Eudora_Welty.ppt

Major Awards for Fiction Pulitzer Prize( 1973) Howell Gold Medal (1955) O. Henry Awards (Six) she had been very productive up to her death writing short stories, novellas.she has been most well known for her achivement in writing short stories. Eduora welty emphasizes the importance of place for literary creation. In her essay place in fiction she observes clearly that place serves as a portray things with clarity , and prepares them to see through things. Themes 1.traditional southern family relationships. 《 Death of a traveling salesman 》1936 旅行推销员之死 《Dela wedding》1946 三角洲的婚礼 themes 2.theme of isolation and alienation and other aspects of family life. 《a worn path》 《why I live at the P.O.》 《Lily draw and the three ladies》《the key》 《the whistle》《flowers for Marjorie》 (the author’s obession with family, love, and human fellowship） First story: Death of a Traveling Salesman (1936 ) Death of a traveling Salesman 主人公鲍曼是个为生计所迫常年奔波的旅行推销员。他旅行时大病未愈便继续赶路，中途因汽车出事来到一个农户家求援。由于疾病缠身，鲍曼变得易动感情，渴望得到爱抚和温暖。他看到善良的农家夫妇情爱甚笃，互相信任，配合默契，正在期待婴儿的降生。对此自己孤苦的处境，鲍曼感慨万端，最后倒在漫漫的夜路上。鲍曼是现代西方人理智和感情失调的典型。他与世人隔绝，生活没有意义，没有归宿，没有“结果”。而他偶遇的 Death of a traveling salesman 的夫妇尽管贫穷，却执着的追求自己的生活方式，憧憬着美好的未来。他们是内心与外界、理智与感情协调一致的楷模。 Dela wedding the main narrator is a nine-year-old girl whose interior monologue details the elaborate,emotionally charged preparations for the wedding of a plantation owners daughter, the events surroundings it ,and the picnic in honor of the couple returning from their honeymoon. the narrative brims with love that holds a large family together. the novel is a song of compassion and selflessness in human relationship. A worn path A worn path ,depicting a grandmother going downtown to get medication for her grandson ,touches both on isolation that the heroic old woman experiences on her journey and on the sacrifice that one must make for love of family. Carson McCullers Carson McCullers 卡森·麦卡勒斯（Carson McCullers），20世纪美国最重要的作家之一。1917年2月19日出生于乔治亚州府哥伦布，十七岁去纽约哥伦比亚大