【正确答案】:
STRUCTURALLY AND THEMATICALLY, SHAW FOLLOWED THE GREAT TRADITIONS OF REALISM. AS A REALISTIC DRAMATIST, HE TOOK THE MODERN SOCIAL ISSUES AS HIS SUBJECTS WITH THE AIM OF DIRECTING SOCIAL REFORMS. MOST OF HIS PLAYS ARE CONCERNED WITH POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, MORAL, OR RELIGIOUS PROBLEMS, AND, THUS, CAN BE TERMED AS PROBLEM PLAYS. AND HIS PLAYS HAVE ONE PASSION, AND ONE ONLY, I.E. INDIGNATION, "INDIGNATION AGAINST OPPRESSION AND EXPLOITATION, AGAINST HYPOCRISY AND LYING, AGAINST PROSTITUTION AND SLAVERY, AGAINST POVERTY, DIRT AND DISORDER."
【题目解析】:在结构与主题方面,萧伯纳承载了现实主义。作为现实主义戏剧家,他注重割析社会问题,意在实现社会改良的理想。他的剧作可以被冠以一个统一的名称:“问题剧”。他的剧作只有一种情感,惟一的一种情感:“愤怒”,对压迫与剥削的愤怒,对说谎与虚伪的愤怒,对卖淫与奴役的愤怒,对贫穷、肮脏与混乱的愤怒。