美國文學John-Steinbeck-the-Grapes-of-Wrath-憤怒的葡萄ppt課件

1、THE GRAPES OF WRATH BY CYAN,John Steinbeck,I. Social background 1) The Great Depression in 1930s The Wall Street crash in Oct. 24, 1929, “the bottom dropped of the stock market” Result: a. The dim decade of 1930s replaced the glittering 1920s. Banks failed, factories closed and agriculture withered;

2、 Jobless millions roamed the street; the breadless stretched long; Absolute poverty and struggled for survival is a nightmarish experience of life. b. The physical wasteland replaced the spiritual wasteland represented by T. S. Eliot,Major Features of the 1930s Literature,Content: Social involvement

3、 and concern about the society Technique: the revival of naturalism and realism in addition to the influence of modernism,John Steinbeck (1902-1968,Salinas California (1902) Stanford(1919-1925) New York(1925) Cup of Gold（1929） Pulitzer Prize (1940) Nobel Prize (1962) War Correspondent(1966,III. Majo

4、r works 1. First novel: Cup of Gold (1929) 金杯 2. Workers Trilogy: a. In Dubious Battle (1936) 勝負未決 - About the strike by migrant farm-workers b. Of Mice and Men (1937) 人鼠之間 - the mutual dependence and shared dreams of migrant farm-workers,c. The Grapes of Wrath (1939) 憤怒的葡萄 his masterpiece for which

5、 Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for it in 1962 3. The Moon Is Down (1942) 月亮下去了 4. East of Garden (1952) 伊甸園以東,Steinbeck began to write a series of California novels and Dust Bowl fiction, set among common people during the Great Depression. These included In Dubious Battle, Of Mice and Men and

6、The Grapes of Wrath,The Grapes of Wrath,The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The Grapes of Wrath is frequently read in American high school and college literature classes due to its historical context and enduring legacy. A celebrated Hollywood film version was made i

7、n 1940,His epic masterpiece of social consciousness and a crisis novel; - A picture of helpless people crushed by drought and depression； - One of the classic documents of the Great Depression,Plot,Set during the Great Depression, the novel focuses on the Joads, a poor family of tenant farmers drive

8、n from their Oklahoma home by drought, economic hardship, agricultural industry changes and bank foreclosures forcing tenant farmers out of work. Due to their nearly hopeless situation, and in part because they were trapped in the Dust Bowl, the Joads set out for California. Along with thousands of

9、other Okies, they sought jobs, land, dignity, and a future,Dustbowl,Oklahoma dust bowl refugees,1. Source of the title - A war song of the Civil War, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” 共和國的戰(zhàn)斗贊美詩： Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord, He is tramping out the vintage where the grapes

10、of wrath are stored “我的眼睛已經見到老爺駕臨的榮光， 他在踐踏那些被儲存了很久的憤怒的葡萄,2. Main Characters,3. Purpose of the novel showing authors clear expression of sympathy with the dispossessed and the wretched 4. Biblical structure 1) The 30 chapters fall into 3 sections: - First 10 chapters: the description of the drought;

11、- Chapters 13 to 18: the journeying to California; - The remaining 12 chapters: a narrative of the life of the migrants in California,2) Biblical influence - The story corresponds to “The Exodus”出埃及記in the Old Testament of the Bible: The ancient Jews went to Egypt in search of food and stayed there

12、for 400 years and became the slaves of the Egyptian Pharaoh (埃及法老,Steinbeck points out the real meaning of the title: Something in the nature of a social revolution would be imminent if nothing is done to stop the detonation. He uses Gods wrath in the Bible to symbolize the anger of people,Nobel Pri

13、ze,In 1962, Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for literature for his realistic and imaginative writing, combining as it does sympathetic humor and keen social perception.” the writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate mans proven capacity for greatness of heart and spiritfor gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and love. In the endless war against weakness and despair, these are the bright rally flags of hope and of emulation. I hold that a writer who does not believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication