美国文学 阿瑟.米勒( arthur miller)课件.pptVIP

Arthur Miller(1915-2005);;;;Beijing in Miller’s 1979 Writing;; Arthur Asher Miller, the son of a womens clothing company owner, was born in 1915 in New York City. His father lost his business in the Depression and the family was forced to move to a smaller home in Brooklyn. ;;Influence of The Great Depression on Miller;; Profoundly influenced by the Depression and the war that immediately followed it, Miller tapped into a sense of dissatisfaction and unrest within the greater American psyche. His probing dramas proved to be both the conscience and redemption of the times, allowing people an honest view of the direction the country had taken. ;;;; What occurs often in a miller play is that the hero finds himself under a pressure form his society and its ethics, tries in vain to extricate himself from the physical and spiritual quandary into which he has fallen and finds release only in death, often in the form of actual or virtual suicide. However, miller is not completely pessimistic. There is always a faith in the character and his life, though very often gloom overweighs hope ;Other themes of his play;;; All My Sons 《全是我儿子 》1947 Death of a Salesman 《推销员之死》1949 The Crucible 《炼狱》1953 the Salem witch trials; Relates to “the Red Scare”; McCarthyism麦卡锡主义；Opened at the Martin Beck (1/12) for 197 ; After the Fall 《坠落之后》1964 A View From the Bridge 《桥头眺望》1955 one-act version paired with another one actor, A Memory of Two Mondays. Opened at the Coronet (9/29) for 149 performances. The archbishop’s ceiling 《大主教的天花板》1977 ;;Background ;Background;Joe Keller;;Responsibility, Society and the Generation Gap;American Dream;;Wartime Profiteering ;Death;;;Historical Background;;;;;Major Characters;Willy Loman;Linda Loman?;Biff Loman;Happy Loman;Themes;The American Dream;;;Abandonment/Betrayal;;The Dangers of Modernity;ambivalence toward modern objects and the modern mindset. Modernity accounts for the obsolescence of Willy Lomans career--travelling sa