[教育]英美文學欣賞資料-3.romanticliteratu

1、Romantic English Literature,,1. Historical background,Romanticism – a revolt of the English imagination against the neoclassicism reasonFrench Revolution--- the storming of Bastille--- Liberty, Equality, and Fraternit

2、y--- Rousseau: glorify human nature; claim for social democracy--- response in Britain Thomas Paine: “The Right of Man”-- fight against tyranny,,French Revolution,,Bastille,Population shifts: Enclosure→ Urbanizatio

3、n. Industrial revolution--- increasing mechanization; development of industry--- disparity between the rich and the poor--- Luddite riots: workers’ disturbancesThe Reform Bill (1832): signify the end of Romantic per

4、iod.,2. Cultural background,The Romantic Movement: negative attitude towards the existing social and political conditions.Core --- reaction against neoclassicismTime --- 1798~18321798: Lyrical Ballads (Wi

5、lliam Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge)1832: the death of Sir Walter Scott; the passage of the Reform BillManifesto --- Lyrical Ballads,Characteristics,Spontaneity: Poems are the products of an unconscious creat

6、ivity.Subjectivism: self-expression.Individualism: Man has infinite potentialities and creative power. Individual freedom free from formalism, tradition, and conformity.,Worship of Nature: External nature became a pe

7、rsistent subject of poetry. Note of Melancholy: A gloomy mood of melancholy and loneliness, resulting from the frustration of their efforts in revolting against the established code and convention.Simplicity in languag

8、e and free poetic forms.,Romantic Achievements,Poetry--- Lakers (the first generation): Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey--- Revolutionary poets (the second generation) Byron, Shelley, Keats. Novels: Jane Austen:

9、 Pride and Prejudice Sir Walter Scott: Ivanhoe (historic Novels),William Blake 威廉·布萊克,Little school education, widely readan engraver Married Catherine Boucher, a worthy wife Died in 1827,,To see a world

10、 in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.,一花一世界 一沙一天國， 君掌盛無邊， 剎那含永劫。 —宗白華佛曰：一花一世界，一草一天堂，一葉一如來，一砂一極樂，一方一凈土，一笑一塵緣，一念一清靜,

11、Robert Burns 羅伯特·彭斯,A national poet of Scotland, a poet of peasants, his poems are written in Scottish dialect.His language is simple and placid and song-like.Simplicity and sincerity and love to the laboring pe

12、ople and patriotism are also reflected in his poems.,,A Red, Red Rose紅紅的玫瑰,O MY Luve's like a red, red rose 啊，我愛人象紅紅的玫瑰，That's newly sprung in June:&#

13、160;它在六月里初開；O my Luve's like the melodie啊，我愛人象一支樂曲，That's sweetly play'd in tune! 美妙地演奏起來。,As fair thou art, my bonnie lass

14、,你是那么美，漂亮的姑娘，So deep in love am I: 我愛你那么深切；And I will love thee still, my dear,我要愛你下去，親愛的，Till a' the seas gang dry:一直到

15、四海枯竭。,Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,一直到四?？萁?，親愛的，And the rocks melt with the sun; 到太陽把巖石燒裂；I will luve thee still 

16、;my dear,我要愛你下去，親愛的，When the sands of life shall run. 只要是生命不絕。 　And fare thee weel, my only Luve,再見吧－－我唯一的愛人，And fare thee 

17、weel a while!我和你小別片刻；And I will come again , my Luve,我要回來的，親愛的，Tho' it were ten thousand mile.即使是萬里相隔。,This poem fills with a man’s hearty, g

18、enerous and sincere love for his dear lass.,,,,A Red Red Rose by Robert BurnsO my luve's like a red, red rose. That's newly sprung in June; O my luve's like a melodie That's sweetly play'd

19、 in tune. As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will love thee still, my Dear, Till a'the seas gang dry. Till a' the seas gang dry, my Dear, And the rocks melt wi' the sun: I wi

20、ll luve thee still, my Dear, While the sands o'life shall run. And fare thee weel my only Luve! And fare thee weel a while! And I will come again, my Luve, Tho' it were ten thousand mile!,,一朵紅紅的玫瑰啊，我的愛人象朵紅

