Frank_Norris

1、Frank Norris(1870-1902)contentslifeworkscommentsa. Born in Chicagob. Moved to San Franciscoc. Went to London and Paris to study artd. Entered the University of Californiae. Studied at the Harvard Universityf. Worked as a journalist in the West1.Life2. Major works Moran of the Lady Letty (1898) McTea

2、gue : A Story of San Francisco (1899) A Mans Woman (1900) The Octopus: A Story of California (1901) The Pit: A Story of Chicago (1903) Vandover and the Brute (1914)McTeague McTeague is a novel by Frank Norris, first published in 1899. It tells the story of a couples courtship and marriage, and their

3、 subsequent descent into poverty, violence and finally murder as the result of jealousy and avarice. McTeague a. a naturalistic manifestob. a case study of the inevitable effect of environment and heredity on human lives c. McTeagues tragedy lies in the fact that he cannot shake himself free of the

4、brutalizing influences destined to destroy him as a man, and must return to the state of primitivism and elementalism . It describes the raising of wheat in California, and conflicts between the wheat growers and a railway company. The book emphasized the control of forces such as wheat and railroads over individuals. The Octopusa. The symbolic meaning of the titleb. The helpless fate of the American farmersc. A typical case of Dyke The Octopus 3.Influence Norris represented a sharp break with the genteel tradition in American literature, and exercised a great influence on the wri