单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,英美文学与电影English and American Literature&Movies,Unit 7,GEORGE BERNARD SHAW,(18561950),Contents,George Bernard Shaw,Pygmalion,English Movies Appreciation,Questions for Discussion,For ambitious reader,George Bernard Shaw,乔治伯纳萧,(18561950),(1)He is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare.,(2)Most of his plays can be termed as problem plays.(3)Thematically speaking,he writes about the relations between men and women,husband and wife,and parents and children;the problems of conscience,character and disposition;the problems of individual and society.,是自莎士比以来英国最伟大的戏剧家,出生地:爱尔兰的都柏林,重要成就:五部长篇小说,51个剧本,剧本:第一部戏剧集?不愉快的戏剧?Plays Unpleasant,18921893),戏剧集的第一个剧本?鳏夫的房产?(Widowers Houses1892),第三个剧本?华伦夫人的职业?Mrs.Warrens Profession,1893,其它重要剧本:?人与超人?Man and Superman,1903,?巴巴拉少校?Major Barbara,1905,?安乔克利斯于狮子?Androcles and the Lion,?皮格马利翁?(Pygmalion,1913),?伤心之家?Heartbreak Houses,1917,?苹果车?The Apple Cart,1930,?圣女贞德?Saint Joan,1924等。,Pygmalion,Pygmalion is a carefully worked study of the developing relationship between a“creator and his“creation.It describes the transformation of a flower-selling girl of lower class,Eliza Doolittle,into a duchess by a phonetician Professor Henry Higgins.,作品赏析,?皮格马利翁?(Pygmalion,1913),?皮格马利翁?是肖伯纳最受欢送的剧作之一。语音学家亨利希金斯(Henry Higgins)为了证明自己关于语言和阶级的观点,与朋友皮克林(Pickering)打赌,要将一个操伦敦方言、未接受过教育的下层女子改变成具有上流社会风度、英语口音纯粹的女性。在他的指导下,伦敦东区街头一位粗俗的卖花女伊莉莎杜利特尔(Eliza Doolittle)通过反复模仿训练,学会了说标准英语,并且变得谈吐得体、举止淑雅。当她参加外国大使夫人的茶会时,竞被人认为是一位公主。希金斯完成了精心塑造工作,在打赌中获胜,但伊莉莎却开始对抗他的自说自话和跋扈举止,要从他的专横中解脱出来。剧本以希金斯成认伊莉莎的自由独立,两人休战为结局。萧伯纳在跋中说伊莉莎嫁给了剧中另一位人物,温顺的弗雷德(Freddy)。,?皮格马利翁?在一定意义上是关于爱情、英国等级社会和语言学习的人文喜剧,其间曲折层层,妙趣横生,演出时倍受欢送。该剧后被改编为音乐剧?窈窕淑女?(My Fair Lady,1957)搬上银幕,获得巨大成动。与他的其他剧作一样。萧伯纳也将这部戏剧作为鞭挞社会的手段,在该剧中,他所揭露的英国人的伪善、残酷、形式主义和拘于习俗,既让人发笑,又让人深思,其中包含的深刻思想,至今依然具有一种真王的戏剧活力。另一方面,在突出剧作的思想性时,他也相当了解戏剧的规律,采用外表效果和刻意出奇表现得毫不犹豫,,其技巧上最突出的特点是讨论,该剧的结尾就是伊莉莎和希金斯关于两人关系的深入对话。摒弃情节而注重讨论源于萧伯纳对语言本身的信心。,剧作中的讨论不仅有挖苦的幽默,而且文字坚实明朗。具有韵律之美,节奏丰富的言辞,锋利辛辣的挖苦,形成一种活泼而内敛的风格,引人深思,耐人寻味。此外,剧中伊莉莎和希金斯唇枪舌剑式的讨论,尽管不如情节曲折离奇,但一样可以有面对面的冲突,使故事有想像不到的开展,所以剧作中的讨论并不令人厌倦。在这部作品中,萧伯纳充分发挥了他的戏剧天才,以敏锐的眼光观察现实,用机智的技巧表现生活,正是这为他赢得了不朽的地位。?皮格马利翁)这部作品表现出语言对人的巨大影响,剧中的伊莉莎通过学习语言而改变了自己的命运,这一情节颇值得深思玩味。,Comedy Film喜剧片/Musical Play(音乐剧My Fair Lady(窈窕淑女)(Pygmalion)?皮格马利翁?,1964年上映的?窈窕淑女?是根据萧伯纳的?皮格马利翁?改编,由华纳兄弟Warner Bros影业出品,获第37届1965年奥斯卡最正确男演员奖、最正确导演奖、最正确音乐奖、最正确画面奖,最正确音响奖,My Fair Lady,(1964)won Oscar Best Actor:Rex Harrison;Best Director:George Cuko;Best Music;Best Picture:Jack L.Warner;Best Sound:George Groves()(Warner Bros.SSD);Nominated Oscar Best Film Editing:William H.Ziegler;Best Supporting Actor:Stanley Holloway;Best Supporting Actress:Gladys Cooper,主演starring:奥黛丽/奥德丽赫本(Audrey Hepburn)雷克斯哈里森Rex Harrison 杰里米布雷特Jeremy Brett,导演(director):乔治库克执导(George Cukor),电影故事梗概(Synopsis),见教材,English Movies Appreciation(英语电影欣赏),英语电影片段赏析Excerpt),英语电影对白练习Dictation),Questions for Discussion,1.Why does the Greek diplomatist pretend that he cannot speak nor understand English?,2.What do people at the party think of Eliza?Why do they stare at her so intently?,3.This scene shows that Eliza,the flower girl,now is admired by people for her way of speaking.What do you think of this?Do you think that learning a language can change a person?,For ambitious reader,further reading,the whole play of,Pygmalion;Widowers Houses,(1892),Act 2,Mrs.Warrens,Profession,(1893),