美国文学sonnet to science.ppt

1、美国文学经典阅读作品文本研究PPT Unit 7 Sonnet To Science 11级英本2班 杜欣 11280090 2014.4.2,Teaching Process,(January 19, 1809 October 7, 1849),Brief Introduction To the Poe,1）He was considered part of the American Romantic Movement. 2）He was one of the earlist American practitioners of the short story, and is generall

2、y considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. 3)He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.,Did Poe want to praise science or not?,Sonnet to Science,Summary of the Sonnet,Sonnet - To Science is a lament over the dangers of scientific development and

3、 its negative implications for poetry and creativity. Poe asks why science preys on the poet. Science is peering, destructive and interested only in cold realities. It will not allow the poet to soar in fantasy or even to sit peacefully dreaming beneath a tree.,Translation,Science! true daughter of

4、Old Time thou art! Who alterest all things with thy peering eyes. Why preyest thou thus upon the poets heart, Vulture, whose wings are dull realities? 科学呵！你这时间老人的乖女儿， 你用慧眼的凝视让世界改观。 你这兀鹰！晦暗的现实铸成了你的翼翅， 可为什么要啄食诗人的心灵？,Translation,How should he love thee? or how deem thee wise? Who wouldst not leave him

5、in his wandering To seek for treasure in the jewelled skies, Albeit he soared with an undaunted wing? 他何以爱你或羡你高妙？ 尽管他能乘风轻扬， 你却总不让他漫游飘荡， 去那布满珍宝的苍宇寻觅。,Hast thou not dragged Diana from her car? And driven the Hamadryad from the wood To seek a shelter in some happier star? Hast thou not torn the Naiad f

6、rom her flood The Elfin from the green grass, and from me The summer dream beneath the tamarind tree? ,Sonnet to Science,In Roman mythology, Diana was the hunting goddess, and an emblem of chastity. Here car indicates Dianas chariot.,Now science has vanquished the hunt, leaving Diana aimless and los

7、t.,“Hast thou not dragged Diana from her car?”,“And driven the Hamadryad from the wood To seek a shelter in some happier star?” Hamadryad: Greek & Roman Mythology -A wood nymph who lives only as long as the tree, of which she is the spirit,lives. Now with the advent of science, The Hamadryad does no

8、t tend to the old forests.,“Hast thou not torn the Naiad from her flood”,Now instead of the Naiad, nymph of fresh water, being the source of the flood, science can come up with dreary explanations involving weather patterns.,In Greek mythology, the Naiads were a type of nymph who presided over fount

9、ains, wells, springs, streams, and brooks.,Translation,可是你把月神拖下了天车？ 可是你把山林仙子逐出了林莽， 迫使她去往某颗福星上躲藏？ 可是你从水泽里赶走了温柔的神女， 把小精灵逼出了绿茵，而且还从 凤眼果树下驱散了我夏日的美梦？,sonnet,Sonnet:A sonnet is a poetic form which originated in Italy, meaning little song. The conventions associated with the sonnet have however evolved ove

10、r its history. A sonnet consists of fourteen lines, which in the Shakespearean form can be divided into three heroic quatrains and one heroic couplet, where the overall rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.,rhyme,art &heart 1&3 eyes &realities 2&4 wise &skies 5&7 wandering &wing 6&8 car& star 9&11 wood &flood 10&12 me &tree 13&14,Sonnet （representatives),Petrarchan(彼得拉克）,ABBA，ABBA，CDE，CDE ABBA，ABBA，CDC，DCD ABBA，ABBA，CDC，CDC . 四行诗韵律： 交