西北师范大学美国文学通史课件 Chapter 19 Colonial Period.ppt

D. His Themes: Williams deals with themes such as violence, sex, and homosexuality. Ⅵ Arthur Miller (1915 ?2005) A. His Life Arthur Miller was the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants, Isidore and Augusta Miller.His father, an illiterate but wealthy businessman. The family lived on East 110th Street in Manhattan and owned a summer house in Far Rockaway, Queens. In the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the family lost almost everything and moved to Gravesend, Brooklyn. As a teenager, Miller delivered bread every morning before school to help the family make ends meet.After graduating in 1932 from Abraham Lincoln High School, he worked at several menial jobs to pay for his college tuition. At the University of Michigan, Miller first majored in journalism and worked as a reporter and night editor for the student paper, the Michigan Daily. In 1938, Miller received a BA in English. After graduation, he joined the Federal Theater Project, a New Deal agency established to provide jobs in the theater. On August 5, 1940, he married his college sweetheart, Mary Slattery, the Catholic daughter of an insurance salesman. The couple had two children, Jane and Robert. Robert, a writer and film director, produced the 1996 movie version of The Crucible. Millers younger sister is the actress Joan Copeland. B. His Works: The Man Who Had All the Luck jixing 《吉星高照的人》 All My Sons 《吾子吾弟》 Death of a Salesman《推销员之死》 The Crucible 《严峻考验》 A View from the Bridge 《桥头眺望》 Collected Plays 《戏剧全集》 After the Fall 《堕落之后》 Incident at Vichy 《维希事件》 The Price 《代价》(1968) The Creation of the World and Other Business 《创世纪 》 The Archbishop‘s Ceiling 《大主教的天花板》(1977) The Last Yankee 《最后的美国佬》(1991) Broken Glass 《碎玻璃》(1994) C. His Masterpiece ?? Death of a Salesman 1. Plot: (P306?P311) 2. Themes: The American Dream? Willy believes wholeheartedly in what he considers the promise of the American Dream—that a “well liked” and “personally attractive” man in business will indubitably and de