中英诗歌比较与欣赏unit4.pptVIP

Lecture4 Indirectness and Directness ---Two Different Versifications of Chinese Poetry and English Poetry 委婉与直率－－ 中英两种不同的诗法 Begin with a Comparison Between a Chinese poem and an English Poem: 玉阶怨 玉阶生白露，夜久侵罗袜。 却下水晶帘，玲珑望秋月。 The Jewel Stair’s Grievance The jeweled steps are already quite white with dew, It is so late that the dew soaks my gauze stockings, And I let down the crystal curtain And watch the moon through the clear autumn. The Hidden Meaning Jewel stairs, therefore a palace. Grievance, therefore there is something to complain of. Gauze stockings, therefore a court lady, not a servant who complains. Clear autumn, therefore he has no excuse on account of weather. Also she has come early, for the dew has not merely whitened the stairs, but has soaked her stockings. The poem is especially prized because she utters no direct reproach. 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. 1.climes: climate 2.aspect: look or appearance 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. 3.raven tress: black hair 4.their dwelling place: the soul or the mind 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. 4.eloquent: movingly expressive 5.tints: glowing,delicate color 6.goodness: good conduct and virtue 她在美的光辉中行走 她在美的光辉中行走，宛如 没有云翳、星空灿烂的黑夜； 一切明与暗最美好的色素 全聚集在她的明眸和容颜， 融为一种柔光，赏心悦目， 比那节日的光彩更加愉悦。 增加或减少一分明与暗 就会损害这难以名状的美态； 美在她每一根头发上荡波， 或在她脸上幽幽泛彩， 恬静的思想亲切地向人们表述 她的灵府深处何等纯洁、可爱。 那脸颊， 那眉额，如此娴静 如此温馨，但又脉脉传情， 那迷人的微笑，那泛光的色彩， 都诉说着她度过的美的