Bernard-Shaw-英美文学课堂PPT

BernardShawandOscarWildeGeorgeBernardShawAnIrishplaywrightMaintalentwasfordrama--prevailingsocialproblemsTheFabianSocietyMajorWorksWidowers'Houses(1892)Mrs.Warren'sProfession(1893)ThePhilanderer(1898)St.Joan(1923)OscarWildeAnIrishwriterandpoetSentencetwoyear’shardlaborforhomosexualoffencesEpigrams,playsandthecircumstancesofhisimprisonmenteg.Alwaysforgiveyourenemies;nothingannoysthemsomuch.MajorWorkThePictureofDorianGray(1891)Sphinx(1894)AWomanofNoImportance(1892)AnIdealHusband(1895)TheHappyPrinceandOtherTales(1888)ComparisonBetweenThemAesthetic——Artforart’ssakeVS.Realistic——toreflecthumanlifeBackgroundDevelopmentBernardShaw’sviewpointonliteratureIbsen’sinfluenceShawwasstronglyagainstthecredoof“artforart’ssake”whichwasheldbyOscarWilde,therepresentativeofthosedecadentaestheticartists.Heheldthatartshouldservesocialpurposebyreflectinghumanlife,exposingsocialcontradictionsandeducatingthepeople.