德莱赛(个人简介及作品风格).pptVIP

$ Theodore Dreiser Major Writing Features Stressed determinism in his novels. His characters can’t assert their will against natural and economic forces. Truthfully reflecting the society and people in his time With relentless observation, Dreiser has a vivid description of environmental settings and social background and almost all of his main characters are based on the real people. Major Writing Features Depict real-life subjects in a harsh light. Dreisers principal concern was the conflict between human needs and the demands of society for material success. Dreisers great theme was the tremendous tensions that can arise among ambition, desire, and social morals. Major Writing Features Full of tragedies, serious subjects and miserable side of the society. His novels revealed the life of the lower class people and dared to expose the vulgar and ugly side of the society. His powerful frankness widens the social and sexual range possible for literature in America Style 1. Language: very awkward, crude [unrefined] on the bordering of line of grammar. 2. Serious in tone: never satirical or comic 3. Natural narrative method, free from artifice [deception]， based on quantities of materials and detailed descriptions. Achievement A great naturalist Though he has been a controversical figure in American literary history ,he showed a new way of presenting reality and inspired the writers of 1920s with courage and insights. Major works Fictions: Sister Carrie(1900) Jennie Gerhardt (1911) The Financier (1912) An American Tragedy (1925) Dramas: A Traveller at Forty A Book About Myself Other writers comments Alfred Kazin characterized Dreiser as stronger than all the others of his time, and at the same time more poignant; greater than the world he has described, but as significant as the people in it, Larzer Ziff (UC Berkeley) remarked that Dreiser succeeded beyond any of his predecessors or successors in produ