the isles of greece英美文學(xué)史(唐璜)

組員：周雨怡，邢小玲，古惠嫦，謝雅怡TheIslesofGreece2021/5/91 “TheIslesofGreece”istakenfromDonJuanCantoⅢ.Intheearly19thcentury,GreecewasundertheruleofTurks. BypraisingGreece’sancientbrilliantculture,splendidcivilization,greatmilitaryachievementsandheroicmilitanttraditionandsatirizingtheGreek’sapathytowardstheircountry’sbeingslavedbyTurks.Introduction2021/5/92ByrontriesveryhardtoencourageandimpeltheGreekpeopletoriseandfightfortheirnationallibertyandindependence,whichshowsthepoet’senthusiasticsupportforpeopleagainstallformsofoppression.The16six-linestanzasofthispoemfollowaquatrain-coupletrhymescheme:ABABCC.Eachlineismeterediniambictetrameter.Itisfamousforitsextensiveuseofallusions,referencesandcitations2021/5/93What’sthethemeofthepoem？Theauthorcontrastthedifferencebetweentheancientandmodern,toexpressthegriefandindignation,callfortheGreekpeople’sawakeningtofightfornationalindependence.ThepoemwasinterpretedintoChinainthe12C,whichcausedaprofoundeffect.ThesufferingthatGreeceexperiencedisavividreflectionofChina’spastimpotenceandindignityatthehandsofcolonialpowersinthemodernhistory.Callingforfreedomandindependencecallingforrevoltsagainsttyranny2021/5/94（1）

TheislesofGreece,theIslesofGreece！希臘群島呵，希臘群島！Whereburning

Sappholovedandsung,

你有過薩福歌唱愛情，

Wheregrewtheartsofwarandpeace,

你有過隆盛的武功文教

Burning:passionate,ardentSappho：Greecelyricpoet2021/5/95WhereDelosrose,andPhoebussprung,太陽神從你的提洛島誕生！

Eternalsummergildsthemyet,

長夏的陽光燦爛如金——

Butall,excepttheirsun,isset.除了太陽，一切都沉淪！‘Butall,excepttheirsun,isset”:Butalltheirpastgloriesarenomore,onlythesunstillshinesuponthem.

Delos:anameofislandPhoebus:Appollo

解析：allusionsarefrequentlyusedinthispoemtosetasharpcontrastbetweenthepastandthepresentofGreece.2021/5/96(2)TheScianandtheTeianmuse,

開俄斯歌手，忒俄斯詩人，Thehero'sharp,thelover'slute

英雄的豎琴，情人的琵琶，

Havefoundthefameyourshoresrefuse.

在你的境內(nèi)沒沒無聞，

Teos:Anacreon，BC563－478

“TheScianandtheTeianmuse”:referringtoHomerandAnacreon.“Muse”heremeanspoet.“Scian‘-ofScioorChiosintheGrecianArchipolage,claimedtohavebeenthebirthplaceofHomer.‘Teian”-ofTeosinancientIonis,wherethepoetAnaceronwasborn.“Havefoundthefameyourshoresrefuse“:haveelsewherereceivedthehonorwhichGreeceitselffailedtogive.2021/5/97

海島樂園（IslandsoftheBlest）－可能指西非塞內(nèi)加爾（Senegal）的佛得角群島（CapeVerde

Islands），或大西洋東北部的嘉納麗群島（CanaryIslands）。Theirplaceofbirthaloneismute詩人的故土悄然喑啞Tosoundswhichechofurtherwest他們在西方的名聲遠(yuǎn)揚，Thanyoursires’“Islandof

theBlest”.遠(yuǎn)過你祖先的樂島仙鄉(xiāng)。2021/5/98(3)The

mountains

look

on

Marathon,巍巍群山望著馬拉松，

And

Marathon

looks

on

the

sea;

馬拉松望著海波萬里，

And

musing

there

an

hour

alone,

我沉思半晌，在我的夢幻中

Marathon:aplaininGreeks,wherethePersianinvaderswerecompletelyannihilatedbytheGreekin490BC.馬拉松－希臘地名，在雅典東北。2021/5/99I

dreamed

that

Greece

might

still

be

free;希臘還像是自由的土地；

For

standing

on

the

Persians’

grave,

腳下踩的是波斯人墳?zāi)梗?/p>

I

could

not

deem

myself

a

slave我怎能相信我是個亡國奴！Significance:allusion:warofMarathon,GreekswonvictoryoverPersiantroops.Butnow,onPersians’grave,Greeksturnintoslaveandwerechained.2021/5/910(4)Akingsateontherockybrow有一位國王坐在山頂，

