英美文学-唐璜

1、2021/8/61商英一班商英一班2021/8/62George Gordon Byron Introduction byname Lord Byron born January 22, 1788, London, England died April 19, 1824, Missolonghi, Greece British Romantic poet and satirist whose poetry and personality captured the imagination of Europe. Renowned as the “gloomy egoist” of his auto

2、biographical poem Childe Harolds Pilgrimage (181218) in the 19th century, he is now more generally esteemed for the satiric realism of Don Juan (181924). 2021/8/63Life and career Byrons early years had been far from happy. (impoverished noble family, clubfoot, father squandered away money and desert

3、ed his mother, mother petted and abused him )At ten, was made Lord Byron. Then studied at Harrow and Cambridge.Byrons first published volume of poetry, Hours of Idleness, appeared in 1807.In 1809, Byron took his seat in the House of LordsIn 1816, Byron raised his voice in defence of the oppressed wo

4、rkers in his well known Song for the Luddites.2021/8/64A few days after Byron delivered his parliamentary speech, the first cantos of his Childe Harolds Pilgrimage (1809)were published. He also wrote a great number of lyrical pieces.In 1815,Byron married Miss Milbank, unhappy marriageOn April 25, 18

5、16, he set sail for Europe, never to return.Byron first went to Switzerland, where he made acquaintance with Shelley.From Switzerland he went to Italy(1816-1823), Byron took an active part in the revolutionary work of the Carbonari.These were also the most fruitful years in his literary career.The d

6、efeat of the Carbonari uprising(1821) was a heavy blow to Byron. On April 19, 1824, Byron died.2021/8/65 Catherine Gordon, his mother Father John Byron Wife Annabella2021/8/66 Lord Byron Lord Byron on his Death-bed Lord Byron in Albanian dress2021/8/67Byrons Workspoetry:Hours of Idleness懒散的时刻satiric

7、al poetry:English Bards and Scotch Reviewers英国诗人与苏格兰评论家ode to the framers of the frame-bill编织机法案编制者颂The Vision of Judgment 审判的幻景the age of bronze青铜世纪2021/8/68 Legendary long poems: oriental tales东方叙事诗 Giaour 异教徒 The Bride of Abydos阿比道斯的新娘 The Corsa海盗 Lara莱拉 The Siege of Corinth柯林斯之围 Parisina 巴里西那 Dr

8、ama Manfred曼弗雷德 Cain 该隐 Long narrative Childe Harolds Pilgrimage恰罗德哈罗德游记Don Juan唐璜2021/8/69Byrons masterpiece Don Juan(唐璜) 16000 lines longIn 16 cantosottava rima （八行体）rhymed abababcc2021/8/610Don JuanTime: the latter part of the 18th century Who: Don Juan-its hero, is a Spanish youth of noble birth

9、What : The vicissitudes of his life and his adventures in many countries are described against varied social backgrounds ,and he is seen to take part in different historical events.2021/8/611The content of Dun Juan1. The poem begins with description of his early life. He falls in love with Donna Jul

10、ia, the wife of Don Alfonso. The affair is discovered, and he was sent abroad.2.After a shipwreck in a storm, he escapes in a boat with thirty other passengers. Juan alone comes out alive and swims to a Greek island. He falls in love with Haidee, the only daughter of Lambro, a pirate. But the girl f

11、inally dies.2021/8/6122021/8/6132021/8/6143. Juan is sold, as a slave. In Constantinople(君士坦丁堡君士坦丁堡), he is bought by the Sultana. Disguised as a girl, Juan lives in a seraglio（内宫）（内宫）, going through many mischievous and comic adventures.4.Juan manages to escape to the camp of the Russian army that

12、is besieging (包围)the Turkish fortress Ismail.5.Juan is sent to St. Peterburg.6.The Catherine dispatches him on a mission to England.2021/8/615The poem is unfinished. But in his letters Byron disclosed he intended to let Don Juan go on a tour through Europe ,take part in the French Revolution and die

13、 fighting against the reigning tyranny（专制统治）.2021/8/616comment on Don Juan Don Juan is Byrons masterpiece, written in the prime of his creative power. He called this poem an “epic satire”. Byron displayed his genius as a romanticist and a realist simultaneously.2021/8/617Comment on Byron One of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad. Byrons influence has shown itself in the works of the Chartist poets(宪章派诗人) in England and the p