英语本科毕业论文范文.doc

Analysis of the Images of Nightingale in English Poems and Cuckoo in Chinese Poems A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Foreign Languages of 。。。。。。。 College 。。。Province in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature by Number: Supervised by: 。。。。。。。。。 March 2011 Acknowledgements I would like to express my gratitude to all those who have helped me during the writing of this thesis. I gratefully acknowledge the help of 。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。 . I also owe a special debt of gratitude to all the professors in Foreign Languages Department, from whose devoted teaching and enlightening lectures I have benefited a lot and academically prepared for the thesis. I should finally like to express my gratitude to my beloved parents who have always been helping me out of difficulties and supporting me without a word of complaint. Abstract For English poems or Chinese poems, an image is one of the basic elements which form the poetic arts. It is the soul of a poem. In nature, nightingale and cuckoo are two kinds of the most common bird images in English and Chinese poems. There are similarities and differences between them. The cuckoo in Chinese poems and the nightingale in English poems usually appear as grievous images. Both of them originate in their sad legends and, they symbolize mournful emotion in poems. And differences between them can be described from two sides. First, the nightingale sometimes also represents happiness while the cuckoo shows grief all the time. Second, they have different relationship with poetic schools. By reading and comparing, readers can deeply understand cuckoo and nightingale’s symbolized meaning and emotional tone. Key words: poetic image; nightingale; cuckoo, differences and similarities 摘要 无论是对英诗，还是对汉诗来说，意象是构成诗的艺术的基本条件之一。它是诗歌的灵魂。在自然界中，夜莺和杜鹃分别是英诗和汉诗