George Bernard Shaw简介
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• 1.The early period • A. Major works • Cashel Byron's Profession . • Widower's Houses . • Candida • Mrs. Warren's Profession • B. The theme : • His early plays were mainly concerned with social problems
and directed towards the criticism of the contemporary social ,economic ,moral and religious evils.
• 2.The middle period :
• A. Major works :
• a. Caesar and Cleopatra and St.Joan b. Shaw also produced several plays , exploring his idea of "Life Force ". The typical examples of this group are Man and Superman and Back to Methuselah . c. Shaw wrote plays on miscellaneous subjects :
Between 1879 and 1883, he started to attend public meetings. In 1884, he joined the Fabian Society.
From 1885, he served as a critic of music and drama, he introduced a new standard in judging performers and composers.
• B.The works :
Too True to Be Good
Shaw’s Literary Ideas
Art should serve social purposes: reflecting human life revealing social contradictions educating the common people
My Fair Lady《窈窕淑女》
Life experience
He was interested in literature, music and art. He left school at 14 and started to work.
He had much contact with the poor people and came to know their miserable life.
When the First World War broke out, he denounced those imperialist war-launchers in his book, Common Sense About the War.
In 1925, he won the Nobel Prize.
His criticism: witty, biting, and often brilliant
Against: the credo of "art for art's sake" Purpose: draw people’s attention to
social problems Condemned: the "well made" but cheap,
Genres: Satire and Black comedy
Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature (1925, for the humanism and idealism in his works), Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay (1938 Pygmalion《卖花女》
• The Apple Cart
• John Bull 's other Island
• Pygmalion
• 3.The later period :
• A. The features : In the 1930s, Shaw continued his dramatic career and wrote several plays ,but his satire became weaker and less effectual .
Maintain —— Art should serve social purposes by reflecting human life, revealing social contradictions and educating the common people.
He visited the former Soviet Union in 1931.
In 1933, he visited China and met Madam Song Qingling and Mr. Lu Xun.
He died at 1950.
Shaw’s career and main works:
hollow plays
Scene Ⅲ
PoiLeabharlann Baiduts of View
—— ACT Ⅰ Fabian Ideas
——ACT Ⅱ Artistic View
Realistic playwright
Against —— “Art for art’ s sake”
Condemn —— the “well-made” but cheap, hollow plays
George Bernard Shaw
Born: July,26th,1856 Died: November,2nd,1950
Nationality: Irish
Career: Playwright, Essayist, Novelist, Short story writer
Representative works: Saint Joan(圣女贞德), Heartbreak House(伤心之家) and so on
and directed towards the criticism of the contemporary social ,economic ,moral and religious evils.
• 2.The middle period :
• A. Major works :
• a. Caesar and Cleopatra and St.Joan b. Shaw also produced several plays , exploring his idea of "Life Force ". The typical examples of this group are Man and Superman and Back to Methuselah . c. Shaw wrote plays on miscellaneous subjects :
Between 1879 and 1883, he started to attend public meetings. In 1884, he joined the Fabian Society.
From 1885, he served as a critic of music and drama, he introduced a new standard in judging performers and composers.
• B.The works :
Too True to Be Good
Shaw’s Literary Ideas
Art should serve social purposes: reflecting human life revealing social contradictions educating the common people
My Fair Lady《窈窕淑女》
Life experience
He was interested in literature, music and art. He left school at 14 and started to work.
He had much contact with the poor people and came to know their miserable life.
When the First World War broke out, he denounced those imperialist war-launchers in his book, Common Sense About the War.
In 1925, he won the Nobel Prize.
His criticism: witty, biting, and often brilliant
Against: the credo of "art for art's sake" Purpose: draw people’s attention to
social problems Condemned: the "well made" but cheap,
Genres: Satire and Black comedy
Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature (1925, for the humanism and idealism in his works), Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay (1938 Pygmalion《卖花女》
• The Apple Cart
• John Bull 's other Island
• Pygmalion
• 3.The later period :
• A. The features : In the 1930s, Shaw continued his dramatic career and wrote several plays ,but his satire became weaker and less effectual .
Maintain —— Art should serve social purposes by reflecting human life, revealing social contradictions and educating the common people.
He visited the former Soviet Union in 1931.
In 1933, he visited China and met Madam Song Qingling and Mr. Lu Xun.
He died at 1950.
Shaw’s career and main works:
hollow plays
Scene Ⅲ
PoiLeabharlann Baiduts of View
—— ACT Ⅰ Fabian Ideas
——ACT Ⅱ Artistic View
Realistic playwright
Against —— “Art for art’ s sake”
Condemn —— the “well-made” but cheap, hollow plays
George Bernard Shaw
Born: July,26th,1856 Died: November,2nd,1950
Nationality: Irish
Career: Playwright, Essayist, Novelist, Short story writer
Representative works: Saint Joan(圣女贞德), Heartbreak House(伤心之家) and so on