文档介绍：Modern English Drama & e Bernard Shaw
Modern English Drama
Pioneers: (late 19th century) Oscar Wilde and e Bernard Shaw
Irish National Theater Movement( early 20th century) Yeats; ;Sean O’ Casey
Poetic drama: (1930s) . Eliot; Christopher Fry
Angry Young Man: (1950s) The working-class drama expressed a mood of restlessness, anger and frustration, a spirit of rebelliousness, and a strong emotional protest against the existing social institutions. John Osborne---Look Back in Anger
Theater of Absurd: human being living a meaningless life in an alien, decaying world. Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot
e Bernard Shaw
(1856-1950)
ic dramatist, literary critic, and socialist propagandist [,prɔpə'gændist] , winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.
爱尔兰剧作家,文学评论家,社会主义的宣传者,1925年因作品具有“理想主义”和“人道主义”, 获诺贝尔文学奖。
Shaw’s Birthplace in Dublin
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Born in an Irish protestant family.
father: an essful businessman;
mother : a musician of talent. received musical education from her and self-educated.
came to London in 1876, and worked as s novelist.
joined the socialist Fabian Society, and became a leading member.
1885 -1898 : the best music and dramatic critic of his time.
e Bernard Shaw
Dramatic writing: more than 50 plays ; began in 1892
Early plays: Widowers’ Houses(1893)《鳏夫的房产》
Mrs. Warren’s Profession(1894) 《华伦夫人的职业》
reveal social problems ----- ficticious morals and society
1910s, before WWI: a high productive period for Shaw :
Man and Superman (1903)《人与超人》
Major Barbara (1907)《芭芭拉上校》
Pygmalion (1914) 《卖花女》;《窈窕淑女》
Express his idea of “ Life Force”: the power that would create superior beings to be equal to God and to solve all the social, moral, and metaphysical problems of human society.
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WWI is a turning point for Shaw. His anti-war speeches and his mon Sense about the War made him the target of much criticism.
Heartbreak House (1919), 《伤心之家》
Saint Joan (1924) 《圣女贞德》
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Structure and Theme
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