文学课件Bernard-Malamud

BernardMalamud:AmericanJewishauthorBernardMalamud(1914,Brooklyn,NewYork–1986)wasanauthorofnovelsandshortstories.SaulBellowSingerPhilipRoth,hewasoneofthegreatAmericanJewishauthorsofthe20thcentury.ThelivingenvironmentanditsinfluenceMalamudgrewupinBrooklyn,NewYork,intheworking-classJewishneighborhoodsthatlaterbecamesettingsforhisstories.HeattendedtheCityCollegeofNewYorkandColumbiaUniversity,becameahigherteacherintheNewYorkCitySchoolsandlateraprofessorofEnglishandvisitinglectureratseveraluniversities.Malamudbelievesthatgoodwritingiswritingthathasanimpactonreaders.“Tome,”hesaid,“writingmustbetrue;itmusthaveemotionaldepth;itmustbeimaginative.Itmustinflame,destroy,changethereader.”HiswritingcareerHisfirstpublishednovelTheNatural(1952),《天生的运动员》whichhasbecomeoneofhisbestrememberedandmostsymbolicworks.Malamud’ssecondnovel,TheAssistant(1957),《店员》setinNewYorkanddrawingonMalamud'sownchildhood,aJewishimmigrantwhoownsagrocerystoreinBrooklyn通过受苦获得救赎犹太移民莫里斯波伯+艾达（妻子）儿子夭亡，女儿无钱上大学弗兰克+沃德（流氓）皈依天主教In1967,hisnovelTheFixer,《修理工》aboutanti-semitisminRussia,wontheboththeNationalBookAwardforFictionandthePulitzerPrizeforFiction.国家图书奖、普利策奖俄国犹太人博克，在基辅市非犹太人区居住一场误会导致警察认定他杀了一个基督教少年，入狱待审。HisothernovelsincludeDubin'sLives,《杜宾的生活》apowerfulevocationofmiddleagewhichusesbiographytorecreatethenarrativerichnessofitsprotagonists'lives.杜宾，56岁，在三年的精神危机中不懈的追求和苦闷。有成就的传记作家。妻子：基蒂（带孩子的寡妇）婚后生下女儿毛德。与大学生芬妮约会他对自己的内心忧虑和家庭矛盾,即无力解决又无法回避；深刻地放映了60年代美国社会的个人困惑和家庭解体。andTheTenants,anarguablymeta-narrativeonMalamud‘sownwritingandcreativestruggles,《房客》which,setinNewYork,dealswithracialissuesandtheemergenceofblack/AfricanAmericanliteratureintheAmerican1970slandscape.《房客》同住一所行将倒塌的大楼里的一位犹太白人作家和黑人作家相互蔑视、倾轧，最后互相残杀。种族问题ShortstoriesTheMagicBarrelwashisfirstpublishedcollectionofshortstories(1958)andhisfirstwinnerofhisfirstNationalBookAwardforFiction.《魔桶》犹太拉比+matchmaker找媳妇Themesisolation,class,andtheconflictbetweenbourgeoisandartisticvalues.Hisprose,likehissettings,isanartfulpasticheofYiddish-Englishlocutions,punctuatedbysuddenlyricism.quotationsIwriteabookorashortstorythreetimes.Oncetounderstandher,thesecondtimetoimproveherprose,andathirdtocompelhertosaywhatitstillmustsay.Itwasallthosebiographiesinmeyelling,'Wewantout.Wewanttotellyouwhatwe'vedonetoyou.'AllmenareJews,thoughfewmenknowit.Liferespondstoone'smoveswithcomiccounterinventions.Withoutheroeswewouldallbeplainpeopleandwouldn'tknowhowfarwecango.Lifeisatragedyfullofjoy.Therecomesatimeinaman'slifewhentogetwherehehastogo-iftherearenodoorsorwindowshewalksthroughawall.awardsNationalBookAward(1959)Fiction,TheMagicBarrel[6](1967)Fiction,TheFixer[1]PulitzerPrizeforFiction(1967)TheFixer[2]O.HenryAward(1969)ManintheDrawerMalamudAwardGivenannuallysince1988tohonorMalamud'smemory,thePEN/MalamudAwardrecognizesexcellenceintheartoftheshortstory.PastwinnersoftheawardincludeJohnUpdike(1988),SaulBellow(1989),EudoraWelty(1992),JoyceCarolOates(1996),AliceMunro(1997),ShermanAlexie(2001),UrsulaK.LeGuin(2002),andTobiasWolff(2006).bibliographyBernardMalamudbibliographynovelsTheNatural(1952)TheAssistant(1957)ANewLife(1961)TheFixer(1966)TheTenants(1971)Dubin'sLives(1979)God'sGrace(1982)StorycollectionsTheMagicBarrel(1958)IdiotsFirst(1963)PicturesofFidelman(1969)Rembrandt'sHat(1974)TheStoriesofBernardMalamud(1983)ThePeopleandUncollectedStories(includestheunfinishednovelThePeople)(1989)TheCompleteStories(1997)ShortstoriesTheMourners(1955)TheJewbird(1963)ThePrison(1950)ASummer'sReadingArmisticeASummer’sReadingTheprotagonist,George,ahighschooldropout,20yearsoldHeisexpectingalloftheexpectedproblems:onjob,nomoney,andworstofallnorespectfromhisfamilyandneighbors.HowGeorge’sself-esteembecamewrappedupinunreadbooksiswhatthestoryisabout.George+Mr.CattanzaraThreeencounters.ThereactionofGeorge’sandthepeoplearoundtheneighborhoodtowardtheirencounters.PointofviewThefirst-personpointofview:I,we,me,us.ThecharacteristheparticipatorThethird-personpointofview:he,she,theytheauthoractsasanunseenobserverandcommentator.Theauthortellswhathappensandwhatpeoplearethinking.Thesecond-personpointofview:you.