美国名人中学教员记者和杂志编辑薇拉·凯瑟.docx

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1、美国名人中学教员记者和杂志编辑薇拉凯瑟WillaCather,1873-1947:SheCelebratedEuropeansWhoSettledintheAmericanMidwestplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-15:37repeatByRichardThorman2008-10-4VOICEONE:mShirleyGriffith.VOICETWO:AndmTonyRiggswithPeopleinAmerica.TodaywetellaboutwriterWillaCather.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:Thesecondhalfofthenineteen

2、thcenturybroughtmajorchangestotheUnitedStates.Fromitsearliestdays,Americahadbeenanagriculturalsociety.ButaftertheendoftheCivilWarineighteenSiXty-five,thecountrybecameincreasinglyindustrial.Andasthepopulationgrew,Americabecamelessunified.A代errailroadslinkedtheAtlanticcoastwiththePacificcoast,thehugeM

3、iddleWestofthecountrywasopentosettlement.ThepeoplewhocamewerealmostallfromEurope.TherewereSwedesandNorwegians,PolesandRussians,BohemiansandGermans.Manyofthemfailedintheirnewhome.Somefledbacktotheiroldhomeland.Butthosewhosufferedthroughthefreezingwintersandtheburningsummersandthefailedcropsbecamethen

4、ewpioneers.TheywerethemenandwomencelebratedbytheAmericanwriterWillaCather.VOICETWO:WillaCatherCathersbeststoriesareaboutthesepioneers.Shetoldwhattheysoughtandwhattheygained.Shewroteoftheirdifficultrelationswiththosewhofollowed.Andshedevelopedawayofwriting,bothbeautifulandsimple,thatmadeherapioneer,t

5、oo.Formanywomeninthenineteenthcentury,writingnovelswasjustoneofthethingstheydid.ForWillaCather,writingwasherlife.VOICEONE:WillaCatherwasborninthesouthernstateofVirginiaineighteenseventy-three.Attheageofeight,herfamilymovedtothenewstateofNebraskaintheMiddleWest.SheandNebraskagrewuptogether.Willalived

6、inthesmalltownofRedCloud.Asachildsheshowedwritingability.And,shewashelpedbygoodteachers,whowereuncommoninthenewfrontierstates.Fewwomenofhertimewenttoauniversity.WillaCathechowever;wenttotheUniversityofNebraska.Shewrotefortheuniversityliterarymagazine,amongherotheractivities.Shegraduatedfromtheuniver

7、sityineighteenninety-five.VOICETWO:MostAmericanwritersofhertimelookedtotheeasternUnitedStatesastheculturalcenterofthecountry.Itwasaplacewhereexcitingthingswerepossible.ItwasanescapefromtheflatnessofthelandandcultureoftheMiddleWest.Fromeighteenninety-sixtonineteen-oh-oneCatherworkedforthePittsburghDa

8、ilyLeadernewspaper.ItwasinPennsylvania,notNewYork,butitwasfarthereastthanNebraska.Catherbegantopublishstoriesandpoemsinnineteenhundred.AndshebecameanEnglishteacherinnineteen-oh-one.Forfiveyears,shetaughtEnglishatPittsburghCentralHighSchoolandatnearbyAlleghenyHighSchool.Shepublishedherfirstbookinnine

9、teen-oh-three.Itwasabookofpoetry.TwoyearslatershepublishedabookofstoriescalledTheTrollGarden.VOICEONE:TheownerofaNewYorkmagazine,S.S.McLurezreadherstories.HeaskedhertocometoNewYorkCityandworkasaneditoratMcLure1SMagazine.Shewasfinallyintheculturalcapitalofthecountry.Shestayedwiththemagazinefromninete

10、en-oh-sixtonineteentwelve.OneofthepeoplewhoinfluencedhertoleavethemagazinewastheAmericanwomanwriter,SarahOrneJewett.JewettadvisedCathertowriteonlyfictionandtodealwiththeplacesandcharacterssheknewbest.Jewettsaiditwastheonlywaytowriteanythingthatwouldlast.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:InnineteentwelveWillaCatherpub

11、lishedherfirstnovel,AlexandersBridge.Bythattime,Catherhadenoughfaithinherselftoleavemagazineworkanduseallhertimetowritefiction.SherememberedJewettsadviceandturnedtothelandandpeoplesheknewbest,thefarmersoftheMiddleWest.InRedCloudshehadlivedamongBohemians,French-CanadianszGermans,Scandinavians,andothe

12、rimmigrants.ShesawthatthemixtureofallthesenewAmericansproducedanewsociety.Therewasnothingbutland,shewrote.Notacountryatall,butthematerialoutofwhichcountriesaremade.Itwasthismaterialsheusedtocreateherbooks.VOICEONE:1.ikeallgoodwriters,shewantedhernovelstoshowtheworldshedescribed,notjusttellaboutit.La

13、terinherlife,shedescribedthewayshewrote.Shecalleditnovelswithoutfurniture.Whatshemeantwasthatsheremovedfromhernovelseverythingthatwasnotnecessarytotellthestory.Fictioninthenineteenthcenturywasfilledwithsocialdetail.Ithadpagesofdescriptionandcommentsbytheauthor.Catherdidnotwritethisway.Shelookedtothe

14、pastforherideas,butshedrewfromthepresentforherart.AyearafterAlexandersBridge,Catherpublishedhersecondnovel.ItwasthefirstofherbookstotakeplaceintheMiddleWest.ItiscalledOPioneers.Itestablishedherasoneofthebestwritersofhertime.OPioneerstellsthestoryofthefirstsmallgroupsofBohemians,Czechs,French,Russian

15、s,andSwedeswhosetabouttoconquertheland.Cathersaidtheyactedasiftheywereanaturalforce,asstrongorstrongerthannature.Shesaidtheywerepeoplewhoownedthelandforalittlewhilebecausetheylovedit.Spring,summer;autumn,winter,spring,Catherwrote.Alwaysthesamefield.trees.Jives.VOICETWO:Cathersheroesarepioneers,settl

16、ersofunknownorunclaimedland.Theyalsoarepioneersofthehumanspirit.Theyare,Cathersaid,thepeoplewhowoulddreamgreatrailroadsacrossthecontinent.Yetshesawsomethingmoreinthem.Itwassomethingpermanentwithinaworldofcontinuouschange.Asenseoforderinwhatappearedtobedisorder.InCathersmind,herwritingsabouttheMiddleWest,herprairieyears,becameawaytoshowapprovalofthevictoryoftraditionalvalu