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1、美国名人黑人作家兰斯顿休斯1.angstonHughes:anAmericanWriterplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-14:51repeatByCynthiaKirk2005-4-9(MUSIC)VOICEONE:mMaryTillotson.VOICETWO:AndmSteveEmberwiththeVOASpecialEnglishprogram,PEOPLEINAMERICA.Today,wetellaboutwriterLangstonHughes,whohasbeencalledthepoetvoiceofAfricanAmericans.(MUSIC)VO

2、ICEONE:1.angstonHughesisusuallythoughtofasapoet.Buthealsowrotenovels,plays,shortstories,essays,autobiographies,newspapercolumns,childrensbooks,andthewordstooperas.HealsotranslatedintoEnglishtheworksofforeignpoets.Hugheswasoneofthefirstblackwriterswhocouldsupporthimselfbyhiswritings.Heispraisedforhis

3、abilitytosaywhatwasimportanttomillionsofblackpeople.Hughesproducedahugeamountofworkduringhislifetime.Healsohasinfluencedtheworkofmanyotherwriters.Hewroteforalmostfiftyyears.VOICETWO:1.angstonHugheswasfamousforhisdescriptionsofblackAmericanlife.Heusedhisworktopraisehispeopleandvoicehisconcernsaboutra

4、ceandsocialinjustice.Hisworkisknownallaroundtheworldandhasbeentranslatedintomanylanguages.Hughesspoetryhadseriousmessages.Heoftenwroteaboutracialissues,describinghispeopleinarealisticway.Althoughhisstorywasnotoftenpleasant,hetolditwithunderstandingandwithhope.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:1.angstonHugheswasbornin

5、Joplin,Missouri,inNineteen-Oh-Two.Hisparentswereseparated.HespentmostofhischildhoodwithhisgrandmotherinLawrence,Kansas.Shetoldhimstoriesabouttheirfamilyandtheirfighttoendslavery.Herstorytellingfilledhimwithprideinhimselfandhisrace.Hefirstbegantowritepoetrywhenhewaslivingwithher.Whenhewasfourteen,hem

6、ovedtoCleveland,Ohio,tostaywithhismotherandhernewhusband.HeattendedCentralHighSchoolinCleveland,Ohio.LangstonwasnamedClassPoetoneyear.Hepublishedhisfirstshortstorieswhilehewasstillinhighschool.VOICETWO:1.angstonHughesstruggledwithafeelingoflonelinesscausedbyhisparentsdivorce.Hedevelopedaloveofreadin

7、gbooksasawaytodealwiththelackoftimehisparentsspentwithhim.Hisloveforreadinggrewintoadesiretowrite.Hewantedtoreproducethepowerfuleffectotherwritershadmadeuponhim.AmongtheearlyinfluencesonhiswritingwerepoetsWaltWhitman,CarlSandburgandPaulLawrenceDunbar.AftergraduatingfromhighschoolinNineteen-Twenty,La

8、ngstonmovedtoMexicoCitytolivewithhisfatherforoneyear.HisfatherhadmovedtheretoescaperacisminAmerica.Hisfatherdidnotoffermuchwarmthtohisson.Yet,Langstonturnedthepaincausedbyhisfamilyproblemsintooneofhismostfamouspoems,TheNegroSpeaksofRivers.Inthispoem,hespeaksofthestrengthandprideofblackpeopleinancien

9、tAfricancivilizationsandinAmerica.(READING)VOICEONE:1.angstonHugheslearnedalotaboutrace,andaboutsocialandeconomicconditionswhilehewasinMexico.HisabilitytospeakSpanishandhisbrownskinoftenmadeiteasyforhimtoappeartobeanative.Manyofhisworks,includingaplayforchildren,dealwithhisdaysinMexico.Duringthetime

10、hestayedwithhisfatherinMexico,Langstonwrotemanypoemsbecausehewasalwaysunhappy.Heoncesaidthatheusuallycreatedhisbestworkwhenhewasreallynothappy.1.angstonhadatroubledrelationshipwithhisfatherfromwhichheneverrecoveredfully.Hisfatherdidnotthinkhecouldearnalivingasawriter.Hismother;however;recognizedhisn

11、eedtobeapoet.VOICETWO:1.angstonsfatheragreedtopayforhiscollegeeducationatColumbiaUniversityinNewYorkCity,ifhestudiedengineering.LangstonarrivedinNewYorkwhenhewasnineteenyearsold.AttheendofthatfirstyearatColumbia,heleftschool,brokewithhisfather;andbegantraveling.Travelingwasalifelonglovethatwouldtake

12、himthroughouttheworldbeforehedied.InNineteen-Twenty-Two,HughestookajobonashipandsailedtoAfrica.HewouldlatersailtoFrance,Russia,SpainandItaly.Hewrotepoemsandshortstoriesduringhistravels.Hisexperienceswhiletravelinggreatlyinfluencedhiswork.Hesentafewofhiswritingsbackhome.Theywerepublished,whichhelpede

13、stablishhimasaprofessionalwriter.FinancialproblemsendedHughesstravels.HetriedtofindworkonashipsohecouldreturntotheUnitedStates.ButinItaly,hehadproblemsfindingworkonashipbecausehewasblack.Inthepoem,lzToo,henotedthattheAmericancolorlineevenreachedallthewayoverthere.(READING)VOICEONE:InNineteen-Twenty-

14、FouGLangstonHughesreturnedtotheUnitedStatestolivewithhismotherinWashington,D.C.ThepoetVachelLindsayateinahotelwhereHugheswasworking.HughesputsomepoemshehadwrittennexttoLindsaysdinnerplate.Lindsaygaveapoetryreadinglaterthatnight.HereadsomeofHughesspoetryztoo.NewspapersacrossthecountrywroteaboutLindsa

15、yspoetryreading.Hughesbecameknownasanewblackpoet.Ayearlater,HughesreturnedtoNewYork.Throughtheyearshelivedinmanyplaces,butalwayscamebacktoNewYorksHarlemarea.HarlemwasthecenterofblacklifeinNewYorkCity.HughesscreativitywasinfluencedbyhislifeinHarlem.VOICETWO:1.angstonHughesreturnedtoNewYorkduringaperi

16、odcalledtheHarlemRenaissance.IttookplaceduringtheNineteen-TwentiesandThirties.TheHarlemRenaissancewasaperiodofgreatartisticcreativityamongblackpeople.Forthefirsttime,blackartisticexpressionwasbeingwidelyrecognized.Hughesbecamefriendswithothergreatblackwritersofthetime,suchasClaudeMcKay,CounteeCullenandZoraNealHurston.TheyhopedthatgreatartcouldchangetheracistideasinAmericaaboutAfricanAmericans.