英美文学选读JohnDonne

MetaphysicalPoetry（玄学派诗歌）MetaphysicalPoetsareagroupofpoetsattheearlypartofthe17thcentury.ItsmajormembersareJohnDonne,GeorgeHerbert,etc.ThebasicfeaturesofMetaphysicalPoetryareits“wit”(才智)and

“conceit”

(奇喻)andthedexterous(灵巧的)useofcolloquialspeech.第1页/共11页第一页，共11页。Wit“Wit”heremeansbeingcleveratyoking(连接)themostheterogeneous(多种多样的)ideastogetherbyviolencesoastoimpresspeople.第2页/共11页第二页，共11页。Conceit“Conceit”denotesafantasticfancy(想象力，幻想)orwayofthinkingintheformofpeculiar(奇怪的)，ingenious(灵巧的，新颖独特的),many-sidedmetaphor.第3页/共11页第三页，共11页。TheFlea第4页/共11页第四页，共11页。Questionsforconsideration:1.Whydoesthepoetsaythat“thiscannotbesaidasin,orshame,orlossofmaidenhead”?2.Whatdoyouthinktheaddressee’sparents’attitudetowardthepoet’swooing?3.What’stherealpurposeofthepoettosaythatinkillingtheflea“thou”areactuallykillingthree?4.Trytoidentifytherhymeschemeofthispoem.

第5页/共11页第五页，共11页。Threeroles:Aman(thespeaker)AladyAflea第6页/共11页第六页，共11页。NewWords1.

Mark:togiveattentionto;takenoticeof;notice

注意看ex.Markthechangethathastakenplace2.

deniest:

archaicpast2nd-personsingularofDENY

3.

lossofmaidenhead:lossofvirginity失去贞操4.woo:court,pursue,chase求爱，寻求....的赞同5.nay：no；notonlybutalso不仅如此，而且6.Andpamperedswellswithonebloodmadeoftwo:Renaissancemedicaltheoryheldthatbloodwasmingledduringsexualintercourse,leadingtoconception;thustheimageofswellingsuggestspregnancy.第7页/共11页第七页，共11页。7.stay:stop;don'tkilltheflea8.grudge:afeelingofillwill

orresentment不满，怨恨9.

jet:blackmarble黑色大理石（the“livingwallsofjet”hererefertothebodyoftheflea.）

10.

use:custom,convention习俗；社会风俗11.sacrilege:theviolationofanythingsacredorheldsacred亵渎神圣（sincethefleaisa“marriagetemple,”killingitwouldbesacrilege）12.hast:archaicpast2nd-personsingularofHAVE13.wherein:在哪里，在哪方面第8页/共11页第八页，共11页。14.triumph'st:archaicpast2nd-personsingularofTRIUMPH

15.

say'st:archaicpast2nd-personsingularofSAY16.

find'st:archaicpast2nd-personsingularofFIND17.

yield'st:rchaicpast2nd-personsingularofYIELD

第9页/共11页第九页，共11页。Discussion:1.Doyouthinkitisnaturaltoconnectlovewithaflea?2.What’sspecialaboutthispoem?Howisitdifferentfromthatofotherlovepoems?Makesomecomparisonsifyoucan.第