英美短篇小_说Unit_16_Neighbour_Rosicky教材教学课件.pptVIP

_____Willa Cather;Brief Introduction; “The greatest woman writer since the  founding of the United States ” “ A defender of spiritual beauty in the process of material civilization. ”;; In 1944, she was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts, the highest gold medal eligible hospital. Her work is known as American Literature pearl. ;Chronicle;1902 - travels in Europe with Isabella McClung. 1903 - publishes a book of poetry, April Twilights, and meets Edith Lewis. 1905 - publishes a collection of short stories The Troll Garden. 1906 - moves to New York City, where she takes a position as managing editor of the McClures magazine. 1908 - meets and befriends New Hampshire regional writer Sarah Orne Jewett,? who becomes a great inspiration for her later works. She also begins to share an apartment with Edith Lewis, and they live together until her death. ;Works;These novels announced her themes of strong women, the fight against provincial life, and the dying of the pioneer tradition. Writing features of Willa Cather ‘s works full of vitality and philosophy and the figures are vivid. novels without furniture“ Willa Cather ‘s review and reappear ;Neighbour Rosicky;Part 1;;Part 2;;Part 3; Rosicky spends his time that winter staying indoors doing carpentry and tailoring. He kept all of his tools in on a shelf in “Father’s corner.” While sewing, he begins thinking about his past tailoring in New York City when he first came to America. Although his wages were adequate, he did not save any money because he loaned it out to friends, went to the opera, and spent it on girls. He was unhappy in the city, and realized that he needed to be in contact with the earth; so at the age of 35, he moved west to Nebraska to start a new life as a farmer.;Part 4;;Part 5; This is followed by numerous stories told back and forth amongst the family, one of which recounts an episode when Rosicky was in London and stole a goose from his land