Lao She老舍英文介绍说课材料.ppt

1、Lao She,Teahouse,Introduction,Shu Qingchun, Manchuethnicity（满族） Chinesenovelistanddramatist. One of the most significant figures of 20th centuryChinese literature, Rickshaw Boy(骆驼祥子) ,Teahouse(茶馆). His works are known especially for their vivid use of theBeijing dialect.,Early life,Poor family，Beiji

2、ng Father died in a street battle with the Eight-Power Allied Forces(八国联军). Beijing Normal Third High School（1913） Beijing Normal University（1913-1918）,Teaching and Writing Career,Administrator and faculty member ，primary and secondary schools in Beijing andTianjing. （1918-1924） Influenced by theMay

3、 Fourth Movement (1919). London ，English literature , (especiallyDickens ） Cheeloo University andShandong University.（1930-1937） United States ，a two-year cultural grant sponsored by the State Department, lecturing and overseeing the translation of several of his novels. （1946）,Life in the Peoples R

4、epublic of China,He experienced mistreatment in theCultural Revolution of the mid-1960s. Red Guardsof the Cultural Revolution had attacked him as a counterrevolutionary. Greatly humiliated both mentally and physically, he committedsuicideby drowning himself in Beijings Taiping Lake in 1966.,He was m

5、arried to the famous painterHuJieqing and they had four children, one son and three daughters.,Works,Rickshaw Boy（1936） It describes the tragic life of a richshawpuller inBeijing of the 1920s and is considered to be a classic of modern Chinese literature.,Crescent Moon Si Shi Tong Tang Cat Country T

6、he Philosophy of Old Zhang,Writing style,1.content： Worksaremostlytakenfrompubliclife,which havedevelopedimportantsubjectareasformodernChinese literature. 2.Language：Hisdescriptionofnaturalscenery,thewaysoftheworld,customfashion,usingspokenmasses,areshowingastrongBeijingflavor. 3.theme： Criticism of

7、 cultural tradition and development of anti-imperialism and patriotism,Teahouse,Teahouseis a play in three acts, set in a teahouse called Yu Tai in Beijing from 1898 until the eve of the 1949 revolution. First published in 1957, the play is a social and cultural commentary on the problems, culture,

8、and changes within China during the early twentieth century. At the background of the rise and decline in the teahouse, he describes social visage of our country through the changes of characters. It reveals turbulence and darkness of semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.,Act 1:,After the failure o

9、f Wuxu Reform in 1898，Wang Lifa did excellent business in teahouse，attracting people in various trades.,Act 2:,Although Wang Lifa racked his brain to improving，teahouse business was in a tough time under the warlords in the 1910s.,Act3:,After the victory of WW II, all people of righteousness were in

10、 a dilemma.,Wang Lifa,He is a selfsish, slippery and sociable businessman. When policemen make trouble to him, he will flatter them. But actually he is an honest man just want to do business in a stable environment. In the end， he cant resist against evil force. After teahouse is occupied，he hangs h

11、imself.,Artistic features,1. Special dramatic conflict He uses Technique of silhouette（剪影式）to show different kinds of people in the society. Every little conflicts between characters implies contradictions between people and Old time.,2. Distinct dramatic structure Teahouse hasnt a complete plot clu

12、e but through characters exercises pushing forward the play, it called “The type of picture”.(图卷式) 3. Refined dramatic language He uses refined，humorous and personalized language with hidden message. It is also full of strong local feature of the Beijing dialect.,Lao She Teahouse,It is named after the play Teahouse