James-Thurber2汇总教学讲解课件

JamesThurber1894---1961JamesThurber1894---19611JamesGroverThurber

詹姆斯•瑟伯Genres:

shortstories,cartoons,essaysOccupation:Humorist,writer,cartoonistNationality:AmericanValuation:ThurberisgenerallyacknowledgedasthegreatestAmericanhumoristsinceMarkTwain.JamesGroverThurber

詹姆斯•瑟伯2OutlineHisLifeandTimesCareer

BibliographyevaluationOutlineHisLifeandTimes3Thankyou

Thankyou4HisLifeandTimes

HisLifeandTimes

5JamesThurberwasborninColumbus,Ohio.Hisfather,CharlesL.Thurber,wasaclerkandminorpolitician,whowentthroughmanyperiodsofunemployment.MaryThurber,hismother,wasastrong-mindedwomanandapracticaljoker(恶作剧者).

Thurberdescribedheras"aborncomedienne"and"oneofthefinestcomictalentsIthinkI'veeverknown."

JamesThurberwasborninColu6Thurberhadtwobrothers,WilliamandRobert.Once,whileplayingagame,hisbrothershotJamesintheeyewithanarrow,andThurberlostthateye.Thisinjurywouldlatercausehimtobecomealmostentirelyblind.Unableinchildhoodtoparticipateinsportsandactivitiesbecauseofhisinjury,hedevelopedacreativeimagination,whichheexpressedinhiswritings.

Thurberhadtwobrothers,Will7From1913to1918,Thurberattended

TheOhioStateUniversity,wherehewasamemberofthe

PhiKappaPsi

fraternity(联谊会).Henevergraduatedfromtheuniversitybecausehispooreyesightpreventedhimfromtakingamandatory

ROTC(后备军官训练)

course.

In1995hewasposthumously(于死后)awardedadegree.From1913to1918,Thurberatt8From1918to1920,atthecloseof

WorldWarI,Thurberworkedasacode

clerk

forthe

DepartmentofState,firstinWashington,D.C.,andthenatthe

Embassy(大使馆)oftheUnitedStates,Paris,France.AfterthisThurberreturnedtoColumbus,wherehebeganhiswritingcareerasareporterforthe

ColumbusDispatch

from1921to1924.Duringpartofthistime,hereviewedcurrentbooks,films,andplaysinaweeklycolumncalled“CredosandCurios,”atitlethatlaterwouldbegiventoaposthumouscollectionofhiswork.ThurberalsoreturnedtoParisinthisperiod,wherehewroteforthe

ChicagoTribune

(论坛)andothernewspapers.

From1918to1920,attheclos9In1925,Thurbermovedto

GreenwichVillage

inNewYorkCity,gettingajobasareporterforthe

NewYorkEveningPost.Hejoinedthestaffof

TheNewYorker

in1927asaneditor,withthehelpof

E.B.White,hisfriendandfellow

NewYorker

contributor.Hiscareerasacartoonistbeganin1930afterWhitefoundsomeofThurber‘sdrawingsinatrashcan(垃圾桶)andsubmittedthemforpublication;Thurbercontributedbothhiswritingsandhisdrawingsto

TheNewYorker

untilthe1950s.MovetoNewYorkIn1925,Thurbermovedto

Gree10

Thurberwasmarriedtwice.In1922,ThurbermarriedAltheaAdams.ThemarriagewastroubledandendedindivorceinMay1935.

TheyhadadaughterRosemarytogether,andlivedinFairfieldCounty,Connecticut.ThurberremarriedinJune1935toHelenWismer.Hewasagreatloverofdogs,andcompetedwidelyindogshowswithseveralpoodles(贵宾犬).Hediedin1961,attheageof66,duetocomplications(并发症)from

pneumonia,whichfolloweduponastroke(中风)sufferedathishome.Hislastwords,asidefromtherepeatedword"God,"were"Godbless...Goddamn,"accordingtoHelenThurber.Marriageandfamily

Marriageandfamily11Establishedin1997,theannual

ThurberPrize

honorsoutstandingexamplesofAmericanhumor.In2008,

TheLibraryofAmerica

selectedThurber’sstory,“ASortofGenius,”firstpublishedin

TheNewYorker,forinclusioninitstwo-centuryretrospective(回顾展)ofAmericanTrueCrime.TwoofhisresidenceshavebeenlistedontheU.S.

NationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces:hischildhood

ThurberHouse

inOhioandthe

Sanford-Curtis-ThurberHouse

in

FairfieldCounty,Connecticut.LegacyandhonorsEstablishedin1997,theannua12James-Thurber2汇总教学讲解课件13UniquelyamongmajorAmericanliteraryfigures,hebecameequallywellknownforhissimple,surrealistic(超现实主义的)drawingsandcartoons.Bothhisskillswerehelpedalongbythesupportof,andcollaborationwith,fellow

NewYorker

staffmember

E.B.White,whoinsistedthatThurber‘ssketchescouldstandontheirownasartisticexpressions.Thurberdrewsixcoversandnumerousclassicillustrations(插图)for

TheNewYorker.CareerCareer14writerManyofhisshortstoriesarehumorousfictionalmemoirsfromhislife,buthealsowrotedarkermaterial,suchas"TheWhip-Poor-Will,"astoryofmadnessandmurder.Hisbest-knownshortstoriesare"TheDogThatBitPeople"and

"TheNighttheBedFell";theycanbefoundin

MyLifeandHardTimes,thecreativemixofautobiographyandfictionwhichwashis"break-out"book.Amonghisotherclassicsare"TheSecretLifeofWalterMitty","The

CatbirdSeat","ACoupleofHamburgers","TheGreatestManintheWorld"and"If

Grant

HadBeenDrinkingat

Appomattox".

TheMiddle-AgedManontheFlyingTrapeze

hasseveralshortstorieswithatenseundercurrentofmaritaldiscord.Thebookwaspublishedtheyearofhisdivorceandremarriage.writer15Inadditiontohisotherfiction,Thurberwroteoverseventy-five

fables,mostofwhichwerecollectedin

FablesforOurTime&FamousPoemsIllustrated

(1940)and

FurtherFablesforOurTime

(1956).Thesewereshort,featuredanthropomorphicanimalsasmaincharacters,andendedwithamoralasatagline.Anexceptiontothisformatwashismostfamousfable,"TheUnicornintheGarden",whichfeaturedanall-humancastexceptfortheunicorn,whichdidn'tspeak.Thurber'sfableswere

satirical,andthemoralsservedas

punchlines

ratherthanadvicetothereader.Hisstoriesalsoincludedseveralbook-lengthfairytales,suchas

TheWhiteDeer

(1945),

The13Clocks

(1950)and

TheWonderfulO

(1957).ThelatterwasoneofseveralofThurber'sworksillustratedby

MarcSimont.Inadditiontohisotherficti16CartoonistWhileThurberdrewhiscartoonsintheusualfashioninthe1920sand1930s,hisfailingeyesightlaterrequiredchanges.Hedrewthemonverylargesheetsofpaperusingathickblackcrayon(蜡笔)(oronblackpaperusingwhitechalk).Regardlessofmethod,hiscartoonsbecameasnotedashiswritings;theypossessedaneerie(怪异的),wobblyfeelthatseemstomirrorhisidiosyncratic(特殊的)viewonlife.ThelastdrawingThurbercompletedwasaself-portrait(自画像)inyellowcrayononblackpaper,whichwasfeaturedasthecoveroftheJuly9,1951,issueof

TimeMagazine.Thesamedrawingwasusedforthedustjacketof

TheThurberAlbumCartoonist17James-Thurber2汇总教学讲解课件18Bibliography

Bibliography

19IsSexNecessary?or,WhyYouFeelTheWayYouDo,

(1929with

E.B.White)TheOwlintheAtticandOtherPerplexities,1931TheSealintheBedroomandOtherPredicaments,1932MyLifeandHardTimes,1933TheMiddle-AgedManontheFlyingTrapeze,1935LetYourMindAlone!andOtherMoreOrLessInspirationalPieces,1937TheLastFlower,1939TheMaleAnimal

(stageplay),1939(withElliotNugent)FablesforOurTimeandFamousPoemsIllustrated,1940MyWorldandWelcometoIt,1942ManyMoons,1943IsSexNecessary?or,WhyYou20Men,Women,andDogs,1943TheGreatQuillow,1944TheThurberCarnival

,1945TheWhiteDeer,1945TheBeastinMeandOtherAnimals,1948The13Clocks,1950TheThurberAlbum,1952ThurberCountry,1953Thurber'sDogs,1955FurtherFablesForOurTime,1956TheWonderfulO,1957AlarmsandDiversions

