John Steinbeck的作品The Grapes of Wrath.pptVIP

* * * * * * * 1902-1968 John Steinbeck Made By: CONTENTS 01 BackgroundJohn Steinbeck 02 Education 03 Major works 04 The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck 01 Background In Salinas, CA February 27, 1902 Of German and Irish ancestry To father,John Steinbeck,Sr., a county treasurer To mother, Olive Steinbeck, a school teacher Graduated from Salinas High School in 1919 Attended Stanford University until 1925 when he left permanently without completing a degree Studied only those courses that interested him: literature, creative writing, and a bit of science 02 Education 03 Major works First novel: Cup of Gold (1929) 《金杯》 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 The Grapes of Wrath (1939) 《愤怒的葡萄》 his masterpiece for which Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for it in 1962 The Moon Is Down (1942) 《月亮下去了》 East of Garden (1952) 《伊甸园以东》 04 The Grapes of Wrath 1938 – New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award (Of Mice and Men) 1940 – Pulitzer Prize Fiction Award (The Grapes of Wrath) 1962 – Nobel Prize for Literature The background of the story Set during the Great Depression, the novel focuses on the Joads, a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home by drought, economic hardship, agricultural industry changes and bank foreclosures forcing tenant farmers out of work. Due to their nearly hopeless situation, and in part because they are trapped in the Dust Bowl, the Joads set out for California. Along with thousands of other Okies, they seek jobs, land, dignity, and a future. Source of the title --- A war song of the Civil War, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” 《共和国的战斗赞美诗》： Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord, He is tramping out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored “我的眼