美国名人作家艺术家多西·韦斯特.docx

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1、美国名人作家艺术家多西韦斯特DorothyWest,1907-1998:AmongtheYoungestoftheWritersandArtistsofNewYorksHarlemRenaissanceplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-16:01repeatByDoreenBaingana2008-8-9VOICEONE:mShirleyGriffith.VOICETWO:AndmSteveEmberwiththeSpecialEnglishProgram,PEOPLEINAMERICA.Everyweek,wetellaboutapersonwhoplayedanimpo

2、rtantpartinthehistoryandcultureoftheUnitedStates.Today,wetellaboutthewriterDorothyWest.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:DorothyWestDorothyWestsfirstlongbookwaspublishedwhenshewasmorethanfortyyearsold.Hersecondbookwaspublishedwhenshewasinherlateeighties.YetAfricanAmericanpoetLangstonHughescalledherTheKid.Thismeansach

3、ild.DorothyWesthadbeenoneoftheyoungestmembersofthegroupofwritersandartistsoftheHarlemRenaissance.ThiswasacreativeperiodforAfricanAmericansduringthenineteentwentiesandnineteenthirties.VOICETWO:DuringandafterWorldWarOne,thousandsofsouthernblacksmovedtonortherncitiesintheUnitedStates.Theywereseekingjob

4、sandbetterlives.ManysettledinanareaofNewYorkCityknownasHarlem.Manyweremusicians,writers,artistsandperformers.HarlembecamethelargestAfricanAmericancommunityintheUnitedStates.ThemassmovementfromsouthtonorthledAfricanAmericanstoexaminetheirlives:Whowerethey?WhatweretheirrightsasAmericans?Theartisticexp

5、ressionofthiscollectiveexaminationbecameknownastheHarlemRenaissance.Renaissancemeansre-birth.TheHarlemRenaissancerepresentedare-birthofblackpeopleasaneffectivepartofAmericanlife.DorothyWesthelpedinfluencethedirectionandformofAfricanAmericanwritingduringthistime.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:DorothyWestwasborninni

6、neteen-oh-seveninthecityofBoston,Massachusetts.BothherparentswereborninthesouthernUnitedStatesandmovednorth.Herfatherwasaformerslave.HebecamethefirstAfricanAmericantoownafood-sellingcompanyinBoston.ThefamilybecamepartoftheblackuppermiddleclasssocialgroupofBoston.DorothyWesthadprivateteachers,dancing

7、classes,andholidaysonMarthasVineyardanislandoffthecoastofMassachusetts.ShestudiedatBostonUniversityandtheColumbiaUniversitySchoolofJournalisminNewYork.Later,shewoulduseherownexperiencesandobservationstowriteaboutsocialclassintheblackcommunity.VOICETWO:DorothyWeststartedwritingstoriesatageseven.Whens

8、hewasfourteen,shepublishedherfirststoryintheBostonPost.Afterthat,shewroteoftenforthatnewspaper.Innineteentwenty-six,shewonsecondplaceinashortstorycontestbyOpportunitymagazine.HerstorywascalledTheTypewriter.ItdescribesanAfricanAmericanmanwhohateshisreallife.Hecreatesabetterlifeforhimself-inhisimagina

9、tion-inordertohelphisdaughterimprovehertypingskills.VOICEONE:DorothyWestwonsecondplaceinthecompetitionwithZoraNealeHurston.HurstonwasanotherfamouswriteroftheHarlemRenaissance.WestmovedtoHarlem,too.ShewasconsideredalittlesisterbyHurstonandotherwritersandpoetssuchasLangstonHugheszCounteeCullen,andWall

10、aceThurman.MembersoftheHarlemRenaissancegroupwereveryseriousabouttheirart.Westoncetoldareporterthattheyallthoughttheyweregoingtobethegreatestwritersintheworld.VOICETWO:Duringthistime,DorothyWestwroteanumberofshortstories.TheywerepublishedinmagazinesinandaroundNewYork.OnestorywascalledFuneral.Another

11、wascalledTheBlackDress.SheoncesaidthewriterwhoseworkshelikedmostwastheRussian,FyodorDostoevsky.Expertssaysomeofherworkissimilartohis.IJkeDostoevsky,shewroteabouttheideaofbeingsavedbysuffering.Shewroteaboutunsatisfiedpeoplewhofeeltrappedbytheirenvironment,orbyracism,orbecausetheyarefemaleormale.VOICE

12、ONE:Innineteenthirty-two,DorothyWestwenttoRussiawithagroupofblackintellectualsandartists.TheywenttomakeafilmaboutracismintheUnitedStates.Thefilm,BlackandWhite,wasnevercompleted.WestremainedinRussiaforaboutayear.Itappearsshedidnotstayforpoliticalreasons,however.ShesaidshewenttoRussiawithLangstonHughe

13、sandtheothersbecauseshelikedthem.ShereturnedtotheUnitedStateswhenherfatherdied.VOICETWO:Bythemiddleofthenineteenthirties,theHarlemRenaissancewasdyingout.DorothyWestwantedtore-capturethecreativityoftheperiod.SoshecreatedamagazinecalledChallenge.Sheeditedandpublishedtheworksofnew,youngAfricanAmericanw

14、riters.Themagazinelastedonlythreeyears.Westdidnothaveenoughmoneytocontinueproducingit.Shealsosaidshedidnotreceiveenoughwritingofahighquality.Themagazinewascriticizedbyagroupofblackwriters.TheyincludedRichardWright,authorofthebookNativeSon/andMargaretWalker.Theysaidthemagazinewastooconcernedwithartis

15、ticvalues.Theyfeltitshoulddealwithpoliticalissues.VOICEONE:Innineteenthirty-seven,DorothyWestcreatedanothermagazinecalledNewChallenge.SheaskedRichardWrighttohelpherzeventhoughhehadcriticizedherearliermagazine.Thetwowritersdisagreedonanumberofissues,however.Also,Westagainhadfinancialdifficultiesprodu

16、cingthemagazine.SoNewChallengewaspublishedonlyonce.Yetthatonepublicationwasveryimportant.ItincludedadocumentbyWrightcalledBlueprintforNegroWriting.ThatwasastatementaboutwhathebelievedAfricanAmericansshouldwriteabout.NewChallengewasthefirstpublicationtobringtogetherblackartandpolitics.Othermagazineswouldfollowitsexample.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:Inthelatenineteenforties,DorothyWestleftNewYork.Shem

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