(anthology),1957TheYearsWithRoss,1959AThurberCarnival

(stageplay),1960LanternsandLances,1961Men,Women,andDogs,194321Shortstories"TheSecretLifeofWalterMitty"TheNighttheBedFell"TheUnicornintheGarden""TheMothandtheStar""TheRabbitsWhoCausedAlltheTrouble""TheMacbethMurderMystery",1937(printedinTheNewYorker)"YouCouldLookItUp",1941"TheCatbirdSeat",1942"TheBreakingupoftheWinships",1945"ACoupleofHamburgers""TheGreatestManintheWorld""IfGrantHadBeenDrinkingatAppomattox""TheBearWhoLetItAlone"Shortstories22"ThePrincessandtheTinBox""TheDogthatBitPeople""TheLadyon142""TheScottyWhoKnewTooMuch""TheNighttheGhostGotIn""TheCarWeHadtoPush""TheDaytheDamBroke""MoreAlarmsatNight""ASequenceofServants""UniversityDays""DraftBoardNights""TheOwlWhowasGod""FileandForget""ThePrincessandtheTinBox"23evaluationevaluation24JamesThurberisanimportanthumoristinthehistoryofAmericanliterature.Hisworksare,withseriousandrichsocialsignificancecombinehishumorwiththeprofoundculturalintensionandphilosophyoflifetodisclosethefollyoftheordinarypeopleandridiculoushappeningsinthedailylifesoastoinspirepeopletoseethingsintheirtruecolorandtohaveaclearideaofthereality.evaluationJamesThurberisanimportant25詹姆斯瑟伯是美国文学史上具有重要影响的幽默大师,他的作品具有严肃、丰富的社会意义,他把文学创作中的幽默风格与深刻的文化内涵及生活哲理有机得结合起来,揭示现实生活中那些普遍存在的荒谬可笑的现象,以此给予人们某种启示,帮助人们认清、洞察事物的本来面目,认识时代的问题.evaluation詹姆斯瑟伯是美国文学史上具有重要影响的幽默大师,他的作品具有26JamesThurber1894---1961JamesThurber1894---196127JamesGroverThurber

詹姆斯•瑟伯Genres:

shortstories,cartoons,essaysOccupation:Humorist,writer,cartoonistNationality:AmericanValuation:ThurberisgenerallyacknowledgedasthegreatestAmericanhumoristsinceMarkTwain.JamesGroverThurber

詹姆斯•瑟伯28OutlineHisLifeandTimesCareer

BibliographyevaluationOutlineHisLifeandTimes29Thankyou

Thankyou30HisLifeandTimes

HisLifeandTimes

31JamesThurberwasborninColumbus,Ohio.Hisfather,CharlesL.Thurber,wasaclerkandminorpolitician,whowentthroughmanyperiodsofunemployment.MaryThurber,hismother,wasastrong-mindedwomanandapracticaljoker(恶作剧者).

Thurberdescribedheras"aborncomedienne"and"oneofthefinestcomictalentsIthinkI'veeverknown."

JamesThurberwasborninColu32Thurberhadtwobrothers,WilliamandRobert.Once,whileplayingagame,hisbrothershotJamesintheeyewithanarrow,andThurberlostthateye.Thisinjurywouldlatercausehimtobecomealmostentirelyblind.Unableinchildhoodtoparticipateinsportsandactivitiesbecauseofhisinjury,hedevelopedacreativeimagination,whichheexpressedinhiswritings.

Thurberhadtwobrothers,Will33From1913to1918,Thurberattended

TheOhioStateUniversity,wherehewasamemberofthe

PhiKappaPsi

fraternity(联谊会).Henevergraduatedfromtheuniversitybecausehispooreyesightpreventedhimfromtakingamandatory

ROTC(后备军官训练)

course.

In1995hewasposthumously(于死后)awardedadegree.From1913to1918,Thurberatt34From1918to1920,atthecloseof

WorldWarI,Thurberworkedasacode

clerk

forthe

DepartmentofState,firstinWashington,D.C.,andthenatthe

Embassy(大使馆)oftheUnitedStates,Paris,France.AfterthisThurberreturnedtoColumbus,wherehebeganhiswritingcareerasareporterforthe

ColumbusDispatch

from1921to1924.Duringpartofthistime,hereviewedcurrentbooks,films,andplaysinaweeklycolumncalled“CredosandCurios,”atitlethatlaterwouldbegiventoaposthumouscollectionofhiswork.ThurberalsoreturnedtoParisinthisperiod,wherehewroteforthe

ChicagoTribune

(论坛)andothernewspapers.

From1918to1920,attheclos35In1925,Thurbermovedto

GreenwichVillage

inNewYorkCity,gettingajobasareporterforthe

NewYorkEveningPost.Hejoinedthestaffof

TheNewYorker

in1927asaneditor,withthehelpof

E.B.White,hisfriendandfellow

NewYorker

contributor.Hiscareerasacartoonistbeganin1930afterWhitefoundsomeofThurber‘sdrawingsinatrashcan(垃圾桶)andsubmittedthemforpublication;Thurbercontributedbothhiswritingsandhisdrawingsto

TheNewYorker

untilthe1950s.MovetoNewYorkIn1925,Thurbermovedto

Gree36

Thurberwasmarriedtwice.In1922,ThurbermarriedAltheaAdams.ThemarriagewastroubledandendedindivorceinMay1935.

