萧伯纳-窈窕淑女

1、秦久雅 08121014 王琦 08121015 George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion/ My Fair Lady 秦久雅 08121014 George Bernard Shaw Born: 26 July 1856 Dublin, Ireland Died: 2 November 1950 (aged 94) Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England Occupation: Playwright, critic, political activist, essayist, novelist and short story wri

2、ter. Nationality: Irish Alma mater: Wesley College, Dublin Genre: Satire, black comedy Life A son of a grain merchant and a singer. Influenced by his reading, he became a dedicated socialist and a charter member of the Fabian Society, a middle-class organization established in 1884 to promote the gr

3、adual spread of socialism by peaceful means. Career Novelist Joined the Fabian socialist movement A critic of music, art, and the theatre. First play: Widowers House(1885) Reaching dramatic maturity in Arms and the Man (1894), Candida (1897), The Man of Destiny (1897), You Never Can Tell (1900). 63

4、palys Awards Nobel Prize in Literature (1925) . marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty. Oscar- The Academy Award (1938) Pygmalion Order of Merit (He declined) Works Education, marriage, religion, government, health care, and cla

5、ss privilege He attacked the illusions of history in Caesar and Cleopatra, and of romantic morality in The Devils Disciple. The governments reaction. Drama Plays Unpleasant (published 1898) oWidowers Houses (1892) oThe Philanderer (1893) oMrs Warrens Profession (1893) Plays Pleasant (published 1898)

6、: oArms and the Man (1894) oCandida (1894) How He Lied to Her Husband (1904) The Glimpse of Reality (1909) The Fascinating Foundling (1909) Press Cuttings (1909) Misalliance (1910) Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress (1917) The Dark Lady of the Sonnets (1910) Back to Methuselah (1921) oIn the Beginnin

7、g oThe Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas oThe Thing Happens oTragedy of an Elderly Gentleman oAs Far as Thought Can Reach The Apple Cart (1929) Too True To Be Good (1931) On the Rocks (1933) The Six of Calais (1934) The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles (1934) The Shewing Up of Blanco Posnet (1909) Ge

8、neva (1938) In Good King Charless Golden Days (1939) Buoyant Billions (1947) Immaturity Cashel Byrons Profession An Unsocial Socialist The Irrational Knot Love Among the Artists Novels The Black Girl in Search of God The Miraculous Revenge Short Stories 王琦 08121015 Pygmalion/My Fair Lady 皮格马里翁/匹克梅梁/

9、卖花女/窈窕淑女 Pygmalion, a Cypriot(赛浦洛斯) sculptor, carved a woman out of ivory and named her Galatea. -admit his desire that he quietly wished for a bride who would be the living likeness of my ivory girl. - he returned home and found that the ivory changed to a woman under Aphrodites(女神) blessing. -Pygm

10、alion married the ivory sculpture 1. Pygmalion (mythology) 2. My Fair Lady 2.1 Characteristic analysis 2.2 The main plot 2.3 Influence and purpose 2.1 Characteristic analysis Henry HigginsProfessor of phonetics(语言 学家) Eliza Doolittle flower girl Freddy Eynsford-Hill-Elizas suitor & genteel poverty(寒

11、酸的上流社会阶层) Colonel Pickeringgentleman Alfred P. Doolittle, Elizas father, a poor dustman 2.2 main story Pygmalion is named after a Greek mythological character. A rags-to-riches story about a flower girl The original script of Pygmalion My fair lady 2.2 The mian plot Sell flower to a gentelman Higgin

12、s claimed he could make Eliza into a duchess 1 3 2 4 Made a bet to train Eliza to a fair lady During the training Eliza overcome her accent Imperfect lady real duchess Eliza and Freddy 5 7 6 8 2.1 The mian plot Changes & Challenges dustman the gentry duchess flower girl Change of Eliza language change,not status change Bedraggled clothing - Decent dressing Cockney(伦敦东区口音) - Standard English The real change flower girl - duchess fake duchess - real independent woman Change of Alfred P. Doolittle poor-ri