kublakhan英国文学柯勒律治解析 ppt课件

• In Xanadu did Kubla Khan • A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.
traveler Marco Polo.
• It opens with an enigmatic but precise description of an emperor's pleasure dome located in an enchanted, savage spot where a woman cries for her demon lover and the sacred river is flung up violently, then meanders before plunging through caverns into a sunless sea. In trying to interpret this symbolic site we can begin by seeing the dome as a human creation (art) built in and over nature's beauty and power. Note that in the last part of the poem the newly introduced "I" has a vision in which, inspired by a singing woman, he would imaginatively recreate in air the Khan's dome.
• During the shockwaves of French Revolution through Europe, Coleridge made a name for himself both as a political radical and as an important young poet; along with his friends Robert Southey and William Wordsworth (Lake Poets), he became one of the most important writers in England.
• Coleridge became an opium addict (it is thought that “Kubla Khan” originated from an opium dream) and, in 1816, moved in with the surgeon James Gillman in order to preserve his health. During the years he lived with Gillman, Coleridge composed many of his important non-fiction works, including the highly regarded Biographia
又想到圣河河水的奔腾，穿过地下洞穴流入地下 无声的大海，而在这呼啸的流水声中，诗人又让 忽必烈汗听到列祖列宗预告战争将要爆发的声音。
• The shadow of the dome of pleasure Floated midway on the waves; Where was heard the mingled measure From the fountain and the caves. It was a miracle of rare device, A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• A great poet of imagination: Kubla Khan • A critic of the Romanticism
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born in Devon in 1772.
• He later attended Cambridge but left without completing his studies.
• 1 Privileging natural speech over poetic ornament.
• 2 simply stated themes over elaborate symbolism.
• 3 emotion over abstract thought, and the experience of natural beauty over urban sophistication.
• The book paved the way for two generations of poets, and stands as one of the milestones of European literature.
Coleridge was responsible for attempting to present the supernatural as real whereas his friend William Wordsworth would try to render
• boiling • the water is bursting now and then • Half-interrupted • 20-23行描写急流有时受到乱石阻遏，流势稍缓，但忽
然有浪涛汹涌，有如猛烈的冰雹，或打谷时的谷壳飞扬。
And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever It flung up momently the sacred river. Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean: And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far Ancestral voices prophesying war!
Kubla Khan
The 13th-century founder of the Yuan dynasty in China, Kublai Khan ruled over a lavishly luxurious court known to Europeans main through the descriptions of the Italian merchant and
• Reflection rhyme
• 诗人想象豪华的宫殿在浪涛中浮现出倒影， 他仿佛听到喷泉和洞穴发出的共鸣声交织 在一起。
• A damsel with a dulcimer (6) In a vision once I saw: It was an Abyssinian (7) maid, And on her dulcimer she played, Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me, That with music loud and long,
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Coleridge’s style in poetry
• Coleridge's poems often favor musical effects over the plainness of common speech. The intentional archaisms of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and the hypnotic drone of "Kubla Khan" do not imitate common speech, creating instead a more strikingly stylized effect.
Alph: magical river in western Greece.
Decree: imperial order
• So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round: And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
girdled: enclosed
sinuous rills: winding streams. 忽必烈在周围三十余里的肥沃土地上建造他豪 华的园林，园中有古老的树木，芬芳浓郁，绿 荫透射出点点阳光。
• But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! A savage place! as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon-lover!