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TheWonderfulWizardofOzL.FrankBaumTheWonderfulWizardofOz•Achildren’snovelwrittenbyL.FrankBaum.•OriginallypublishedinChicagoin1900.•ThestorytellstheadventuresofayounggirlnamedDorothyGaleintheLandofOz,afterbeingsweptawayfromherhomeinatornado.•1939MGM（美国米高梅电影制片公司)movie•Oneofthebest-knownstoriesinAmericanpopularcultureandhasbeenwidelytranslated.TheWonderfulWizardofOz•Itspopularityandthesuccessofthepopular1902BroadwaymusicalledBaumtowritethirteenmoreOzbooks.•ThemostpopularonewereadinChinaisthefirstofOzbooks.AnditisalsocalledthePilgrimagetothewest(西游记)ofAmerica.•ThefatherofAmericanchildren'sliterature•Bornin1856,inNewYork•In1897,hepublishedhisfirstbookMotherGooseinProse.L.FrankBaum1856-1919PlotSummary•DorothyisayounggirllivesinKansas（堪萨斯州）•LittleblackdogToto•Farmhouseiscaughtupinacyclone•LandedinMunchkinCountry,theeasternLandofOz.•KillstheevilruleroftheMunchkins--TheWickedWitchoftheEast.PlotSummary•TheGoodWitchoftheNorth•Silvershoes(believedtohavemagicalproperties)•Gotothe“EmeraldCity”(翡翠城）•AsktheWizardofOztohelpher.PlotSummary•Scarecrow(稻草人）•TinWoodman（铁皮人）•Cowardly（胆小的）Lion•TheScarecrowwantstogetabrain,•TheTinWoodmanaheart,•TheCowardlyLion,courage.•AllbelievethattheWizardcansolvetheirtroubles.PlotSummary•OneofthemkillstheWickedWitchoftheWestwhorulesoverthewesternWinkieCountry.PlotSummary•TheWickedWitchseesthemcomingandattemptsvariouswaysofkillingthem.•Finally,theWickedWitchoftheWestcapturesthemPlotSummary•Dorothy’ssilvershoes,•abucketofwateristhrewontheWickedWitch.•TheWitchmeltsaway.PlotSummary•TheWizardprovidesthembrain,heartandcourage.•BecauseoftheirfaithintheWizard'spower,theseuselessitemsonlyprovideafocusfortheirdesires.PlotSummary•Useanewballoon,butfailed•Finally,Dorothyuseshersilvershoes•Whensheopenshereyes,DorothyandTotohavereturnedtoKansastoajoyfulfamilyreunion.Themes•Baumexploresthethemeofself-contradictioninTheWizardofOz.TheScarecrow,theTinWoodman,andtheCowardlyLionalllackself-confidence.•TheScarecrowbelievesthathehasnobrain,thoughhecomesupwithcleversolutionstoseveralproblemsthattheyencounterontheirjourney.TheTinWoodmanbelievesthathelacksaheart,butismovedtotearswhenmisfortunebefallsthevariouscreaturestheymeet.TheCowardlyLionbelievesthathehasnocourageeventhoughheisconsistentlybravethroughtheirjourney.Themes•Bytheendofthenovel,thecharactersattainself-fulfillmentwhentheyhavemettheirobjectives.Toconvincethecharacterstheyhavethequalitiestheydesire,theWizardgivesthemalltheyneedtoinspiretheirintellect,loveandcourage.Comments•TheWonderfulWizardofOzreceivedpositivecriticalreviewsuponrelease.Comments•ThislaststoryofTheWizardisingeniouslywovenoutofcommonplacematerial.Itisofcourseanextravaganza,butwillsurelybefoundtoappealstronglytochildreadersaswellastotheyoungerchildren,towhomitwillbereadbymothersorthosehavingchargeoftheentertainingofchildren.Thereseemstobeaninbornloveofstoriesinchildminds,andoneofthemostfamiliarandpleadingrequestsofchildrenistobetoldanotherstory..•TheNewYorkTimes,September8,1900Comments•Thebookhasabrightandjoyousatmosphere,anddoesnotdwelluponkillinganddeedsofviolence.Enoughstirringadventureentersintoit,however,toflavoritwithzest,anditwillindeedbestrangeiftherebeanormalchildwhowillnotenjoythestory.Culturalimpact•TheWizardofOzhasbeenaninspirationformanyfantasynovelsandfilms.Ithasbeentranslatedoradaptedintowelloverfiftylanguages,attimesbeingmodifiedinlocalvariations.Anditsfamehasgreatlyincreasedmainlybecauseofthemanynetworktelecastsofthe1939filmversionofthebook.