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西奥多德莱塞 & 嘉莉妹妹,Theodore Dreiser & Sister Carrie,制作/演讲: 英语12-1班 胡江,an introduction to the author,2,chapter 1,作者简介,Theodore Dreiser(西奥多德莱塞)Born in Indiana, poor.First novelSister Carrie (1900) was rejected for its relentless honesty in presenting the true nature of American life.Led the rebellion of the 1920s, and the revival of naturalism in the 1930s. Dreiser was enthroned as the guide and pioneer for the latter-day naturalists.It is in Dreisers works that American naturalism is said to have come of age.Left-oriented-visited Russia and wrote Dreiser Looks at Russia (1928) and Tragic America (1931)joined the Communist Party. A controversial figurepowerful in portrayal of the changing American life, but his style is considered crude.,3,作者简介,who is heTheodore Dreiser,西奥多德莱塞（18711945），美国现代小说的先驱、现实主义作家之一，他还是一个自然主义者，他的作品贴近广大人民的生活，诚实、大胆、充满了生活的激情。 德莱塞出生在印第安纳州一个破产的小业主家庭。童年是在苦难中度过的，中学没毕业就去芝加哥独自谋生。1889年，进入印第安纳大学学习，一年后再次辍学。1892年，开始了记者生涯。 他的代表作嘉莉妹妹真实再现了当时美国社会，而美国悲剧则是德莱赛成就最高的作品，是人们清晰地看到了美国社会的真实情况，“至今依然具有巨大的现实意义。”,4,西奥多德莱塞,Theodore Dreiser,5,1900,1911,嘉莉妹妹的姐妹篇,1925,描写了主人公克莱德格里菲思受到社会上邪恶影响，逐渐蜕变、堕落为凶杀犯、最后自我毁灭的全过程。小说共分三卷。,The Financier 金融家1912The Titan 巨人1914The Stoic 禁欲者1947,his major works,嘉莉妹妹,珍妮姑娘,美国悲剧,欲望三部曲,a brief introduction to sister carrie,6,chapter 2,嘉莉妹妹简介,7,嘉莉妹妹简介,A brief introduction to sister carrie,Sister Carrie is about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream by first becoming a mistress to men that she perceives as superior and later as a famous actress. 嘉莉妹妹描写了农村姑娘嘉莉来到大城市芝加哥寻找幸福，为摆脱贫困，出卖自己的贞操，先后与推销员和酒店经理同居，后又凭美貌与歌喉成为演员的故事。作家以嘉莉为代表深刻揭露了美国资本主义制度对贫苦人民压榨的残酷性和资产阶级生活方式对小资产阶级分子的腐蚀性。,Caroline (Carrie) Meeber, the protagonist of the novel, travels to Chicago to stay with her sister and her brother-in-law. The cosmopolitan consumer world of Chicago enthralls her, and she constantly wants to buy things. Her first job is a low-paid, arduous position in a factory. When she loses her job, her sister and brother-in-law cannot support her, so she becomes Charlie Drouets mistress. Afterward, she becomes infatuated with another man, George Hurstwood. Carrie and Hurstwood run to New York, where they discover that married life is far less exciting than their affair. Carrie leaves Hurstwood because he fails to provide her with the lavish life she wants. She becomes a famous, high-paid actress in New York City. 嘉莉：嘉莉原本只是一个渴望见世面，心地非常单纯的姑娘。在开往芝加哥的火车上，在她的心中还幻想着以后可以回到故乡。可是残酷的现实开始让她学会了虚伪与做作。但是我们不能够说嘉莉无耻，在被杜洛埃骗上床之后，嘉莉还渴望杜洛埃能够与她结婚。嘉莉无疑是向往更高的生活层次，所以一步步的抓住机会，努力向上爬。最终嘉莉的成功，可以视为原则不得不向社会现实妥协的表现。