the isles of greece英美文學(xué)史(唐璜)

1、組員：周雨怡，邢小玲， 古惠嫦，謝雅怡“The Isles of Greece” is taken from Don Juan Canto . In the early 19th century, Greece was under the rule of Turks. By praising Greeces ancient brilliant culture, splendid civilization, great military achievements and heroic militant tradition and satirizing the Greeks apathy towa

2、rds their countrys being slaved by Turks.Introduction Byron tries very hard to encourage and impel the Greek people to rise and fight for their national liberty and independence, which shows the poets enthusiastic support for people against all forms of oppression.The 16 six-line stanzas of this poe

3、m follow a quatrain-couplet rhyme scheme: ABABCC. Each line is metered in iambic tetrameter. It is famous for its extensive use of allusions, references and citationsThe author contrast the difference between the ancient and modern, to express the grief and indignation, call for the Greek peoples aw

4、akening to fight for national independence. The poem was interpreted into China in the 12C, which caused a profound effect . The suffering that Greece experienced is a vivid reflection of Chinas past impotence and indignity at the hands of colonial powers in the modern history.Calling for freedom an

5、d independencecalling for revolts against tyranny（1）The isles of Greece, the Isles of Greece！希臘群島呵，希臘群島！Where burning Sappho loved and sung, 你有過(guò)薩福歌唱愛(ài)情， Where grew the arts of war and peace, 你有過(guò)隆盛的武功文教 Burning: passionate, ardentSappho：Greece lyric poetWhere Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung,太陽(yáng)神從你的提洛島誕生

6、！ Eternal summer gilds them yet, 長(zhǎng)夏的陽(yáng)光燦爛如金B(yǎng)ut all, except their sun, is set.除了太陽(yáng)，一切都沉淪！But all, except their sun, is set”: But all their past glories are no more, only the sun still shines upon them. D Deloselos: : a name of a name of islandislandPhoebusPhoebus: : AppolloAppollo 解析：allusions are fre

7、quently used in this poem to set a sharp contrast between the past and the present of Greece.(2)The Scian and the Teian muse, 開(kāi)俄斯歌手，忒俄斯詩(shī)人，The heros harp, the lovers lute 英雄英雄的豎琴的豎琴，情人，情人的的琵琶，琵琶， Have found the fame your shores refuse.在你的境內(nèi)沒(méi)沒(méi)無(wú)聞， Teos:Anacreon，BC563478 “The Scian and the Teian muse”:

8、referring to Homer and Anacreon. “Muse” here means poet. “Scian -of Scio or Chios in the Grecian Archipolage, claimed to have been the birthplace of Homer. Teian”- of Teos in ancient Ionis, where the poet Anaceron was born.“Have found the fame “Have found the fame your shores refuse “your shores ref

9、use “: have elsewhere received the honor which Greece itself failed to give. 海島海島樂(lè)園（樂(lè)園（Islands of the Islands of the BlestBlest）可能指西非塞內(nèi)加爾可能指西非塞內(nèi)加爾（SenegalSenegal）的佛得角群島）的佛得角群島（Cape Verde IslandsCape Verde Islands），或），或大西洋東北部的嘉納麗群島大西洋東北部的嘉納麗群島（Canary IslandsCanary Islands）。）。Their place of birth alon

10、e is mute 詩(shī)人的故土悄然喑啞To sounds which echo further west他們?cè)谖鞣降拿曔h(yuǎn)揚(yáng)，Than your sires“Island of the Blest”.遠(yuǎn)過(guò)你祖先的樂(lè)島仙鄉(xiāng)。(3)The mountains look on Marathon,巍巍巍巍群山望群山望著馬拉松，著馬拉松， And Marathon looks on thesea;馬拉松望著海波萬(wàn)馬拉松望著海波萬(wàn)里，里， And musing there an hour alone, 我沉思半晌，在我的夢(mèng)幻我沉思半晌，在我的夢(mèng)幻中中Marathon: a plain in Greeks,

11、 where the Persian invaders were completely annihilated by the Greek in 490 BC. 馬拉松馬拉松希臘地名，在雅希臘地名，在雅典東北典東北。I 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?I could not deem myselfa slave我怎能相信我是個(gè)亡國(guó)奴！Significance: allusion: war of Marathon, Greeks wo

12、n victory over Persian troops. But now, on Persians grave, Greeks turn into slave and were chained.(4)A kingking sate on the rocky brow有一位國(guó)王坐在山頂，Which looks oer sea-born SalamisSalamis;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(guó)的兵丁，King：Xerxes, king of Persia, who invaded Greece by sea and

