克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏

1、Christina Georgina Rossetti 克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏Outline1.ChristinaRossettisBiography2.FeaturesofHerPoems3.SelectedPoems克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏v她好像水流中一枝百合花， 又像一块岩石，带着青色的纹理， 遭到喧哗的潮水冲击。 爱上她，你就爱上了世间人情。 克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏General introductionvChristinaGeorginaRossettiisthefinestwomanpoetinthehistoryofEnglishliterature.Shewrote

2、avarietyofromantic,devotional,andchildrenspoems.SheisbestknownforherlongpoemGoblinMarket,herlovepoemRemember”.ShewasalsoassociatedwiththePre-RaphaeliteBrotherhoodheadedbyherbrotherD.G.Rossetti,andsharedthePre-Raphaelitetasteforthebeautifulbutsadandvariousimagery.Herwritingexertedagreatinfluenceon20t

3、h-centurywomenpoets.克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏Christina Rossettis Biography vBorn: December 5th, 1830 vDied: December 29th, 1894 vParents: Gabrielle and Frances Rossetti Notable v Religion: Anglicanismv Education: Home- schooled by her mother vSiblings:Dante Gabriel Rossetti , William Michael Rossetti,and Maria

4、Francesca Rossetti 克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏Her most important works:vGoblinmarketandotherpoems-1862Theprincesprogressandotherpoems-1866Commonplaceandothershortstories-1870Sing-Song:Anurseryrhymebook-1872Seekandfind-1879Apageantandotherpoems-1881Calledtobesaints:Theminorfestivals1881Timeflies-1888Poems1888-1890

5、Thefaceofthedeep-1892Verses-1893克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏Her life storyvChristinaRosettiwasborninLondonin1830.Their father, Gabriele Rossetti, was an Italian poet; their mother, Frances Polidori , was the sister of Lord Byrons friend and physician, John William Polidori. Shewastheyoungestoffourchildrenwhoallend

6、edupbecomingwriters.However,inthe1840s,the familys economic situation worsened and her own health deteriorated. At this point , she , her mother and sister became intensely involved with the Anglo-Catholic movement. For the rest of her life , Christina governed herself by strict religious principles

7、 and refused twice her suitors for marriage. Then she lived a quiet life , occupying herself with charity work , with caring her family and with writing poetry. Shebeganwritingatage7howeverherfirstwritingwasntpublisheduntilshewas31.In1893,shedevelopedcanceranddiedthefollowingyear.Afterherdeath,herpo

8、pularityfadedbutin1970shewasrediscoveredbyfeministscholarswhorecoveredandcommentedonherwork.SomeofherworkisconsideredsomeofthemostinfluentialoftheVictorianEra.克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏PortraitoftheRossettiFamily,1864克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏2.FeaturesofHerPoemsvRossettis work focused a great deal on death and the futility

9、of life. Yet whilst one may expect to find her poems unbearably sad and depressing, there was a certain charm to her writing with her subtle feeling of beauty and her almost childlike sense of innocent wonder that balanced out the melancholy. 克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏v Her devotional poetry which seeks to sprea

10、d and increase religious knowledge is technically characterized by a charming mixture of extreme conciseness of manner, ease of style and accordance with traditional poetic practices, such as repetitive diction and syntax, regular meters, commonplace refrains and images derived from nature or religi

11、on. 克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏vAlthough she was known for being a devoted High Anglican, most of her work was not about religion. In fact, most of her work deals with the feelings of love. she is chiefly celebrated for these short lyrics , several of which are truly gems in the English language.克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏vThe

12、matically, her devotional works are records of the poetess emotional waxing and waning of spiritual values and adoration for God, such as speculation about the significance of Christs sacrifice, longing for afterlife, weariness of earthly existence, and admiration for the omnipresent power and love

13、of the Master. 克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏vRepetitive Mode of her poetry, which is categorized into thematic and formal repetitiveness. Thematic repetitiveness illuminates the genuineness and honesty of the poetess who plunges only into the field she is familiar with; as far as formal repetitiveness is concerned,

14、 the repeated three-part pattern endows her works with divine orderliness, dignity, and congruity and it is through phrasal repetition that these poems achieve emphasis and cohesion. 克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏vHer diction is remarkable for its simplicity and sincerity, resists rhetorical displays in her works. M

15、ost of her poems consisted of a songlike use words and short, irregularly rhymed lines. vThe richness of imagery in her works is impressive. Categorically speaking, her images may be natural, religious and visual, as can be illustrated through the examination of particular texts. 克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏3.Sele

16、cted Poems克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏RemembervRemember me when I am gone away ,vGone far away into the silent land ;vWhen you can no more hold me by the hand ,vNor I half turn to go , yet turning stay.vRemember me when no more day by dayvYou tell me of our future that you plannd :vOnly remember me , you understan

17、dvIt will be late to counsel then or pray.vYet if you should forget me for a whilevAnd afterwards remember , do not grieve :vFor if the darkness and corruptionvA vestige of the thoughts that once I had ,vBetter by far you should forget and smilevThan that you should remember and be sad.克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏

18、思忆思忆望你记住我，当我离去时，去往那遥远的寂静之地；那时你再不能牵住我的手，而我也再不能欲去还留。望你记住我，当你再也不能日复一日向我诉说着你对我俩未来的设想：只望你记着我，因为你也知道到那时再相劝或祈祷已然太迟。但如果你暂时将我遗忘而后又忆起，请不要忧伤：因为那黑暗和腐朽之乡，倘若能留下些许我过去的思想，我宁愿你能微笑地将我遗忘，也胜似你悲伤地把我记起。 克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏vIt was written in 1849 when Rossetti was just 19 years old. vIn this sonnet the themes of love, death, an

19、d reaction to death are introduced.v The theme, simple language and the rhyme scheme, abbaabbacddece, work together to make the sonnet pleasant-sounding.vThe beauty of this sonnet is that it is both simple, in language and word choice, and complex in idea 克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏A BirthdayMy heart is like a si

20、nging birdWhose nest is in a waterd shoot;My heart is like an apple-treeWhose boughs are bent with thickset fruit;My heart is like a rainbow shellThat paddles in a halcyon sea;My heart is gladder than all theseBecause my love is come to me.Raise me a dais of silk and down;Hang it with vair and purpl

21、e dyes;Carve it in doves and pomegranates,And peacocks with a hundred eyes;Work it in gold and silver grapes,In leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys;Because the birthday of my lifeIs come, my love is come to me.克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏生日 我的心像一只歌唱的鸟， 窝儿在雨润露滋的嫩芽间; 我的心象一棵苹果树，枝条给累累的果实压弯;我的心象斑斓的海贝，轻轻飘荡在宁静的海面; 我的心比所有这些都快乐， 因为我的爱来到了我身边。 为我建一座丝绒的华盖， 用灰鼠皮和紫颜料把它装点， 刻上鸽子和石榴的图案; 刻上百眼的孔雀， 添上镀金嵌银的葡萄， 再在叶间插上纯银的鸢尾花; 因为我的生命开始的日子 来了，我的爱来到了我身边。克里斯蒂娜. 罗塞蒂诗欣赏vThe poem uses iambic tetrameter.vIn the first stanza, the speaker is revealing the excitement and anticipation that she has for the arrival o