英国文学Lecture 13.pptVIP

Important Points 1.George Gordon Byron: Byronic Heroes ;Child Harold’s Pilgrimagewritten in Spenserian Stanza; Don Juanattava rima; Byronic Heroes 2. Percy Bysshe Shelley: Queen Mab; The Revolt of Islam; Prometheus Unbound（lyrical drama; Ode to the West Wind; To a skylark 3.John Keats: Ode on a Grecian Urn” 4.Walter Scott: Rob Roy; Ivanhoehistorical novel Byron 1788—1824 1. Byron拜伦）’s Life 2. Literary Works 1 Hours of Idleness 《闲暇时刻》《消闲时光》 2 The English Bards and Scott Reviewers 《英国诗人和苏格兰评论家》 Literary Works（P224 Child Harold’s Pilgrimage 《恰尔德·哈罗德游记》, the first two canto. “I awoke one morning to find myself famous.” “我一天早晨醒来,发现自己出了名。” Literary Works in SwitzerlandP225 Sonnet on Chillon 《咏锡隆》 The Prisoner of Chillon 《锡隆的囚徒》 Manfred 《曼弗雷德》 Literary Works in ItalyP225 Accomplishment of Childe Harold Don Juan 《唐璜》masterpiece Cain 《该隐》a poetical drama诗剧 The Prophecy of Dante 《但丁预言》 The Vision of Judgment 《审判的幻景》a satire parodying imitating Southey’s sycophant flattery elegy A Vision of Judgment. Byronic hero? It refers to a proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble origin.P224 The Main Idea of HaroldP227 Don Juan 《唐璜》 It was written in Italy during the years from 1818 to 1823. It has 16,000 lines in 16 cantos and written in ottava rima （八行体）. Each stanza contains 8 iambic pentameter lines. The rhyme scheme is abababcc. Comments on Don JuanP228 1.The story of the poem takes place in the later part of the 18th century. 2.Don Juan is a Spanish youth of aristocratic birth. 3.This long poem describes Don Juan’s vicissitudes变迁 of life and adventures in many countries. Don JuanP228-231 Don Juan Comments on Don Juan 4.The hero is made to participate in different historical events. Thus we can get a broad panorama（全景） of the social life of the time. Comments on Don Juan 5.The poem gives a satirical description of English ruling classes and social conditions. 6.Byron did not finish the poem. He meant to make the hero take part in the French Revolution and die