21、紅的玫瑰，　六月里迎風初開，啊，我的愛人象支甜甜的曲子，　奏得合拍又和諧。我的好姑娘，多么美麗的人兒！　請看我，多么深摯的愛情！親愛的，我永遠愛你，　縱使大海干涸水流盡?？v使大海千涸水流盡，　太陽將巖石燒作灰塵，親愛的，我永遠愛你，　只要我一息猶存。珍重吧，我唯一的愛人，　珍重吧，讓我們暫時別離，但我定要回來，　哪怕千里萬里！,,,,,,Auld lang Syne by Robe

22、rt BurnsShould auld acquaintance be forgotAnd never brought to mind?Should auld acquaintance be forgot,And auld lang syne!For auld lang syne, my dear,For auld lang syne,We'll take a cup o' kindness yetFo

23、r auld lang syneAnd surely ye'll be your pint stowp!And surely I'll be mine!And we'll take a cup o' kindness yet,For auld lang syne,,,,We twa hae run about the braes,An pou'd the gowans fineBut

24、 we've wander'd mony a weary fitt,Sin' auld lang syneWe twa hae paidl'd in the burn,Frae morning sun till dine;But seas between us braid hae roar'd,Sin auld lang syneFor auld lang syne, my dea

25、r,For auld lang syne,We'll take a cup o' kindness yetFor auld lang syne,,,,And there's a hand, my trusty fiere!And gie's a hand o' thine!And we‘ll take a right gude-willie waught,(大口吞飲，蘇格蘭)For a

26、uld lang syneFor auld lang syne, my dear,For auld lang syne,We'll take a cup o' kindness yetFor auld lang syne,,往昔的時光老朋友哪能遺忘，　　哪能不放在心上？老朋友哪能遺忘，　　還有往昔的時光？為了往昔的時光，老朋友，　　為了往昔的時光，再干一杯友情的酒，　　為了往昔的時光，你

27、來痛飲一大杯，　　我也買酒來相陪。干一杯友情的酒又何妨？　　為了往昔的時光。,,我們曾邀游山崗，　　到處將野花拜訪。但以后走上疲憊的旅程，　　逝去了往昔的時光！我們曾赤腳瞠過河流，　　水聲笑語里將時間忘。如今大海的怒濤把我們隔開，　　逝去了往昔的時光！忠實的老友，伸出你的手，　　讓我們握手聚一堂，再來痛飲—杯歡樂酒，　　為了往昔的時光！,,,William Wordsworth (1770-1850)威廉

28、·華茲華斯,Born at Cockermouth, CumberlandAttended St. John’s College, Cambridge UniversityA keen love for nature from childhoodThe French RevolutionLake Poets (Robert Southey) Poet Laureate 1843Poetic inspiration

29、dulled,Lyrical Ballads (1798)《抒情歌謠集》A work in collaboration with Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe summit period of his poetry“all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” “endeavored to bring language

30、 near to the real language of man”.,I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,Daffodils,I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,I wandered lonely as a cloud 我孤獨地漫游，像一朵云 That floats on high o'er vales and hills, 在山丘和谷地上飄蕩， When all at

31、once I saw a crowd, 忽然間我看見一群 A host, of golden daffodils; 金色的水仙花迎春開放， Beside the lake, beneath the trees, 在樹蔭下，在湖水邊， Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. 迎著微風起舞翩翩。,Continuous as the stars that shine 連綿不絕，如繁星燦

32、爛， And twinkle on the milky way, 在銀河里閃閃發(fā)光， They stretched in never-ending line 它們沿著湖灣的邊緣 Along the margin of a bay: 延伸成無窮無盡的一行； 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Ten thousand saw I at a glance, 我一眼看見了一萬朵， Tossing their heads

33、 in sprightly dance. 在歡舞之中起伏顛簸。,The waves beside them danced, but they 粼粼波光也在跳著舞， Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: 水仙的歡欣卻勝過水波； A poet could not but be gay, 與這樣快活的伴侶為伍， In such a jocund company: 詩人怎能不滿心歡樂！

34、I gazed--and gazed--but little thought 我久久凝望，卻想象不到 What wealth the show to me had brought: 這奇景賦予我多少財寶，——,For oft, when on my couch I lie 每當我躺在床上不眠， In vacant or in pensive mood,　　 或心神空茫，或默默沉思， 　　　　　　　　　　　 The

35、y flash upon that inward eye 它們常在心靈中閃現(xiàn)， Which is the bliss of solitude; 那是孤獨之中的福祉； And then my heart with pleasure fills, 于是我的心便漲滿幸福， And dances with the daffodils. 和水仙一同翩翩起舞。,,,Analysis,I Wandered Lonely as a

