萧伯纳 窈窕淑女.ppt

George Bernard ShawPygmalion/ My Fair Lady 秦久雅王琦 George Bernard Shaw 秦久雅 Life A son of a grain merchant and a singer. Influenced by his reading, he became a dedicated socialist and a charter member of the Fabian Society, a middle-class organization established in 1884 to promote the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means. Career Novelist Joined the Fabian socialist movement A critic of music, art, and the theatre. First play: Widowers House(1885) Reaching dramatic maturity in Arms and the Man (1894), Candida (1897), The Man of Destiny (1897), You Never Can Tell (1900). 63 palys Awards Nobel Prize in Literature (1925) ... marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty. Oscar- The Academy Award (1938) Pygmalion Order of Merit (He declined) Works Education, marriage, religion, government, health care, and class privilege He attacked the illusions of history in Caesar and Cleopatra, and of romantic morality in The Devil’s Disciple. The government’s reaction. Drama Pygmalion/My Fair Lady皮格马里翁/匹克梅梁/卖花女/窈窕淑女 王琦1. Pygmalion (mythology) Pygmalion, a Cypriot(赛浦洛斯) sculptor, carved a woman out of ivory and named her Galatea. ----admit his desire that he quietly wished for a bride who would be the living likeness of my ivory girl. ---- he returned home and found that the ivory changed to a woman under Aphrodites(女神) blessing. ----Pygmalion married the ivory sculpture 2. My Fair Lady 2.1 Characteristic analysis 2.2 The main plot 2.3 Influence and purpose 2.1 Characteristic analysis Henry Higgins－Professor of phonetics(语言学家) Eliza Doolittle－ flower girl Freddy Eynsford-Hill--Elizas suitor genteel poverty(寒酸的上流社会阶层) Colonel Pickering－gentleman Alfred P. Doolittle, Elizas father, a poor dustman 2.2 main story Pygmalion is named after a Greek mythological character. A rags-to-riches story about a flower girl The original script of Pygmalion≠