Ralph Ellison 拉尔夫归纳.埃里森归纳.pptVIP

优选文档 * * * * * * * * * * * * Ralph Ellison拉尔夫·埃里森 1914--1994 优选文档 * Ralph Ellison Named after Ralph Waldo Emerson in the hope that he would turn out to be a great writer, Ralph Waldo Ellison was born and raised in Oklahoma（美国俄克拉荷马州） 优选文档 * His father was a businessman and construction foreman. His father died when he was 3 years old. His mother was a domestic maid. Though poverty-stricken, the mother tried her best to keep her son in school. Ralph was so excellent in school that he won a state scholarship in 1933 to the well-known Tuskegee Institute(now Tuskegee University)塔斯克基大学to study music. 优选文档 * In 1936, Ellison met the writer Richard Wright, who encouraged him to be a writer rather than a musician. With Wright’s encouragement, Ellision began writing reviews and short stories. From 1970 to 1979, Ellison was a professor at New York University. In 1985, he became one of the first recipients of the National Medal of Arts. 优选文档 * Ellison died on April 16, 1994, of pancreatic cancer, but his works continue to be published. In 1996, Flying Home and other stories was published after being discovered in his home.? Ellison is often criticized for not using his writing as a propaganda tool to elevate the black man in society. 优选文档 * Main Works Shadow and Act 《影子与行动》1964 Going to the Territory 《走向领域》 1986 优选文档 * Main Works Invisible Man 《看不见的人》1952 Juneteenth 《六月庆典》 1999 优选文档 * Invisible Man 《看不见的人》 优选文档 * About the Book Starting from 1945, Ellison had been working on it, which did not appear in print until 1952. The book is about a nameless black man’s search for his identity and place in society. The book won the National Book Award（美国国家图书奖） in 1953 and many other prizes. 优选文档 * 优选文档 * * * * * * * * * * * *