Lord ron拜伦(英文ppt).ppt
Lord Byron,George Gordon,Lord Byron(1788-1824),An English poet,born in London,England,Jan.22,1788,and died in Missolonghi,Greece,April 19,1824.Lord Byron was perhaps the most fascinating&influential literary personality of the Romantic age.An eloquent poet,handsome nobleman&political rebel.He was one of the most popular¬orious figures of the 19th century.,He was born in 1788 with a clubfoot and became extremely sensitive about his lameness.He went to Harrow,then to the Trinity College of Cambridge in 1807.In 1809,Byron became a member of the House of Lords.His grand tour to Spain and Greece resulted in Childe Harolds Pilgrimage(1812),an autobiographical work,which made him famous overnight.,His life:,In 1815,he was married and had a daughter.The unhappy marriage ended next year.In 1816,he left England because of his divorce and the rumors that he had an affair with his half-sister,and never returned.He sailed to Geneva to meet Shelley and other friends,then to Greece to help with the fight again the Turkish,where he got a fever and died in 1824,Byrons life featured aristocratic excesses,huge debts,numerous love affairs,and self-imposed exile.Byron served as a regional leader of Italys revolutionary organization in its struggle against Austria.He later travelled to fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence,for which Greeks revere him as a national hero.He died from a fever contracted while in Messolonghi in Greece.,His Major Works,Hours of Idleness(1807),His first collection of poetry,received bad reviews,Childe Harolds Pilgrimage(1812)a narrative poem,became an adored character of London society“I awoke one morning to find myself famous.”,English Bards And Scotch Reviewers,answered his critics,Don Juan(1818-1823),An epic satire,unfinished,his masterpiece,Cain(1821)a lyrical drama,Byronic hero,A theme that pervades much of Byrons work is that of the Byronic hero,an idealized but flawed character whose attributes include:1)being a rebel;2)having a distaste for social institutions;3)being an exile;4)expressing a lack of respect for rank and privilege;5)having great talent;6)hiding an unsavoury past;7)being highly passionate;8)ultimately,being self-destructive,The literary history of the Byronic hero in English can be traced from Milton,especially Miltons interpretation of Lucifer as having justified complaint against God.,Selected readings:The Isles of Greece,And where are they?and where art thou,My country?On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now-The heroic bosom beats no more!And must thy lyre,so long divine,Degenerate into hands like mine?,呵，他们而今安在？还有你呢，我的祖国？在无声的土地上，英雄的颂歌如今已沉寂那英雄的心也不再激荡！难道你一向庄严的竖琴，竟至沦落到我的手里弹弄？,Tis something in the dearth of fame,Though linkd among a fetterd race,To feel at least a patriots shame,Even as I sing,suffuse my face;For what is left the poet here?For Greeks a blush-for Greece a tear.,也好，置身在奴隶民族里，尽管荣誉都已在沦丧中，至少，一个爱国志士的忧思，还使我的作歌时感到脸红；因为，诗人在这儿有什么能为？为希腊人含羞，对希腊国落泪。,When We Two Parted,When we two parted In silence and tears,Half broken-hearted To sever for years,Pale grew thy cheek and cold,Colder thy kiss;Truly that hour foretold Sorrow to this.,想从前我们俩分手，默默无言地流着泪，预感到多年的隔离，我们忍不住心碎；你的脸冰凉、发白，你的吻更似冷冰，呵，那一刻正预兆了 我今日的悲痛。,When We Two Parted,The dew of the morning Sank chill on my brow-It felt like the warning Of what I feel now.Thy vows are all broken,And light is thy fame;I hear thy name spoken,And share in its shame.,清早凝结着寒露,冷彻了我的额角，那种感觉仿佛是 对我此刻的警告。你的誓言全破碎了，你的行为如此轻浮：人家提起你的名字，我听了也感到羞辱。,When We Two Parted,They name thee before me,A knell to mine ear;A shudder comes oer me-Why wert thou so dear?They know not I knew thee,Who knew thee too well:-Long,long shall I rue thee,Too deeply to tell.,他们当着我讲到你，一声声有如丧钟；我的全身一阵颤栗为什么对你如此情重？没有人知道我熟识你，呵，熟识得太过了我将长久、长久地悔恨，这深处难以为外人道。,When We Two Parted,In secret we met-In silence I grieve,That thy heart could forget,Thy spirit deceive.If I should meet thee After long years,How should I greet thee?-With silence and tears.,你我秘密地相会，我又默默地悲伤，你竟然把我欺骗，你的心终于遗忘。如果很多年以后，我们又偶然会面，我将要怎样招呼你？只有含着泪，默默无言。1808年 查良铮 译,When We Two Parted,It tells the story of a couple that shared a secret relationship and is forced to separate for a period of time,and during this period,the person to whom the poem is directed to commits an act of indiscretion and the speaker is shamed and betrayed.If he should meet his beloved again,he will greet her with“silence and tears.”The poem is about Frances Webster,whom Byron didnt seduce because she was a newlywed;but within a year it was reported she was having an affair with someone else,so Byron felt cheated.Although the publication date for this poem is 1808,Byron actually wrote it in 1813.This was to keep the identity of the person a secret.,
