1、LOGO Pearl Buck IntrodactionBy杨蔚杨蔚Pearl BuckPearl Buck(1892-1973)was born in Hillboro west Virginia,her parents were southern Presbyterian missionaries stationed in china.When she was three mouths old,she was taken to China where she spent most of the first forty years of her lifeShe lived in zhenji
2、ang(镇江)jiangsu province which was taken of as her hometownMajor worksPearl began to publish stories and essays in the 1920s*桥(A Bridge for Passing)*来吧,亲爱的(Come,My Beloved)*命令与清晨(Command the Morning)*东风:#西风(East Wind:#West Wind)*流亡(The Exile)*搏斗的天使(Fighting Angel)*十四个故事(Fourteen Stories)*大地(The Good
3、Earth)*归心和其它故事(Hearts Come Home and Other Stories)*匿花(The Hidden Flower)*帝国女性(Imperial Woman)*北京来信(Letter from Peking)*生芦苇(The Living Reed)The good Earth It became the best selling book of both 1931 and 1932 and won the Pulitzer Prize and the howells Medal in 1935!#In 1932,The good Earth was transla
4、ted into chinese.However its fate is confused!#It was highly thought by many people.but also criticized by many masters of literatureLets go to seeInfluential chinese writers opionsLu Xun(鲁迅)said:#1.”She just stood in an American female missionary(美国女传教士)position,though she grew up in China,what she
5、 felt was just some surface situation”2.”The thing concerned with China must be done by our chinese,only by this can the truth be exposed”As a matter of fact.Lus opinions have resulted in pepoles one-sided understanding of Pearl Buck in the many years to comeMao Dun(矛盾)thought that Pear Buck work di
6、storted(歪曲)the imagine of chinese farmers Hu Feng(胡风)Being not sure economic structure of ChinaIgnoring the contradiction between China and imperlism(帝国主义)Caring for foreignersPa chin(巴金)He is disgusted with Pearl Buck,”I never have a thing for her,though she won the Nobel Prize in literature”See fr
7、om another sideIn the meantime,however,Lao She(老舍).Xu Zhimo(徐志摩),Mei Nanfang(梅兰芳)got along well with Pearl BuckBesides,Pearl Buck was the only woman who won both the Pulitzer(普利策奖)and the Nobel Prize(诺贝尔奖)In 1942,she founded East and West association(东西方联合会)In 1949,she established Welcom house)(孤儿院I
8、n 1964,she set up Pearl Buck Foundation(赛珍珠基金会)The way back:#just a step awayWhen she was nearly 80 years-old,she had been dreaming of returningTill 1970,she had never set food on chinese territory(领土)since 1934 when she left for AmericaWhy:#1.She is against communism(共产主义)and the Communist Party(产党
9、)2.There is so much criticism of chinese government in her works3.The establishment of diplomatic relations(外交关系)between China and the United States had not been built In 1972,she received the respond from chinese goverment who refused her resquest to visit China!#The way back was so difficult that it became a big pity when Pearl Buck passed away in 1973,she was burried at Green Huls Farm,whose grave was carved with only three Chinese words:#赛珍珠赛珍珠
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