Emily-Dickinson-迪金森作家及作品介绍.pptVIP

Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886) Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886) 1. Poetess 2. Themes: issues concerning the whole human beings (Love; nature; death; religion; immorality) 3. Artistic features: a. unique unconventional b. dashes and capital letters c. short d. personal The themes in Dickinson’s poems 1. religion 2. death and immortality 3. love 4. nature The themes in Dickinson’s poems Dickinson’s poems are usually based on her experiences, her sorrows and joys. But within her little lyrics Dickinson addresses those issues that concern the whole human beings, which include religion, death, immorality, love, and nature. 1. religion In some of her poems she wrote about her doubt and belief about religious subjects. The themes in Dickinson’s poems 2. death and immortality Closely related to Dickinson’s religious poetry are her poems concerning death and immortality, （不朽）ranging over the physical as well as the psychological and emotional aspects of death. Dickinson’s greatest rendering （描写）of the moment of death is to be found in “I heard a Fly buzz – when I died –”, a poem universally considered one of her masterpieces. The themes in Dickinson’s poems 3.Love Love is another subject Dickinson dwelt on. (1) One group of her love poems treats the suffering and frustration love can cause. These poems are clearly the reflection of her own unhappy experience, closely related to her deepest and most private feelings. (2) The other group of love poems focuses on the physical aspect of desire, in which Dickinson dealt with, allegorically, the influence of the male authorities over the female, emphasizing the power of physical attraction and expressing a mixture of fear and fascination for the mysterious magnetism between sexes. The themes in Dickinson’s poems 4. nature In her poems Dickinson’s skepticism about the relationship between man and nature is well-expressed. (1) On the