1. THEODORE DREISER 西奥多 德莱赛 1871--1945 produced by 彭恋，郭晓婉

2. main contents Life experiences Major works Writing features

3. in 1871, born in Terre Haute, Indiana/ immigrant father/ siblings/ illiterate mother / brother Paul Dresser/unhappy childhood/ In 1879/ iliterate mother / school in 1887, came to Chicago/ support himself 1n 1889, one year school at Indiana University

4. 1892, first newspaper job/ Chicago Globe/ marriage/ failure 1894/New York/ publish 1945/ passed away

6. His major works Sister Carrie 嘉莉妹妹 Jennie Gerhardt 珍妮姑娘 The Financier 金融家

8. His major works Trilogy of Desire The Titan 巨人 The Genius 天才 The Stoic 斯多葛

9. His major works An American tragedy the longest novel the most successful one American's real life/ well displayed practical significance

10. The Analysis of Sister Carrie P L O T Carrie/ young, beautiful / Wisconsin/ Chicago Charles Drouet / salesman/ promised to marry Hurstwood/ fell in love with Carrie/ founded by his wife/ Montreal / got married/ New York/ well-known actress / Charles / Hurstwood died

11. The Analysis of Sister Carrie — background information radical social reform literature trend/ idealism/ life's goodness reveal/ dark side/ tragedies challenge/ traditional social values/overnight success/decline

12. writing features Naturalism the comparison technique of different situations throughgoing and painstaking psychological description of the character writing his novel in the mould of Balzac

13. Thank You!