西方诗歌艺术.ppt

1、English Poetry:,William Blake (1757-1827),I must Create a System, or be enslaved by another Mans.,1650-1780 The Age of Reason Science, philosophy The universe is a purposeful structure that can be understood completely through the use of reason. Objectivity. We should rely on our experience of the p

2、hysical world to determine truth. Descartes, Locke, Newton, Mozart,1789-1840 The Romantic Period Art The universe is a mysterious structure that can best be understood through irrational faculties such as imagination. Subjectivity. We should transcend our experience of the physical world to determin

3、e truth. Wordsworth, Coleridge, French Revolution,Rationalist Painting: The Death of Socrates, David,Romantic Painting: The Nightmare, Fuseli,slant rhyme: worm, storm,old-fasioned language, perhaps recalling the King James Bible,The Sick Rose O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in t

4、he night In the howling storm; Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.,two stanzas,Level 1, Physical Truth: the Rose as Flower,Our understanding of the natural image of the rose as a flower is complicated by the unnatural image of “the invisible worm” th

5、at “flies in the night.” Is there another way to read the poem that will make sense of the “invisible worm”?,The Sick Rose O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night In the howling storm; Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.,My

6、Pretty Rose Tree A flower was offerd to me; Such a flower as May never bore. But I said Ive a Pretty Rose-tree And I passed the sweet flower oer. Then I went to my Pretty Rose-tree; To tend her by day and by night. But my Rose turnd away with jealousy: And her thorns were my only delight.,The Lily T

7、he modest Rose puts forth a thorn,The humble sheep a threatning horn:While the Lily white shall in love delight,Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright.,Cross-Referencing: Toward Objective Interpretation,The Sick Rose O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night In the

8、howling storm; Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.,Level II, Physical/Metaphorical Truth: Rose as a Girl or Woman,The Sick Rose O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night In the howling storm; Has found out thy bed Of crimson j

9、oy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.,Rose can be considered a female who is secretly loved by a male. He has found her bed. His love is destroying her life. Rose appears to be “sick” because she “joys” in what “destroys” her. The male love worm in the female bed of joy strongly is a v

10、ery Freudian image.,Freud believed objects that have phallic shapes symbolize the male in the subconscious mind. Guns, swords, missiles, monuments, cigars, and snakes are some of the more commonly suggested phallic symbols.,Sigmund Freud and the Phallic Symbol,Freud and the Female Symbol,Red Canna,

11、OKeefe, 1923,Likewise, Freud believed that objects with resemblance to the female body represent females in the subconscious mind. Flowers are one of the things commonly taken to represent females.,“In Pagan times, this glyph was associated with the Goddess Venus, and represented female genitalia. E

12、arly depictions of Christ depict him as an infant within the vesica (In this context, it is usually referred to as a mandorla, meaning almond shaped.), which represented the womb of Mary, and often, the coming together of heaven and earth in the body of Jesus (part man, part god).” ,Virgen Coronada

13、por la Santisima Trinidad Anonymous, 17th century,王宏源汉字字源入门，华语教学出版社，1994,Level III, Symbolism: the Worm Representing Death,In the King James Bible, “worm” occurs thirteen times. In 10/13 cases, “worm” is metonymic for death. (Metonymy means “part representing the whole,” as in “lend a hand.” The wor

14、m is considered a part of death.) Examples: Job 17:14 “I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.” Job 24:20 “the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered” Isaiah 51:8 “For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever” Hamlet IV.iii “Your worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots worms”,The Sick Rose,O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in