英国浪漫主义文学 English_Romanticism.ppt

She Walks in Beauty She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow’d to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair’d the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o’er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place She Walks in Beauty And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent! Literary Works Long poems 1. “Queen Mab” 2. “The Revolt of Islam” 3. “Prometheus Unbound”《解放了的普罗米修斯》 4. “The Masque of Anarchy” 《暴政的行列》 B. short lyrics on life and nature “Ode to the West Wind” 西风颂 ?? “To a Skylark” C. “A Defense of Poetry”--- critical works “Adonais” --- elegy “Song to Men of England” --- greatest political lyric Questions for Discussion What does the image of west wind suggest to you? What is the theme? What rhetorical device is employed in this poem? Comment Position: best known of Shelleys shorter poems. Content: describes vividly the activities of the West Wind on the earth, in the sky on the sea Theme: expresses his envy for the boundless freedom of the West Wind his aspiration for a new life. Rhetorical device: a wealth of symbolism. The autumn wind, burying the dead year, preparing for a new Spring, becomes an image of Shelley himself. Comments on Shelley 1. Shelley is one of the leading Romantic poets, an intense and original lyrical poet in the English language. 2. Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters. Comments on Shelley 3. He called on the peopl