Whichlookso'ersea-bornSalamis;薩拉米海盜展現(xiàn)在腳下，And

ships,

by

thousands,

lay

below,

成千的戰(zhàn)艦，各國的兵丁，King：Xerxes,kingofPersia,whoinvadedGreecebyseaandlandin480BCO’er:overSalamis:aGreekisland

intheGulfoftheAegeanSea,nearAthens,Greece(薩拉米斯)塞浦路斯古都，古代是塞島一個重要的城邦國家2021/5/911And

men

in

nations--all

were

his!

在下面排開——全歸他統(tǒng)轄！He

counted

them

at

break

of

day,

天亮?xí)r，他還在數(shù)去數(shù)來——Andwhenthesunsetwherewerethey?太陽落水時，他們安在？“And,whenthesunset,wherewerethey?”HereitreferstothedestructionofallthePersianshipsatthenavalbattleofSalamis.2021/5/912解析：Encouragementandadvocacytopointoutthedegenerationofthecountry

(5)Andwhereartthou, Mycountry?OnthyvoicelessshoreTheheroiclayistunelessnow— Theheroicbosombeatsnomore!Andmustthylyre,solongdivine,Degenerateintohandslikemine?Thy:your呵，他們而今安在？有你呢，我的祖國？在無聲的地上，英雄的頌歌如今已沉－那英雄的心也不再蕩！難道你一向莊嚴(yán)的琴，竟至淪落到我的手里彈弄？2021/5/913(6)’Tissomethinginthedearthoffame,

Thoughlink’damongafetter’drace,Tofeelatleastapatriot’sshame,

EvenasIsing,suffusemyface.Forwhatisleftthepoethere?ForGreeksablush—forGreeceatear.(dearth:lackof)

置身于披枷帶鎖的民族，與榮譽(yù)無緣，也心甘情愿，至少，能痛感綁架的屈辱，歌唱的時候，我羞慚滿面；詩人在這里有什么作用？為祖國落淚，為同胞臉紅！

“Forwhatisleftapoethere?”:Whatisleftforapoettodohere?2021/5/914(7)Mustwebutweepo’erdaysmoreblest?

Mustwebutblush?—Ourfathersbled.Earth!Renderbackfromoutthybreast

AremnantofourSpartandead!Ofthethreehundredgrantbutthree,TomakeanewThermopylae!render:presentThermopylae:ItwasanarrowmountainpassinGreece.緬懷往昔，只流淚？只羞慚？我們的祖先卻熱血噴流！大地啊！從你懷抱里送還斯巴達(dá)英雄好漢的零頭！三百名勇士給三個就夠，重演一次溫泉關(guān)戰(zhàn)斗！2021/5/915(8)What,silentstill?andsilentall?

Ah!no;—thevoicesofthedeadSoundlikeadistanttorrent’sfall,

Andanswer,‘Letonelivinghead,Butonearise,—wecome,wecome!’’’Tisbutthelivingwhoaredumb.Torrent:alotofwaterfalling’Tis:this怎么，靜悄悄？聲息毫無？——聽見了！是死者回答的聲音：“又一個活人挺身而出，我們就都來，都來效命！”這聲音像遠(yuǎn)方瀑布喧響，可活人呢，卻不開腔。2021/5/916TheIslesofGreeceAppreciate1.Theversificationofthesongsisdifferentfromtherestofthelongpoem.Thesongiscomposedof16stanzas,eachstanzaconsistingof6linesofiambictetrameter(四步抑揚格）,witharhymeschemeababcc.2.ByroncontraststhepastgloryoftheGreekpeoplewiththeirpresentstateofenslavementwiththepurposeofstirringuptheGreekpeopletofightfortheirliberationbravely.

3.ByronuseslotsofallusionstoGreekmythologyandhistoricaleventstohonortheGreekpeople’sancestorsandtheirrichculturalandhistoricalheritage,andatthesametimetostrengthenthecontrastbetweenthepastandthepresent.4.Thethemeofpatriotismandheroismisevoked

thoroughlyandimpressivelyinbetweenthelines.2021/5/917WritingFeatures1.ThenoveltyofByron’ssubjectmatter,theexoticqualityofhisdescriptionsoforientalscenery.2.Scatteredt