maggie-a-girl-of-the-streets.ppt

,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Maggie:A Girl of the Streets,1,Introduction,Maggie:A Girl of the Streets,is an 1893 novel by American author Stephen Crane.Often called a novella because of its short length,it was Cranes first published book of fiction.Because the work was considered too risqu by publishers,Crane,who was 21 years old at the time,had to finance the publication of the novel himself.The novel takes place in the Bowery,a New York neighborhood in lower Manhattan.,2,Main characters,Jimmie Johnson,:A young boy,Maggie and Tommies brother,who first appears in the beginning scene fighting a gang war of some sort with the Rum Alley Children.,Pete,:A teenager,in the beginning,who is an acquaintance of Jimmie,and saves Jimmie in the fight.Later,he seduces Maggie and breaks her of her romantic viewpoints.,3,Father,:The brutal,drunkard father of Jimmie,Maggie,and Tommie.,Maggie Johnson,:The eldest Johnson child,protagonist of the story,apparently immune to the after-effects of the negative family.She is seduced by Pete and is seen as effectively ruined.She is implied to have become a prostitute at the end of the novel and dies an early death.,4,Tommie Johnson,:The youngest Johnson child who dies an early death.,Mary Johnson,:The drunkard and brutal mother who drives Maggie out of the house.,5,Plot summary,6,Naturalism,Maggie,is regarded as the first work of unalloyed naturalism in American fiction.According to the naturalistic principles,a character is set into a world where there is no escape from ones biological heredity.Additionally,the circumstances in which a person finds oneself will dominate ones behavior,depriving the individual of responsibility.,“这本书企图表明，环境是世界上的一个强有力的东西，他无视一切地左右着人们的生活。”,7,Despite the title,is not necessarily just about Maggie,but rather deals more directly with the Bowery environment itself and how it shapes the lives of its inhabitants.,8,Look at how the environment influences everything and pay attention to the contrast between the Bowery and Maggie herself.,The tenement where Maggie resides is described as,“a dark region wherea dozen gruesome doorways gave up loads of babies to the street and the gutter”,.,9,Maggie,“blossomed in a mud puddle.She grew to be a most rare and wonderful production of the tenement district,a pretty girl”.,Compare the above quote with:“Formidable women,with uncombed hair and disordered dress,gossiped while leaning on railings,or screamed in frantic quarrels”.,10,Thank you for your attention,11,