RichardSheridanhppt课件.ppt

1、第1页，共20页。Richard Brinsley Sheridan(理查德布林斯利谢利丹 17511816)the most important playwrightin the 18thcentury第2页，共20页。Life His father was an actor and his mother a novelist.The young man tried his hand at literature and wrote some minor works in collaboration with a friend.In 1772 Sheridan fell in love and

2、 eloped with Elizabeth Ann Linley,a beautiful singer,after fighting two duels with his rival.After marriage,the Sheridans lived happily in a country cottage.第3页，共20页。In 1775,Sheridans first comedy The Rivals was produced and The School for Scandal(1777)is his masterpiece.In 1776 he became the manage

3、r of Drury Lane Theatre.In 1780 Sheridan went in for politics and became a Whig M.P.(Member of Parliament,下院议员下院议员)The later years of Sheridans life were saddened by the death of his wife in 1792 and the loss of Drury Lane Theatre by a fire in 1809.第4页，共20页。第5页，共20页。第6页，共20页。Sheridans Representative

4、 Works(1)The Rivals情敌情敌对手对手(2)The School for Scandal造谣学校造谣学校masterpiece(3)The Critic第7页，共20页。Comedy of manners 风俗喜剧1662年查理二世复辟后取消了禁戏令。这时的戏剧主要是为伦敦的上层人物提供一种时髦的娱乐，而一般的剧院只有两家。1662年重建的朱瑞巷剧院已具备了现代剧院的基本形式，并有了布景。这时出现了大量的“复辟”期喜剧作品,比较重要的有G.艾特利吉(1634?1692）的风流人物(1676)、W.威彻利(16411716)的乡下女人(1675)。它们描写贵族的风流放荡生活，也反

5、映家庭和婚姻问题，其中可以看到法国戏剧的影响和对莫里哀的模仿，被称为“风俗喜剧”。第8页，共20页。从18世纪50年代起，感伤主义日益盛行，感伤主义喜剧也占领了舞台。H.凯利（17391777）、R.坎伯兰(17321811)等人的作品多愁善感、无病呻吟，把戏剧引向绝路。70年代，O.哥尔德斯密斯（17281774）的委曲求全(1773)、R.B.谢里丹(17511816)的情敌(1775)和造谣学校(1777)使观众耳目一新。它们虽然也受了感伤主义的影响，但都以强烈的现实主义精神描绘了当时外省资产阶级的生活，并且避免了王政复辟以来英国戏剧常见的粗俗和狭隘。这 3部作品使没落的风俗喜剧重现光彩

6、。第9页，共20页。王尔德是唯美主义的鼓吹者,但在他的喜剧创作中,却表现出一种现实主义的批判态度。他的温德米尔夫人的扇子(1892)、认真的重要(1895)等剧作对上层社会的虚伪进行了揭露和嘲讽，但其中尚有情节剧的痕迹。王尔德反对英国戏剧中存在已久的粗制滥造现象，在创作上刻意求工，语言机智风趣，情节的发展出人意料而又轻松自然。风俗喜剧在王尔德的笔下发出光辉。第10页，共20页。第11页，共20页。第12页，共20页。Sheridans The Rivals(p.169)LydiaCaptain AbsoluteBob AcresMrs.Malaprop malapropism:a ridicu

7、lous misusage of big words 可笑的用词错误可笑的用词错误第13页，共20页。Theme of The Rivals.l1.Sheridan ridicules the sentimental and pseudo-romantic伪浪漫主义,fancies 自负of the young woman of the upper class.l2.Sheridan presents a true picture of the aristocratic-bourgeois world where money talks.(like the arranged marriage)

8、第14页，共20页。Sheridans The School for Scandal(1)a great comedy of manners;(2)a brilliant portrayal and a biting satire of English high society (vanity,greed and hypocrisy);(3)the best English comedy since Shakespeare;Peter TeazleLady Sneerwellscandal-mongers 传播丑闻的人传播丑闻的人Charles SurfaceJoseph SurfaceSir

9、 OliverMaria,Lady Teazle第15页，共20页。Brief CommentslThe 18th century is a barren age for English drama.Sheridan is the only important English dramatist of that century.He is at his best with comedies.His comedies are mainly concerned with the current moral issues and the social evils of his own day.第16

10、页，共20页。Comments 2lSheridan is a dramatist by nature.He is very good at theatrical art.His plots are well organized,his characterization is true to life and his manipulation of such dramatic devices as disguise,mistaken identity and dramatic irony is marvelous.第17页，共20页。Writing style of Sheridan l1.H

11、is dramatic techniques are largely conventional.They are exploited to the best advantage.l2.His plots are well organized,his characters,either major or minor,are all sharply drawn,and his manipulation处理处理of such devices as disguise,mistaken identity认错人认错人and dramatic irony is masterly巧妙的巧妙的.l3.Witty

12、 dialogues and neat and decent得体的得体的 language also make a characteristic of his plays.第18页，共20页。significance of his plays.la.The Rivals and The School for Scandal are generally regarded as important links between the masterpieces of Shakespeare and those of Bernard Shaw,and as true classics in Engli

13、sh comedy.lb.In his plays,morality is the constant theme.He is much concerned with the current moral issues and lashes讽刺讽刺 harshly 苛刻地苛刻地 at the social vices of the day.第19页，共20页。lc.Sheridans greatness also lies in his theatrical art.He seems to have inherited from his parents a natural ability and

14、inborn knowledge about the theatre.His plays are the product of a dramatic genius as well as of a well-versed theatrical man.ld.His plots are well-organized,his characters,either major or minor,are all sharply drawn,and his manipulation of such devices as disguise,mistaken identity and dramatic irony is masterly.Witty dialogues and neat and decent language also make a characteristic of his plays.第20页，共20页。