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,*,*,_,Willa Cather,Unit 16,Neighbour Rosicky,Brief Introduction,Willa Cather(Willa Cather,1873-1947),American novelist,short story writer,poet.,“The greatest woman writer since the founding of the United States “A defender of spiritual beauty in the process of material civilization.,She was born in Virginia,the age of nine with the family moved to Nebraska,and grew up in towns in the western prairies.,In her childhood she moved to the Midwest Nebraska with his parents.After graduating from the University of Nebraska she served as secondary school teachers,reporters and editors.,In 1944,she was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts,the highest gold medal eligible hospital.Her work is known as American Literature pearl.,Chronicle,1873,-,December 7,born in,Back Creek Valley,Virginia,.,1883,-moves to,Red Cloud,Nebraska,with her parents.,1895,-graduates from,The University of Nebraska,Lincoln,.,1896,-takes an editorial job at the magazine Home Monthly in,Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,and writes reviews for the Pittsburgh Leader.,1900,-lives in Washington for a few months and works as a correspondent for two Pittsburgh magazines,and in March she returns to Pittsburgh,where she becomes a high school teacher at Central High School.,1902,-travels in Europe with Isabella McClung.,1903,-publishes a book of poetry,April Twilights,and meets,Edith Lewis,.,1905,-publishes a collection of short stories,The Troll Garden,.,1906,-moves to,New York City,where she takes a position as managing editor of the,McClures,magazine.,1908,-meets and befriends New Hampshire regional writer,Sarah Orne Jewett,who becomes a great inspiration for her later works.She also begins to share an apartment with Edith Lewis,and they live together until her death.,Works,April Twilights,(1903),The Troll Garden,(1905),Alexanders Bridge,(1912),O Pioneers!,(1913),The Song of the Lark,(1915),My Antonia,(1918),One of Ours,(1922),A Lost Lady,(1923),Archbishop,(1927),The Professors House,(1925),Shadows on the Rock,(1931),Sapphira and the Slave Girl(1940),These novels announced her themes of strong women,the fight against provincial life,and the dying of the pioneer tradition.,Writing features of Willa Cather s works,full of vitality and philosophy and the figures are vivid.,novels without furniture,“,Willa Cather s review and reappear,Neighbour Rosicky,Neighbour Rosicky is a short story by Willa Cather.It appeared in the,Womans Home Companion,in 1930,under the title Neighbor Rosicky.In 1932,it was published in the collection,Obscure Destinies,.,Part 1,“Neighbour Rosicky is the story of a 65-year-old Czech farmer,Anton Rosicky,who now resides in Nebraska with his wife and six children.The story begins with Anton at Dr.Ed Burleighs office,where he learns that he has a bad heart.The doctor informs him that he can no longer continue to work the fields,and should stick to less strenuous chores about the home and barn.,The Rosicky familys kindness is reflected in Dr.Burleighs(whom the family refers to as“Dr.Ed)recollection of the hospitality shown in their home after delivering a neighbors baby.He feels sorry for them,as they never flourish in life despite their compassion for others.,Part 2,On his way home from the doctors,Rosicky stops at the general store to buy fabric and candy for his wife.Before returning home,he stops to admire the graveyard that borders his property.The snow reminds him that winter brings rest for nature and man.,When he arrives home he explains to his wife that his heart“aint so good like it used to be.Together they recall their loving marriage,and the difference between themselves and the other farmers in the area.The Rosickys prefer to live happy and keep their children healthy,rather than having money and selling their cream off to a creamery.,Part 3,Out of worry,Mary,travels to see Dr.Burleigh to find out more about Rosickys heart.After her visit,she talks with her boys to make sure that he is not doing anything too strenuous.Finally,Rosicky stops fighting and gives in to the doctors orders.,Rosicky spends his time that winter staying indoors doing carpentry and tailoring.He kept all of his tools in on a shelf in“Fathers corner.While sewing,he begins thinking about his past tailoring in New York City when he first came to America.Although his wages were adequate,he did not save any money because he loaned it out to friends,went to the opera,and spent it on girls.He was unhappy in the city,and realized that he needed to be in contact with the earth;so at the age of 35,he moved west to Nebraska to start a new life as a farmer.,Part 4,Rosickys oldest son,Rudolph,and his“American wife,Polly,rent a farm close by.Rosicky is worried about their marriage because Polly is a city girl,not used to having to be on a farm.He is concerned that because of Pollys unhappiness,Rudolph will take a job in the city where he can make more money,and she can be around the life she is accustomed to.,Rosicky offers to loa