TheyhadadaughterRosemarytogether,andlivedinFairfieldCounty,Connecticut.ThurberremarriedinJune1935toHelenWismer.Hewasagreatloverofdogs,andcompetedwidelyindogshowswithseveralpoodles(贵宾犬).Hediedin1961,attheageof66,duetocomplications(并发症)from

pneumonia,whichfolloweduponastroke(中风)sufferedathishome.Hislastwords,asidefromtherepeatedword"God,"were"Godbless...Goddamn,"accordingtoHelenThurber.Marriageandfamily

Marriageandfamily37Establishedin1997,theannual

ThurberPrize

honorsoutstandingexamplesofAmericanhumor.In2008,

TheLibraryofAmerica

selectedThurber’sstory,“ASortofGenius,”firstpublishedin

TheNewYorker,forinclusioninitstwo-centuryretrospective(回顾展)ofAmericanTrueCrime.TwoofhisresidenceshavebeenlistedontheU.S.

NationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces:hischildhood

ThurberHouse

inOhioandthe

Sanford-Curtis-ThurberHouse

in

FairfieldCounty,Connecticut.LegacyandhonorsEstablishedin1997,theannua38James-Thurber2汇总教学讲解课件39UniquelyamongmajorAmericanliteraryfigures,hebecameequallywellknownforhissimple,surrealistic(超现实主义的)drawingsandcartoons.Bothhisskillswerehelpedalongbythesupportof,andcollaborationwith,fellow

NewYorker

staffmember

E.B.White,whoinsistedthatThurber‘ssketchescouldstandontheirownasartisticexpressions.Thurberdrewsixcoversandnumerousclassicillustrations(插图)for

TheNewYorker.CareerCareer40writerManyofhisshortstoriesarehumorousfictionalmemoirsfromhislife,buthealsowrotedarkermaterial,suchas"TheWhip-Poor-Will,"astoryofmadnessandmurder.Hisbest-knownshortstoriesare"TheDogThatBitPeople"and

"TheNighttheBedFell";theycanbefoundin

MyLifeandHardTimes,thecreativemixofautobiographyandfictionwhichwashis"break-out"book.Amonghisotherclassicsare"TheSecretLifeofWalterMitty","The

CatbirdSeat","ACoupleofHamburgers","TheGreatestManintheWorld"and"If

Grant

HadBeenDrinkingat

Appomattox".

TheMiddle-AgedManontheFlyingTrapeze

hasseveralshortstorieswithatenseundercurrentofmaritaldiscord.Thebookwaspublishedtheyearofhisdivorceandremarriage.writer41Inadditiontohisotherfiction,Thurberwroteoverseventy-five

fables,mostofwhichwerecollectedin

FablesforOurTime&FamousPoemsIllustrated

(1940)and

FurtherFablesforOurTime

(1956).Thesewereshort,featuredanthropomorphicanimalsasmaincharacters,andendedwithamoralasatagline.Anexceptiontothisformatwashismostfamousfable,"TheUnicornintheGarden",whichfeaturedanall-humancastexceptfortheunicorn,whichdidn'tspeak.Thurber'sfableswere

satirical,andthemoralsservedas

punchlines

ratherthanadvicetothereader.Hisstoriesalsoincludedseveralbook-lengthfairytales,suchas

TheWhiteDeer

(1945),

The13Clocks

(1950)and

TheWonderfulO

(1957).ThelatterwasoneofseveralofThurber'sworksillustratedby

MarcSimont.Inadditiontohisotherficti42CartoonistWhileThurberdrewhiscartoonsintheusualfashioninthe1920sand1930s,hisfailingeyesightlaterrequiredchanges.Hedrewthemonverylargesheetsofpaperusingathickblackcrayon(蜡笔)(oronblackpaperusingwhitechalk).Regardlessofmethod,hiscartoonsbecameasnotedashiswritings;theypossessedaneerie(怪异的),wobblyfeelthatseemstomirrorhisidiosyncratic(特殊的)viewonlife.ThelastdrawingThurbercompletedwasaself-portrait(自画像)inyellowcrayononblackpaper,whichwasfeaturedasthecoveroftheJuly9,1951,issueof

TimeMagazine.Thesamedrawingwasusedforthedustjacketof

TheThurberAlbumCartoonist43James-Thurber2汇总教学讲解课件44Bibliography

Bibliography

45IsSexNecessary?or,WhyYouFeelTheWayYouDo,

(1929with

E.B.White)TheOwlintheAtticandOtherPerplexities,1931TheSealintheBedroomandOtherPredicaments,1932MyLifeandHardTimes,1933TheMiddle-AgedManontheFlyingTrapeze,1935LetYourMindAlone!andOtherMoreOrLessInspirationalPieces,1937TheLastFlower,1939TheMaleAnimal

(stageplay),1939(withElliotNugent)FablesforOurTimeandFamousPoemsIllustrated,1940MyWorldandWelcometoIt,1942ManyMoons,1943IsSexNecessary?or,WhyYou46Men,Women,andDogs,1943TheGreatQuillow,1944Th