LaoShe老舍英文介绍.pptx
IntroductionShuQingchun,Manchuethnicity(满族)Chinesenovelistanddramatist.Oneofthemostsignificantfiguresof20thcenturyChineseliterature,Rickshaw Boy(骆驼祥子),Teahouse(茶馆).HisworksareknownespeciallyfortheirvividuseoftheBeijingdialect.第1页/共17页EarlylifePoorfamily,BeijingFatherdiedinastreetbattlewiththe Eight-PowerAlliedForces(八国联军).BeijingNormalThirdHighSchool(1913)BeijingNormalUniversity(1913-1918)第2页/共17页TeachingandWritingCareerAdministratorandfacultymember,primaryandsecondaryschoolsinBeijingandTianjing.(1918-1924)InfluencedbytheMayFourthMovement(1919).London,Englishliterature,(especiallyDickens)CheelooUniversityandShandongUniversity.(1930-1937)UnitedStates,atwo-yearculturalgrantsponsoredbytheStateDepartment,lecturingandoverseeingthetranslationofseveralofhisnovels.(1946)第3页/共17页LifeinthePeoplesRepublicofChinaHeexperiencedmistreatmentintheCulturalRevolutionofthemid-1960s.RedGuardsoftheCulturalRevolutionhadattackedhimasacounterrevolutionary.Greatlyhumiliatedbothmentallyandphysically,he committedsuicidebydrowninghimselfinBeijingsTaipingLakein1966.第4页/共17页HewasmarriedtothefamouspainterHuJieqingandtheyhadfourchildren,onesonandthreedaughters.第5页/共17页WorksRickshawBoy(1936)ItdescribesthetragiclifeofarichshawpullerinBeijingofthe1920sandisconsideredtobeaclassicofmodernChineseliterature.第6页/共17页CrescentMoonSiShiTongTangCatCountryThePhilosophyofOldZhang第7页/共17页Writingstyle:Worksaremostlytakenfrompubliclife,whichhavedevelopedimportantsubjectareasformodernChineseliterature.:Hisdescriptionofnaturalscenery,thewaysoftheworld,customfashion,usingspokenmasses,areshowingastrongBeijingflavor.:Criticismofculturaltraditionanddevelopmentofanti-imperialismandpatriotism第8页/共17页TeahouseTeahouseisaplayinthreeacts,setinateahousecalledYuTaiinBeijingfrom1898untiltheeveofthe1949revolution.Firstpublishedin1957,theplayisasocialandculturalcommentaryontheproblems,culture,andchangeswithinChinaduringtheearlytwentiethcentury.Atthebackgroundoftheriseanddeclineintheteahouse,hedescribessocialvisageofourcountrythroughthechangesofcharacters.Itrevealsturbulenceanddarknessofsemi-colonialandsemi-feudalsociety.第9页/共17页Act1:AfterthefailureofWuxuReformin1898,WangLifadidexcellentbusinessinteahouse,attractingpeopleinvarioustrades.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 a dilemma.第10页/共17页WangLifaHeisaselfsish,slipperyandsociablebusinessman.Whenpolicemenmaketroubletohim,hewillflatterthem.Butactuallyheisanhonestmanjustwanttodobusinessinastableenvironment.Intheend,hecantresistagainstevilforce.Afterteahouseisoccupied,hehangshimself.第11页/共17页Artisticfeatures1.SpecialdramaticconflictHeusesTechniqueofsilhouette(剪影式)toshowdifferentkindsofpeopleinthesociety.EverylittleconflictsbetweencharactersimpliescontradictionsbetweenpeopleandOldtime.第12页/共17页2.DistinctdramaticstructureTeahousehasntacompleteplotcluebutthroughcharactersexercisespushingforwardtheplay,itcalled“Thetypeofpicture”.(图卷式)3.RefineddramaticlanguageHeusesrefined,humorousandpersonalizedlanguagewithhiddenmessage.ItisalsofullofstronglocalfeatureoftheBeijingdialect.第13页/共17页LaoSheTeahouseItisnamedaftertheplayTeahouse,builtin1988.Guestscanenjoytheopera,dramaandotherexcellentperformanceswithtastingallkindsofgoods,tea,andBeijingsnacks.第14页/共17页第15页/共17页第16页/共17页感谢您的观看!第17页/共17页