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Dreiser : brief introduction
Dreiser’s main works
Dreiser’s writing features
An analysis of “Sister Carrie”
Conclusion and homework
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Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop
of them hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand
tricks on him with impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the
neighborhood.
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
The minister started to his feet, gasping for breath, and clutching at his heart
as if he would have torn out of his bosom.
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn
Early to bed, and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.
Poor Richard’s Almanac by Benjamin Franklin
ONE'S-SELF I sing--a simple, separate Person;Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-masse.
One’s Self I Sing
by Walt Whitman
We dasn’t stop at any town, for days and days; kept right along down the river.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945)
American author
outstanding representative of naturalism
his novels depict
real-life subjects in a harsh light.
Dreiser : brief introduction
in Indiana, in 1871 to a German-speaking family.
The tenth of ten surviving children in the family(three others died as infants)
Attended Indiana University (1889 – 1890) with the help from a teacher.
Involved in several campaigns against social injustice.
He was left—oriented and became a member of CP in 1945.
Died in 1945 in Hollywood California.
Main Works
Novels
Sister Carrie 《嘉莉妹妹》
Jennie Gerhardt 《珍妮姑娘》
The Financier 《金融家》
An American Tragedy《美国的悲剧》
The Titan 《巨人》
The Genius《天才》“Trilogy of Desire”
The Stoic 《斯多葛》(after death )
Dreiser’s writing features--style
1. Formless and awkward and dull.
2. Solid and intensely interesting with simple but highly moving characters.
3. He is good