罗伯特-彭斯ppt课件

1、Robert Burns,life experience Literary works Evaluation Analysis of the poem Celebrations of Burns,Heaven-taught ploughman, Scotlands favorite son,Statues,Burns cottage in Alloway, Scotland,Backgrounds,Robert Burns（1759-1796） Nationality: Scottish Robert Burns was born in a cottage at Alloway,Scotlan

2、d. Family: His father William Burns was a farmer.The family often had nothing to eat.By the age of fifteen, Burns already became the farms chief labourer. Education: He was educated at home by a teacher.Young Burns always spended his free time reading.He insisted to read a little every day when had

3、a meal. Career: poet, lyricist and farmer.Scottish Ballads ，Patriotic poems，Lyrics of love and friendship,Masterpieces,Evaluation,He is a great Scottish peasant poet; a national poet of Scotland He is a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism. And his influence h

4、as long been strong on Scottish literature. He is a many-sided genius. He is not only famous as a lyricist on the themes of love and friendship and nature, but he is a patriotic poet and a writer of political verse calling for national independence for Scotland and liberty, equality and fraternity f

5、or all the people in the world,Features of Burns Poetry,1.Burns is the national poet of Scotland. His songs are Scottish to the core. As a poet of the peasant, he was very good at presenting the rural theme,2.His peasant origin and environment especially aided him in mastering the happy simplicity,

6、humor, directness and optimism, which are characteristics of old Scottish songs. 3. Besides love lyrics, most of his poems and songs are about patriotic and political themes. Burns had a profound love for the common Scottish people and their literature. And his poems and songs are permeated with(充满着

7、) the Scottish national spirit,A Red Red Rose,Style: ballad Figure of speech: simile,repetition,hyperbole. Images: visual image and aural image. Vision of love: selfless, eternal Theme:love is great ,precious and eternal,A Red, Red Rose,O, my Luve is like a red, red rose, Thats newly sprung in June.

8、 O, my Luve is like the melodie, Thats sweetly playd in tune. As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a the seas gang dry,Till a the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi the sun! And I will luve thee still, my dear, While the sands o

9、 life shall run. And fare-thee-weel, my only Luve, And fare-thee-weel, a while! And I will come again, my Luve, Tho it were ten thousand mile,As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, 我的好姑娘，你有多美， So deep in luve am I, 我爱你就有多么深， And I will luve thee still, my dear, 我将永远爱你，我的宝贝， Till a the seas gang dry. 直到大海

10、止息水枯竭,bonnie lass：娇媚的少女,a: all gang：go,Till a the seas gang dry, my dear, 直到大海止息水枯竭。 And the rocks melt wi the sun, 直到岩石融化在太阳里！ O, I will luve thee still, my dear, 而我将仍然爱你， While the sands o life shall run. 只要生命之火不灭,wi：with repetition hyperbole,o: of,And fare thee weel, my only Luve, 再见吧，我唯一的心上人！ An

11、d fare thee weel awhile! 再见吧，让我们暂时别离！ And I will come again, my Luve, 我一定要回来，我的爱人， Tho it were ten thousand mile! 哪怕要走千里万里,fare vi 吃；发生；进展，经历 n 车船费；食品；旅客 weel=well fare thee well 再见,Celebration of Burns,Burns Supper On Jan. 25, as “Burns night” Have haggis (羊肚包杂碎), traditional Scottish food Play pipes Poetry reading,The suppers are normally held on or near the poets birthday, 25 Janu