美国文学John-Steinbeck-the-Grapes-of-Wrath-愤怒的葡萄课件.ppt

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1、THEGRAPESOFWRATHBYCYANJohnSteinbeckI.Socialbackground1)TheGreatDepressionin1930sTheWallStreetcrashinOct.24,1929,“thebottomdroppedofthestockmarket”Result:a.Thedimdecadeof1930sreplacedtheglittering1920s.Banksfailed,factoriesclosedandagriculturewithered;Joblessmillionsroamedthestreet;t

2、hebreadlessstretchedlong;Absolutepovertyandstruggledforsurvivalisanightmarishexperienceoflife.b.ThephysicalwastelandreplacedthespiritualwastelandrepresentedbyT.S.Eliot.MajorFeaturesofthe1930s’LiteratureContent:SocialinvolvementandconcernaboutthesocietyTechnique:therevivalofnaturalis

3、mandrealisminadditiontotheinfluenceofmodernismJohnSteinbeck(1902-1968)SalinasCalifornia(1902)Stanford(1919-1925)NewYork(1925)CupofGold（1929）PulitzerPrize(1940)NobelPrize(1962)WarCorrespondent(1966)III.Majorworks1.Firstnovel:CupofGold(1929)《金杯》2.Worker’sTrilogy:a.InDubiousBattle(1936

4、)《胜负未决》---Aboutthestrikebymigrantfarm-workersb.OfMiceandMen(1937)《人鼠之间》---themutualdependenceandshareddreamsofmigrantfarm-workersc.TheGrapesofWrath(1939)《愤怒的葡萄》hismasterpieceforwhichSteinbeckreceivedtheNobelPrizeforitin19623.TheMoonIsDown(1942)《月亮下去了》4.EastofGarden(1952)《伊甸园以东》Stein

5、beckbegantowriteaseriesof"Californianovels"andDustBowlfiction,setamongcommonpeopleduringtheGreatDepression.TheseincludedInDubiousBattle,OfMiceandMenandTheGrapesofWrath.TheGrapesofWrathThebookwontheNationalBookAwardandPulitzerPrizeforfiction.TheGrapesofWrathisfrequentlyreadinAmerican

6、highschoolandcollegeliteratureclassesduetoitshistoricalcontextandenduringlegacy.AcelebratedHollywoodfilmversionwasmadein1940.---Hisepicmasterpieceofsocialconsciousnessandacrisisnovel;---Apictureofhelplesspeoplecrushedbydroughtanddepression；---OneoftheclassicdocumentsoftheGreatDepres

7、sionPlotSetduringtheGreatDepression,thenovelfocusesontheJoads,apoorfamilyoftenantfarmersdrivenfromtheirOklahomahomebydrought,economichardship,agriculturalindustrychangesandbankforeclosuresforcingtenantfarmersoutofwork.Duetotheirnearlyhopelesssituation,andinpartbecausetheyweretrapped

8、intheDustBowl,theJo