10.6英国文学导读.pdf

THE WASTE LAND The source – Sybil—prophetess • I saw the Sybil of Cumae hanging in a cage and the boys asked her What do you want? She said, I want to die.“ – The legend of the Holy Grail (Fisher King’s story) (waste land pattern) • Sir James Frasers The Golden Bough; • Miss Westons From Ritual to Romance • 2. Five Sections – Section I, “Burial of the Dead” – Section II, “A Game of Chess” – Section III, “The Fire Sermon” – Section IV, “Death by Water” – Section V, “What the Thunder Said”