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英语文学导论 An Introduction to English Literature

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by George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) An Irish playwright,critic, and political activist, regarded as the greatest dramatist in the English language during the first half of the 20th Century for the plays he had written at the height of his creativity. 4

George Bernard Shaw 4 (1856 -1950) An Irish playwright, critic, and political activist, regarded as the greatest dramatist in the English language during the first half of the 20th Century for the plays he had written at the height of his creativity

Bernard Shaw in China (1933]

Bernard Shaw in China (1933)

The author In 1856,Shaw was born in Dublin,Ireland. In 1876,he went to London. In 1884,he joined the Fabian Society. ln⊥892，he started his career as a dramatist. In 1925,he won the Nobel Prize for literature. Shaw wrote more than 60 plays all his life

The author In 1856, Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland. In 1876, he went to London. In 1884, he joined the Fabian Society. In 1892, he started his career as a dramatist. In 1925, he won the Nobel Prize for literature. Shaw wrote more than 60 plays all his life

Major works Widowers'Houses (1892) Arms and the Man (1894) Mrs.Warren's Profession (1893) Caesar and Cleopatra (1898)Man and Superman (1902) Major Barbara(1905) Pygmalion (1912) Heartbreak House (1917) Saint Joan (1923) The Apple Cart(1929) 7

Major works Widowers' Houses (1892) Arms and the Man (1894) Mrs. Warren‘s Profession (1893) Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) Man and Superman (1902) Major Barbara (1905) Pygmalion (1912) Heartbreak House (1917) Saint Joan (1923) The Apple Cart (1929) 7

Stages of Production Before 1900,Shaw's first three full-length plays dealt with social issues.He later grouped them as "Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant". 1900-1909,Shaw's major plays of the first decade of the twentieth century address individual social,political or ethical issues. 1910-1919,Shaw wrote four full-length plays,some of which are among his most frequently staged works. 1920-1950,the shorter plays were generally comedies, some historical and others addressing various political and social preoccupations of the author

Stages of Production Before 1900, Shaw’s first three full-length plays dealt with social issues. He later grouped them as “Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant”. 1900-1909, Shaw's major plays of the first decade of the twentieth century address individual social, political or ethical issues. 1910-1919, Shaw wrote four full-length plays, some of which are among his most frequently staged works. 1920-1950, the shorter plays were generally comedies, some historical and others addressing various political and social preoccupations of the author

Style of Writing Shaw was a very witty satirist who loved to present people with the absurdity of their conventional way of thinking. His satires range widely over such subjects as heroism in war, physicians and their power over life and death,religion,the battle of the sexes,education,and heaven and hell

Style of Writing Shaw was a very witty satirist who loved to present people with the absurdity of their conventional way of thinking. His satires range widely over such subjects as heroism in war, physicians and their power over life and death, religion, the battle of the sexes, education, and heaven and hell

Shaw learned much from the plays on social problems by Ibsen at the start of his career.He championed Ibsen because he was not a"mere artist"but a practical man seeking to reform the world through drama

Shaw learned much from the plays on social problems by Ibsen at the start of his career. He championed Ibsen because he was not a “mere artist” but a practical man seeking to reform the world through drama