《英国文学》课程PPT教学课件（English Literature）Part IX 5 Shaw

George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950

George Bernard Shaw 1856–1950

George Bernard Shaw(1856-1950) -A modern dramatist 1856-1950,Irish playwright and critic. He revolutionized the Victorian stage,then dominated by artificial(虚伪的)melodramas, by presenting vigorous(富有活力的)）dramas of ideas. In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature melodrama:['eledra:ma]n.音乐剧，通俗剧

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) -A modern dramatist ❖ 1856–1950, Irish playwright and critic. ❖ He revolutionized the Victorian stage, then dominated by artificial(虚伪的) melodramas, by presenting vigorous(富有活力的) dramas of ideas. ❖ In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature - melodrama: ['melədrɑ:mə] n. 音乐剧,通俗剧

I.The development of 20th century English drama II.Shaw's life and writing II.Shaw's reform ideas IV.His major works

❖ I. The development of 20th century English drama ❖ II. Shaw's life and writing ❖ II. Shaw's reform ideas ❖ IV. His major works

V.Shaw's literary ideas VI.The main characteristics of Bernard Shaw's plays VII.The features of Shaw's plays VIII.The theme of Shaw's Mrs.Warren's profession

❖ V. Shaw's literary ideas ❖ VI. The main characteristics of Bernard Shaw's plays ❖ VII. The features of Shaw's plays ❖ VIII. The theme of Shaw's Mrs. Warren's profession

I.The development of 20th century English drama 1.Oscar Wilde 2.George Bernard Shaw 3.John Galsworthy G.B.SHAW 4.W.B.Yeats

I. The development of 20th century English drama ❖ 1. Oscar Wilde ❖ 2. George Bernard Shaw ❖ 3. John Galsworthy ❖ 4. W. B. Yeats

*5.T.S.Eliot 6.Christopher Fry 7.The working-class drama and Angry Young Man 8.Theater of Absurd and Samuel Beckett

❖ 5. T. S. Eliot ❖ 6. Christopher Fry ❖ 7. The working-class drama and Angry Young Man ❖ 8. Theater of Absurd and Samuel Beckett

The most celebrated dramatists in the last decade of the 19th century were Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw,who,in a sense,pioneered the modern drama, though they did not make so many innovations in techniques and forms as modernist poets or novelists

❖ The most celebrated dramatists in the last decade of the 19th century were Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, who, in a sense, pioneered the modern drama, though they did not make so many innovations in techniques and forms as modernist poets or novelists

1.Oscar Wilde Wilde expressed a satirical and bitter attitude towards the upper-class people by revealing their corruption,their snobbery, and their hypocrisy in his plays,especially in his masterpiece,The Importance of Being Earnest(1895)

❖ 1. Oscar Wilde ❖ Wilde expressed a satirical and bitter attitude towards the upper-class people by revealing their corruption, their snobbery, and their hypocrisy in his plays, especially in his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)

2.George Bernard Shaw Shaw isis considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare whose works are examples of the plays inspired by social criticism

❖ 2. George Bernard Shaw ❖ Shaw is is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare whose works are examples of the plays inspired by social criticism

÷3.John Galsworthy John Galsworthy carried on this tradition of social criticism in his plays

❖ 3. John Galsworthy ❖ John Galsworthy carried on this tradition of social criticism in his plays