Lecture Notes Shelley 1.doc

Part IV The Age of Romanticism Active Romantic Poets George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) 乔治·戈登·拜伦 Major works Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage《恰尔德·哈罗尔的游记》: one of his most readable books Don Juan (1818-1823)《唐·璜》 His masterpiece Byronic Heroes The men with fiery passion and unbending will express the poet’s own ideal of freedom The men who rise against tyranny and injustice Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822）波西·比希·雪莱 I. Life and Career 1. Father-son relationship 2. Education academic interests 3. Marriage 4. Life abroad 5. Death II. Literary Achievements Long poems Queen Mab《麦布女王》(1813): his first important poem, in the form of fairy-tale dream The Revolt of Islam《伊斯兰的叛变》(1817) Lyrics Lyrics on nature and love Ode to the West Wind 《西风颂》(1819) Love Philosophy 《爱的哲学》(1822) Lyrics on politics The Masque of Anarchy《专制魔王的化装游行》（1819） Song to the Men of England 《给英格兰人的歌》(1819) Poetic Drama Prometheus Unbound《解放了的普罗米修斯》(1819) Shelley’s masterpiece The Cenci《沉西》（1819） Distinctive Features Thematic Concerns In most of his poems Shelley expresses his love for freedom and his hatred toward injustice, cruelty, authority, religion, condemning tyranny, war and exploitation. Artistic Features Lyric intensity Revolutionary ardency Optimistic idealism Image and Symbol Image 意象 Symbol 象征 Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. Symbol is similar to an image in that it stands for something else, but unlike image, it is not merely descriptive. It frequently sums up abstract virtues or features. III. Literary Position The great poet of revolutionary romanticism in England “The most wonderful lyric poet England has ever produced” Ode to the West Wind An ode (颂诗): an elaborately formal lyrical poem composed for expressing noble feelings, often addressed to a person or celebrating an event Ode to the West Wind Five stanzas（cantos）, each a sonnet formed of four units of terza rima ( 三行诗节), completed by a couplet(双行诗)， th