36、Cloud” is a poem about nature. With his pure and poetic language, Wordsworth brings us into a beautiful world where there are daffodils, trees and breeze. We follow the poet at every turn of his feelings. We share his me

37、lancholy when he “wandered lonely as a cloud” and his delight the moment his heart “with pleasure fills ”. We come to realize the great power of nature that may influence our life deeply as revealed in the poem. The poe

38、m consists of four 6-lined stanzas of iambic tetrameter抑揚格四音部 with a rhyme scheme of ababcc in each stanza.,George Gordon Byron,“One shade the more , one ray the less,Had half impaired the nameless grace”,Literary caree

39、r,On the whole, Byron’s poetry is one of experience.His literary career was closely linked with the struggle and progressive movements of his age.His chief contribution is the creation of the “Byronic hero”--- a proud,

40、 mysterious rebel figure of noble origin.Important works: Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage Don Juan,She Walks in Beauty,She walks in beauty ,like the nightOf cloudless clime and starry skies,她漫步在美的光彩中，像夜色般皎潔無

41、云，繁星漫天，And all that's best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes;明與暗的最美妙的色澤在她的儀容和秋波中交織Thus mellowed to that tender light融合成如此柔和的光澤Which heaven to gaudy day denies.讓天堂和人間的一切美景都黯然失色。,,One shade the m

42、ore, one ray the less,增減一分暗影或光亮Had half impaired the nameless grace都會損害這難言的優(yōu)雅美麗Which waves in every raven tress烏黑的長發(fā)猶如輕輕的波浪Or softly lightens o‘er her face,或者散布淡淡的光輝在那臉龐where thoughts serenely sweet express清幽，恬靜

43、的思緒How prue,how dear their dwelling-place.傾訴著他們的寓所是多么的純潔而珍貴。,And on that cheek and o'er that brow那額際，那眉梢So soft ,so calm, yet eloquent,如此輕柔溫和，脈脈含情The Smiles that win, the tints that glow那迷人的微笑，那容顏的光彩，But tell

44、 of days in goodness spent,都在表達一個善良的生命A mind at peace with all below,她的思想如此與世無爭，安于世間的一切A heart whose love is innocent.她心中的愛如此天真無邪,Summary,Byron wrote this poem the morning after he had met his beautiful young cousin

45、 by marriage, Mrs. Robert John Wilmot, who wore a black mourning gown brightened with spangles.The poet admires the woman’s eyes, black hair, brow, cheek, coloring and smile. With dark hair and fair face, the lady is mi

46、ngling of various light and shades, comparable to the light and darkness of a night sky with stars. He praises her pure thoughts, good actions, serene mind, and innocent love.,,1. The Romantic Movement expressed a more o

47、r less______ attitude toward the existing social and political conditions.A. positiveB. negativeC. neutralD. indifferentAnswer: B,,5. For the Romantics, ____is not only the major source of poetic imagery, but also p

48、rovides the dominant subject matter.A.loveB.manC.natureD.deathAnswer: C,,6. In the Romantic period, ____is the most prosperous literary form.A.proseB.poetryC.fictionD.playAnswer: B,,19. Romanticism is a period

49、of British literature roughly dated from _________.A.1660-----1798B.1798----1832C.1483-----1546D.1836-----1901Answer: B,6. "For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that in

50、ward eye Which is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dance with the daffodils."(1) What is the "bliss of the solitude"?(2) Interpret the passage.(3) Why did the poet writ

51、e the poem, what did he want to express?Answer:(1)The Daffodils the poet saw. (2)It is a bliss/happiness to recollect the beauty of nature in his mind when he is solitude/lonely.(3)The poem depicts/deals with the flo

52、wers that he came across along waterside, by which he expresses the quiet, sympathy, loving feeling to nature just like his words "poetry is from "emotion recollected in tranquility".,Questions on She Walk

53、s in Beauty In Byron’s poem She Walks in Beauty, the lady praised is compared to “night” .What particular aspects of night are singled out? How does this comparison affect our idea of her beauty? 1) Night’s tenderness,

54、 mellowness, calm and peace are singled out. 2) Lord Byron describes a night (connected with darkness) with cloudless climes and bright stars (light) to create a beautiful mellow glow. Light and dark also come together

55、in the lady’s appearance, as they come in her face and eyes. At night everything is calm and tender, so it reflects the lady’s grace and peace. All these conveys that her inner beauty is mirrored by her outer beauty, and