Презентация, доклад на тему Литература Америки. Теодор Драйзер. Жизнь и творчество.

1871.

a weaver by trade, and Sarah Schaenaeb Dreiser, a farmer’s daughter from Dayton, Ohio. The ninth of ten surviving children, Dreiser grew up in an impoverished household in Terre Haute, but lived most of his adult life in New York City.

Sarah Schaenaeb Dreiser

John Paul Dreiser

divorced in 1910. Dreiser was remarried to Helen Patges Richardson on June 13, 1944.

Sara Osborne White

Helen Patges Richardson,
his second wife

paid for by his former teacher, Mildred Fielding. Dreiser dropped out of school because he felt like a social outcast and was not stimulated by his coursework.

In 1892, he became a reporter for the Chicago Globe, where he worked as an investigative journalist. The following year, Dreiser worked for the Globe-Democrat and Republic, both in St. Louis, Missouri. It was at the Republic in 1893 that Dreiser was to escort 20 female teachers from St. Louis to the Chicago World’s Fair and write about their activities on the journey. One of these women was Sara Osborne White, who was 24 at the time—two years older than Dreiser. The two married in 1898. Dreiser worked as a reporter for the Dispatch in Pittsburgh from 1892 to 1893.

1894

from 1895 to 1897, as a freelance writer for Smith’s Magazine in New York from 1897 to 1905, and as an editor for Broadway Magazine in New York City from 1905 to 1906. Continuing his career in New York, Dreiser was the editor for the Delineator from 1907 to 1910, and was the coeditor for the American Spectator from 1932 to 1934.

American Spectator 

realistic portrayal of life in America, and he was not afraid to write about sexual matters and social injustice. Two of his most well-known novels, Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy, depicted characters who were motivated by their selfish impulses, not by their sense of ethics. These novels were met with much controversy by his conservative contemporaries.

only 500 copies, causing Dreiser to sink into a deep depression. Upon its reprint in 1907, Dreiser experienced better results, which encouraged him to complete his second novel, Jennie Gerhardt, a considerable commercial success. Dreiser didn’t live to see the successful 1951 adaptation of  his An American Tragedy turn into the film A Place in the Sun. Dreiser also wrote a number of novels, plays, short stories, poetry, and his autobiography, Dawn.

after a trip to Europe, but the English publisher talked him out of it, because to sail on another ship was cheaper. Dreiser was on the board of "Kroonland" when he heard the news about the disaster. The following year, he described his reaction in his memoirs, " A Traveler at Forty ": "Think about the ship, such a huge, like Titanic, new and bright, sinking in endless column water.

American Tragedy", received 6 awards "Oscar" and the prize "Golden Globe".

Literature and also won the Award of Merit from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1945. He is regarded as a very important writer in the American literary canon, bridging the gaps between Realism and Naturalism.

American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1945

Los Angeles, though some sources say he died in Hollywood. Dreiser buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, USA