John Steinbeck阅读作者介绍

7. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, with the honorary words, for “his realistic and imaginative writings, distinguished as they are by a sympathetic humor and a social perception.” “通过现实主义的、寓于想象的创作，表现出 富于同情的幽默和对社会的敏感观察” 8. He died of a heart attack on Dec.121, 1968 in New York.
4. Entering Stanford University in 1919 as an English major and left without a degree due to the disturbance of various jobs. 5. In 1925, he went of New York pursuing a literary profession, both as a newspaper reporter and a laborer 6. Publishing his masterpiece “The Grapes of Wrath” in 1939
c. The Grapes 《愤怒的葡萄》
of Wrath (1939)
His masterpiece for which Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for it in 1962
3. The Moon Is Down (1942) 《月亮下去了》 4. East of Garden (1952) 《伊甸园以东》
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Other works




《天堂牧场》 (The Pastures of Heaven) （1932） 《小红马》 (The Red Pony) （1933） 《大地的象征》 (To a God Unknown) （1933） 《煎饼坪》 (Tortilla Flat) （1935） The Long Valley （1938） 《被遗忘的村庄》 (The Forgotten Village) （1941） Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research （1941） The Wayward Bus （1947） 《珍珠》 (The Pearl) （1947） A Russian Journal （1948） 《燃烧的夜晚》 (Burning Bright) （1950） The Log from the Sea of Cortez （1951）
The Great Depression in 1930s The Wall Street crash in Oct. 24, 1929, “the bottom dropped of the stock market” Result: a. The dim decade of 1930s replaced the glittering 1920s. Banks failed, factories closed and agriculture withered; Jobless millions roamed the street; the breadless stretched long; Absolute poverty and struggled for survival is a nightmarish experience of life. b. The physical waste land replaced the spritual waste land represented by T. S. Eliot

II. Biography of John Steinbeck
1. Born in Salinas, California 2. Read widely especially in English classical literature under the influence of his schoolmaster mother 3. Supporting himself from childhood, working at a variety of manual jobs: ranch hand, trainee carpenter, painter, laborer and chemist, which provided first –hand materials, observations of the attitudes, manners and language of the working people, in particular, the migrant farm workers
John Steinbeck
Brief Introduction

生于加利福尼亚州的一个 中产阶级家庭。小时候生 活在小镇、乡村和牧场， 热爱乡野的自然风光。受 其母亲的熏陶，很早就接 触欧洲古典文学作品，深 受《圣经》亚瑟王传奇故 事的影响。1919年，进入 斯坦福大学攻读大学。
他熟悉社会底层的人 们， 他的许多作品都以他们 为主人公，表现了底层 人的善良、质朴的品格， 创造了“斯坦贝克式的 英雄”形象。30年代末， 蓬勃发展的工人运动使 斯坦贝克受到很大的影 响。1937年和1947年， 斯坦贝克两次访问北欧 和苏联。
John Steinbeck
斯坦贝克一生写了17 部小说，许多短篇故 事、电影和电视剧本， 以及非小说作品。由 于他“通过现实主义 的、富于想象的创作， 表现出富于同情的幽 默和对社会的敏感的 观察”，1962年获得 诺贝尔文学奖。
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III. Major works
1. First novel:
John Steinbeck
约翰·斯坦贝克
I. Social background II. Biography of John Steinbeck III. Major works
IV. Analysis of his masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath
I. Social background
Cup of Gold (1929)
《金杯》
2. Worker’s Trilogy:
a. In
Dubious Battle (1936)
《胜负未决》
--- About the strike by migrant farm-workers
b. Of
Mice and Men (1937)
《人鼠之间》
--- the mutual dependence and shared dreams of migrant farm-workers
IV. Analysis of his masterpiece, “The Grapes of Wrath”

“I wrote The Grapes of Wrath in one hundred days, but many years of preparation preceded it. I take a hell of a long time to get started. The actual writing is the last process.”