谢尔丹造谣学校介绍

RichardBrinkleySheridan(1751-1816)Sheridan,RichardBrinkley(1751-1816),Britishdramatistandpolitician,whoseworkisconsideredthefinestdevelopmentofthecomedyofmanners(风尚喜剧)in18th-centuryEngland.1751SheridanwasborninDublin,Ireland.Hisfatherwasanactorandtheatermanager.HewaseducatedatHarrow(Eton,2publicschools).Hisworksaremainlyplays.Infact,Dublinisthecradleofmanyfamouswriters,likeJonathanSwift.1770SheridanmovedtoBath,themostfashionableplaceinEngland.1772Hewasinlovewithabeautifulladywhoisasingerandactress.Hefoughttwoduelsandfinallymarriedher.1774TheappearanceofhisfirstplayTheRivalswonhimanimmediatesuccessandfame.Life:1776HebecameapartownerandmanageroftheDruryLaneTheater,soit’seasyforhimtostagehisplays.1777TheappearanceofhismasterpieceTheSchoolforScandal.1780Hisplay-writingcareerended.HewaselectedM.P.oftheParliamentandbecameanorator演说者.1809TheDruryLaneTheaterwasburninafire.Hisfinancialsupportwascutoff.1812Hispoliticalcareerended.Hehadnomoneytoaffordtheelection.1816Sheridandiedinpovertyandneglect.HewasburiedinWestminsterAbbey.ThethemeofhisplaysMoralityistheconstantthemeofRichardB.Sheridan'splays.Heismuchconcernedwiththecurrentmoralissues&lashesharshlyatthesocialvicesoftheday.1.Hisdramatictechniquesarelargelyconventional.Theyareexploitedtothebestadvantage.2.Hisplotsarewellorganized,hischaracters,eithermajororminor,areallsharplydrawn,andhismanipulation处理ofsuchdevicesasdisguise,mistakenidentity认错人anddramaticironyismasterly巧妙的.3.Wittydialoguesandneatanddecent得体的languagealsomakeacharacteristicofhisplays.WritingstyleofSheridanSheridan’sRepresentativeWorks(1)TheRivals《情敌》《对手》(2)TheSchoolforScandal《造谣学校》masterpieceSheridan’sTheRivalsTheRivals(1775),isfamousforthecharacterMrs.Malaprop['mæləprɔp],whosemisuseofwordshasmadeheroneofthegreatcomiccreationoftheEnglishtheater.《情敌》是谢里丹第一部重要喜剧。剧本描写了马拉普洛太太这一形象。她的名字的本义是“用词不当”，她喜欢搬弄漂亮的词句，又不了解它们的含义，经常闹出笑话。这一人物描写非常成功，致使人们普遍地把用词不当称作“马拉普洛风格”。ThemeofTheRivals.1.Sheridanridiculesthesentimentalandpseudo-romantic伪浪漫主义,fancies自负oftheyoungwomanoftheupperclass.2.Sheridanpresentsatruepictureofthearistocratic-bourgeoisworldwheremoneytalks.(likethearrangedmarriage)Sheridan’sTheSchoolforScandal(1)agreatcomedyofmanners;(2)abrilliantportrayalandabitingsatireofEnglishhighsociety(vanity,greedandhypocrisy);(3)thebestEnglishcomedysinceShakespeare;PeterTeazleCharlesSurfaceJosephSurfaceSirOliverMaria,LadyTeazleThemeofTheSchoolforScandalItisasharpsatireonthemoraldegeneracy堕落ofthearistocratic-bourgeoissocietyinthe18th-centuryEngland,ontheviciousscandalmongeringamongtheidlerich,ontherecklesslifeofextravagance&loveintriguesinthehighsociety&aboveall,ontheimmorality&hypocrisybehindthemaskofhonorableliving&high-soundingmoralprinciples.a.TheRivalsandTheSchoolforScandalaregenerallyregardedasimportantlinksbetweenthemasterpiecesofShakespeareandthoseofBernardShaw,andastrueclassicsinEnglishcomedy.b.Bothplays,intheirattackonfalsesentimentalism&moralizing,representarebirthofthetypeofpolished圆滑的,sophisticatedcomedywrittenduringtheRestoration.(1660-1700)significanceofhisplays.c.Nowonder,theplayhasbeenregardedasthebestcomedysinceShakespeare.