sure you try on that small talk at the three at-homes.Don t be nervous about it .Pinch it in strong .(希金斯:再见, 在那三个茶会上你一定要试试这种时髦话。不要胆怯, 尽管说。)Clara :I wi