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1、GeorgeBernardShaw（1856-1950）Teachingobjectives:knowingGeorgeBernardShaw’slifeandimportantworksTeachingcontents:1.Introduction:hislife2.Mainworks3.Mrs. Warren's Profession3.1Maincharacters3.2Theplot3.3Thetheme4.Pygmalion1.Introduction:hisLifeGeorgeBernardShaw(1856-1950)wasborninDubl
2、in,thesonofacivilservant.Hismotherwasatalentedmusician.Hiseducationwasirregular,duetohisdislikeofanyorganizedtraining.Attheageof14,aftergraduatingfrommiddleschool,Shawwasplacedinalandagent’soffice.At20,hemovedtoLondonasayoungman(1876),wherehedevotedmuchtimetoself-educationandestabl
3、ishedhimselfasaleadingmusicandtheatrecriticintheeightiesandninetiesandbecameaprominentmemberoftheFabianSociety,forwhichhecomposedmanypamphlets.Hebeganhisliterarycareerasanovelist;asaferventadvocateofthenewtheatreofIbsen(TheQuintessenceofIbsenism,1891)hedecidedtowriteplaysinordertoi
4、llustratehiscriticismoftheEnglishstage.ThefrontofShaw'sCornerasitstandstodayShaw’scareerasadramatistbeganin1892andlastedsubstantiallyuntil1939,thoughhewrotehislastplaywhenhewasover90.BernardShawisanoutstandingrealisticdramatist.HisearliestdramaswerecalledappropriatelyPlaysPleasanta
5、ndUnpleasant(1898).Amongthese,Widower'sHousesandMrs.Warren'sProfession(1898)savagelyattacksocialhypocrisy,whileinplayssuchasArmsandtheMan(1894)andTheManofDestiny(1897)thecriticismislessfierce.Shawwrotealtogether52plays.InsomeofhisplaysShawrelentlesslycriticizestheevilsofthebourgeoi
6、ssocietyandtearstopiecesthemasksofgentlemenandladies.ThemovablehutinthegardenofShaw'sCorner,whereShawwrotemostofhisworksafter1906,includingPygmalion.FastFactsName:GeorgeBernardShawGender:MaleBirthDate:July6,1856DeathDate:November2,1950PlaceofBirth:Dublin,IrelandPlaceofDeath:AyotSt.
7、Lawrence,EnglandNationality:BritishOccupations:playwright,critic,pamphleteer2.MainworksWidower'sHouses(1892)Mrs. Warren's Profession(1898)Man and Superman(1903)Major Barbara(1907)Pygmalion( 1914)3.Mrs. Warren's Profession3.1MaincharactersMrs.Warren:abrothelkeeperSirGeorgeCrofts:ano
8、ldaristocrat,Mrs.Warren’sp
