A Telephone Call Dorothy Parker Wu yue 10300120199
A Telephone Call Dorothy Parker Wu Yue 10300120199
About Dorothy Parker Text Analysis Background and Reflection Wit to Appr eciate
Text Analysis About Dorothy Parker Background and Reflection Wit to Appreciate
Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893-June 7, 1967) Short story writer Critic Satirist Best known for wit wisecracks eye for 20th century urban foibles
Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) • Poet • Short story writer • Critic • Satirist Best known for: • wit • wisecracks • eye for 20th century urban foibles
Early literary output: NeW‰ orker Vanity fair Algonguin round Table: Dorothy as one of the founding member .an informal luncheon group at the algonquin Hotel in the nineteen-twenties ere-printing of her lunchtime remarks and short verses e offend powerful producers too often
Early literary output: • New Yorker • Vanity Fair Algonquin Round Table: •Dorothy as one of the founding member •an informal luncheon group at the Algonquin Hotel in the nineteen-twenties •re-printing of her lunchtime remarks and short verses •offend powerful producers too often
Hollywood: screenwriting two academy Award nominations Hollywood blacklist (left-wing politics) Marriage: Sharp wit endured 1st: Parker 2nd, 3rd: Campbell Dorothy Parker: " Big blonde"(Bookman Magazine, February 1929) .The O Henry Award, an annual american award given to short stories of exceptional merit
Hollywood: screenwriting two Academy Award nominations Hollywood blacklist (left-wing politics) Sharp wit endured Dorothy Parker: “Big Blonde” (Bookman Magazine, February 1929) •The O. Henry Award, an annual American award given to short stories of exceptional merit Marriage: 1st: Parker 2nd, 3rd: Campbell
The New york times wrote Miss Parker, for all her mercury-quick mind, was a careful, even painful, craftsman. She had her own definition of humor, and it demanded lonely perfectionist writing to make the truly funny seem casual and uncontrived
The New York Times wrote: Miss Parker, for all her mercury-quick mind, was a careful, even painful, craftsman. She had her own definition of humor, and it demanded lonely, perfectionist writing to make the truly funny seem casual and uncontrived
About Dorothy Parker Text Analysis Background and Reflection Wit to Appr eciate
Text Analysis About Dorothy Parker Background and Reflection Wit to Appreciate
Monologue a sentimental woman tortured by the uncertainty of love Emotional cycle counting, guessing, waiting, begging, cursing A call from the man(man> busy, office; woman> doing nothing Ending unwritten
Monologue • a sentimental woman tortured by the uncertainty of love Emotional cycle • counting, guessing, waiting, begging, cursing A call from the man (man → busy, office; woman → doing nothing) Ending unwritten
> Repetition 2> Stream of Consciousness 3> Satire
Repetition Stream of Consciousness Satire 1 2 3
Repetition Numbers: 50,55.35 Words three times in a row: please, please, please dead, dead, dead Dispersed repetition: let him telephone me now
Repetition • Numbers: 50, 55, 35 • Words three times in a row: “please, please, please” “dead, dead, dead” • Dispersed repetition: “let him telephone me now