WaltWhitman惠特曼文体学分析

1、LOGOLOGOWalt WhitmanWalt WhitmanLOGOMaster worksAchievementLifecareerWalt WhitmanWalt Whitman(1819-1892)(1819-1892)LOGOAmerican poetEssayistHumanistJournalistWalt WhitmanLOGO1819 Born in a working-class family, in Long Island, New York.1832 At 4, family moved to Brooklyn,New York.1830 At 14, he drop

2、ped out of school and became an apprentice printer.1835 Returned to Long Island and taught in country schools.1838 Edited a newspaper, the Long Islander.1841 Backed to New York City to work as a printer, journalist and delivered some political speeches.1841 He published some short stories. After one

3、 year, he published a novel was entitled Franklin Evans in New York.LifeCareerLOGO1848 He became a editor of a local newspaper in New Orleans where he witnessed a slave auction. He began writing poetry at that time.1855 His father died. During the spring, Whitman paid for the publication of the firs

4、t edition of Leaves of Grass himself.1856 The second edition of Leaves of Grass was published with Emersons letter of congratulations.1861 As the American Civil War was beginning, Whitman volunteered as a nurse in the army hospitals.1865 Whitman was fired from his job. Aiding in his popularity was t

5、he publication of O Captain! My Captain!, a relatively conventional poem on the death of Abraham Lincoln, the only poem to appear in anthologies during Whitmans lifetime.LOGO1871 His mother died.1882 He met with Oscar Wilde.1891 He prepared a final edition of Leaves of Grass, a version that has been

6、 nicknamed the Deathbed Edition. 1892 Whitman died on March 26, 1892.An autopsy revealed his lungs had diminished to one-eighth their normal breathing capacity, a result of bronchial pneumonia. He was buried in his tomb at Harleigh.LOGOWorksuFranklin Evans (1842)富兰克林伊凡uLeaves of Grass (18551891)草叶集u

7、Drum-Taps (1865)（后收录草叶集）uDemocratic Vistas (1871)民主远景uMemoranda During the War (1876)战争备忘录uSpecimen Days (1882)典型的日子LOGOuFree verse1.No fixed rhyme and scheme2.A looser and open-ended syntactical structure3.The habit of using snapshots4.Use of conversational image5.Strong tendency to use oral Englis

8、h6.Vocabulary:powerful,colorful,wrong words.7.Sentences:different lengths,disturbed, separate.uThe first person narrator1.Whitmans poetry is distinctively noted for the use of the first person narrator I.2.making his poems direct and sympathetic to the reader.Special featuresLOGOAchievementInfluence

9、lAmericans first poet of democracy.lWhitman brings the hard-working farmers and labours into American literature, attack the slavery system and racial discrimination.lProclaimed the greatest of all American poets. lEmerson praised Whitmans poetry as the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom tha

10、t America has yet to contribute.lHis poetry influences modern American poets such as T.S. Eliot, Hart Crane, Carl Sandburg.LOGOOh Captain! My Captain!LOGOO Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done,哦，船长，我的船长！我们险恶的航程已经告终，The ship has weatherd every rack, the prize we sought is won,我们的船安渡过惊涛骇浪，我们寻

11、求的奖赏已赢得手中。The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,港口已经不远，钟声我已听见，万千人众在欢呼呐喊，While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;目迎着我们的船从容返航，我们的船威严而且勇敢。 But O heart! heart! heart! 可是，心啊！心啊！心啊！ O the bleeding drops of red! 哦，殷红的血滴流泻，哦，殷红的血滴流泻， Where on the deck my Captain l

12、ies, 在甲板上，那里躺着我的船长，在甲板上，那里躺着我的船长， Fallen cold and dead. 他已倒下，已死去，已冷却。他已倒下，已死去，已冷却。LOGOO Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;哦，船长，我的船长！起来吧，请听听这钟声，哦，船长，我的船长！起来吧，请听听这钟声，Rise up -for you the flag is flung -for you the bugle trills,起来，起来，旌旗，为你旌旗，为你招展招展号角，为你长鸣。号角，为你长鸣。For you bouquets and ribb

13、ond wreaths-for you the shores crowding,为你，岸上挤满了人群为你，岸上挤满了人群为你，无数花束、彩带、花环。为你，无数花束、彩带、花环。For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turing;为你熙攘的群众在呼唤，转动着多少殷切的脸。为你熙攘的群众在呼唤，转动着多少殷切的脸。 Here, Captain! dear father! 这里，船长！亲爱的父亲！这里，船长！亲爱的父亲！ This arm beneath your head; 你头颅下边是我的手臂！你头颅下边是我的手臂！ It

14、is some dream that on the deck 这是甲板上的一场梦啊，这是甲板上的一场梦啊， Youve fallen cold and dead. 你已倒下，已死去，已冷却。你已倒下，已死去，已冷却。 LOGOMy Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,我们的船长不作回答，他的双唇惨白、寂静，我们的船长不作回答，他的双唇惨白、寂静，My father does not feel my arm , he has no pulse nor will;我的父亲不能感觉我的手臂，他已没有脉搏、没有生命，我的父亲不能感觉我的手臂，他已没有脉搏、没有生命，The ship is anchord safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;我们的船已安全抛锚我们的船已安全抛锚锭泊锭泊，航行已完成，已告终，航行已完成，已告终，From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;胜利的船从险恶的旅途归来，我们寻求的已赢得手中。胜利的船从险恶的旅途归来，我们寻求的已赢得手中。 Exult, O shores! and ring, O bells! 欢