,8,Carrie,main characters,Charlie Drouet is a charming, flashy salesman with a strong appetite for romance. Although he is warm-hearted, he never takes any of his romantic affairs seriously. He provides Carrie with a place to stay after she is forced to stop living with her sister; he also promises to marry her, but he never really intends on following through. He loses Carrie to Hurstwood and then, years later, after she has become a famous actress, tries unsuccessfully to win her back. 杜洛埃：一个普通的推销员，凭借着手段，将嘉莉诱骗。但是最终爱上了嘉莉，可是嘉莉已经和赫斯特伍德私奔了。一个花花公子而已，许多单纯的姑娘就是在这种诱惑当中迷失了自己。,9,Charlie Drouet,main characters,10,the manager of Fitzgerald and Moys, a saloon in Chicago. At the beginning of the novel, he is a wealthy, important man. He falls in love with Carrie after meeting her through Drouet. He tells Carrie that he loves her, but he fails to mention that he is married. After his wife discovers his affair with Carrie and files for divorce, he steals ten thousand dollars from Fitzgerald and Moys and flees with Carrie to Montreal. There, he marries her before his divorce with Julia is complete. Although he keeps his theft a secret from Carrie, he is discovered by an investigator and required to return most of the money in order to protect his reputation. In New York, Hurstwood slowly descends into apathy and poverty. After Carrie leaves him, he becomes a homeless beggar and eventually commits suicide.,George Hurstwood,main characters,11,赫斯特伍德：赫斯特伍德本质上只是一个纨绔子弟，虽然事业成功，但是家庭并不美满。与妻子和子女深有隔阂。虽近在咫尺，心灵却远在天涯。于是开始厌倦一成不变的生活，渴望新的刺激,嘉莉的出现只是一个导火索，激发了赫斯特伍德的情欲。不过在赫斯特伍德逃到纽约之后，他还是感到了后悔，终日沉沦于烟花柳巷，并且丧失了对生活的信心，在嘉莉离开了他之后。最终选择了自杀。,赫斯特伍德,main characters,Minnie is Carries older sister. She and her husband, Hanson, believe in hard work and frugal spending, mostly because they are too poor to do otherwise. Hanson and his wife Minnie are Carries first hosts in Chicago. Hanson is a quiet, stern man who disapproves of Carries whimsical nature.,12,Minnie andHanson,main characters,Julia Hurstwood- Hurstwoods first wife. She is vindictive and extremely jealous, and she files for divorce after discovering Hurstwoods infatuation with Carrie. Jessica Hurstwood, George and Julias daughter, who shares her mothers aspirations to social status. George Hurstwood, Jr, George and Julias son. The Vances, a wealthy merchant and his wife, who live in the same building as Hurstwood and Carrie in New York City. Robert Ames, Mrs. Vances cousin from Indiana, a handsome young scholar whom Carrie regards as a male ideal. Lola Osborne, a chorus girl Carrie meets during a theatre production in New York, who encourages Carrie to become her roommate.,13,other characters,Wisconsin威斯康辛州 (her hometown)Chicago 芝加哥(Carrie; her sister and brother-in-law; Drouet; Hurstwood )Montreal 蒙特利尔 (Carrie, Hurstwood)New York 纽约(Carrie, Hurstwood),14,four places,嘉莉妹妹是 德莱塞嘉利妹妹创作的第一部小说，也是美国文学史上最著名的作品之一，是美国伟大的自然主义作家德莱塞的处女作，讲述的是农村少女嘉莉如何从社会底层登上百老汇红舞星宝座的过程，细腻地展示了嘉莉的生存景观及心路历程。该作品以真切的现实主义为鲜明的特征，比较真实地揭露了20世纪初人们狂热的追求美国之梦的悲剧事实，揭示了驱驶人们享乐却最终幻灭的本能主题，说明了在以金钱为中心的美国资本主义社会里不可能有真正的幸福。,15,theme,THANKS FOR listening,