13、 land in 480BCOer: overSalamis Salamis : a: a Greek island in the Gulf of the Aegean Sea, near Athens, Greece(薩拉米斯)塞浦路斯古都，古代是塞島一個(gè)重要的城邦國(guó)家And men in nations-all were his!在下面排開(kāi)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(lái)And when the sun set where were they?太陽(yáng)落水時(shí)，他們安在？“And, when the “And, when the

14、sun set, where sun set, where were they?” were they?” Here it refers to the destruction of all the Persian ships at the naval battle of Salamis.(5)(5)And And where art thou, where art thou, My country? On My country? On thythy voiceless shorevoiceless shoreThe heroic lay is The heroic lay is tuneles

15、s now tuneless now The heroic bosom beats The heroic bosom beats no more!no more!And must And must thythy lyre, so lyre, so long divine,long divine,Degenerate into hands Degenerate into hands like mine?like mine?Thy: yourThy: your呵呵，他們而今安在？有，他們而今安在？有你呢，你呢， 我的祖國(guó)？在無(wú)聲我的祖國(guó)？在無(wú)聲的地上，的地上， 英雄的頌歌如今已英雄的頌歌如今已沉沉

16、 那英雄的心也不再那英雄的心也不再蕩！蕩！ 難道你一向莊嚴(yán)的難道你一向莊嚴(yán)的琴，琴， 竟至淪落到我的手里彈竟至淪落到我的手里彈弄？弄？(6)Tis something in the dearth of fame, Though linkd among a fetterd race,To feel at least a patriots shame,Even as I sing, suffuse my face.For what is left the poet here?For Greeks a blushfor Greece a tear.(dearth: lack of)置身于披枷帶鎖的民

17、族，與榮譽(yù)無(wú)緣，也心甘情愿，至少，能痛感綁架的屈辱，歌唱的時(shí)候，我羞慚滿(mǎn)面；詩(shī)人在這里有什么作用？為祖國(guó)落淚，為同胞臉紅！ “For what is left a poet here?”: “For what is left a poet here?”: What is left for a poet to do here?(7)Must we but weep oer days more blest?Must we but blush?Our fathers bled.Earth! Render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Sparta

18、n dead!Of the three hundred grant but three,To make a new Thermopylae!render: presentThermopylae: It was a narrow mountain pass in Greece.緬懷往昔，只流淚？只羞慚？我們的祖先卻熱血噴流！大地??！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(gè)就夠，重演一次溫泉關(guān)戰(zhàn)斗！(8)What, silent still? and silent all?Ah! no;the voices of the deadSound like a distant torrent

19、s fall,And answer, Let one living head,But one arise,we come, we come!Tis but the living who are dumb.Torrent:alotofwaterfallingTis: this怎么，靜悄悄？聲息毫無(wú)？聽(tīng)見(jiàn)了！是死者回答的聲音：“又一個(gè)活人挺身而出，我們就都來(lái)，都來(lái)效命！”這聲音像遠(yuǎn)方瀑布喧響，可活人呢，卻不開(kāi)腔。1.The versification of the songs is different from 1.The versification of the songs is differe

20、nt from the rest of the long poem. The song is composed of 16 the rest of the long poem. The song is composed of 16 stanzas, each stanza consisting of 6 lines of iambic stanzas, each stanza consisting of 6 lines of iambic tetrameter(tetrameter(四步抑揚(yáng)格）四步抑揚(yáng)格）, with a rhyme scheme ababcc. , with a rhyme

21、 scheme ababcc. 2.2. Byron Byron contrasts the past glory of the Greek contrasts the past glory of the Greek people with their present state of enslavement with people with their present state of enslavement with the purpose of stirring up the Greek people to fight the purpose of stirring up the Gre

22、ek people to fight for their liberation bravely.for their liberation bravely. 3. 3.Byron uses lots of allusions to Greek mythology Byron uses lots of allusions to Greek mythology and historical events to honor the Greek peopleand historical events to honor the Greek peoples s ancestors and their ric

23、h cultural and historical ancestors and their rich cultural and historical heritage, and at the same time to strengthen the heritage, and at the same time to strengthen the contrast between the past and the present.contrast between the past and the present. 4. 4.The theme of patriotism and heroism is The theme of patriotism and heroism is evokedevoked thoroughly thoroughly and impressively in between the lines.and impressively in between the lines.1. The novelty of Byrons subject