Samuel-Taylor-Coleridge

1772------1834ContentWritingstyle2KublaKhan4Position33Lifeexperience31Born:21October,1772inDevon,EnglandDied:25July,1834(aged61)FamilyBackground:fatherofvicar(diedin1781whenhewas8yearsold)Education:1782inCharitySchoolofChrist'sHospitalinLondon1791inCambridgeuniversity1793graduatedwithouttakingadegree1798wenttoGermany(withWordsworth)forlearningphilosophyFriendship:CharlesLamb,RobertSouthey,WilliamWordsworth(1800inKeswick)Ideologicalcontent:egalitarianism,utopiansociety,Pantisocrary(failed)Marriage:Sarah•Frick(sisterofSouthey’swife)Health:gotRheumaticpain,andtookopiumWorks:Remorse,TheRimeoftheAncientMariner,KublaKhan,BiographiaLiteraria,TheConstitutionofChurchandStateColeridge’scottageWritingStyleofSamuelTaylorColeridgeThereare3pre-dominantfeatures----1amazingimaginations2symbolism3manifoldfigurativetechniquesPositionTheinfluenceofColeridge,likethatofBentham,extendsfarbeyondthosewhoshareinthepeculiaritiesofhisreligiousorphilosophicalcreed.Hehasbeenthegreatawakenerinthiscountryofthespiritofphilosophy,withintheboundsoftraditionalopinions.Hehasbeen,almostastrulyasBentham,'thegreatquestionerofthingsestablished';foraquestionerneedsnornecessarilybeanenemy.(JohnStuartMill,fromColeridge,1840)KublaKhanKublaKhan;or,AVisioninaDream:AFragmentisapoembySamuelTaylorColeridge,whichtakesitstitlefromtheMongolandChineseemperorKublaiKhanoftheYuanDynasty.Coleridgeclaimedthatthepoemwasinspiredbyanopium-induceddreambutthatthecompositionwasinterruptedbyaperson.ThefirststanzadescribesthebeautyandmysteryofXanaduwithrichandexoticimages.['zænə.du:]行宫,世外桃源Thesecondpartshowsthesavageandviolenceoflifeoutsideofthe“pleasuredome.”Itdescribesnatureandimagesofevilandwarmixedtogether.KublaKhanThepoemKublaKhanbySamuelColeridgedescribesimagesfromthepoet’simagination.ThewonderfulkingdomoftheancientKublaKhanandthesettingthatsurroundsitisdescribedwithdreamlikevividness.InthispoemColeridgeisexpressingheavenandhellthroughhisowneyesjustasMiltondidin'ParadiseLost'.KublaKhanInXanadudidKublaKhan忽必列汗在上都曾经Astatelypleasure-domedecree:下令造一座堂皇的安乐殿堂：WhereAlph,thesacredriver,ran这地方有圣河亚佛流奔，Throughcavernsmeasurelesstoman穿过深不可测的洞门，Downtoasunlesssea.直流入不见阳光的海洋。Sotwicefivemilesoffertileground有方圆十英里肥沃的土壤，Withwallsandtowersweregirdledround:四周给围上楼塔和城墙：Andthereweregardensbrightwithsinuousrills,那里有花园，蜿蜒的溪河在其间闪耀，Whereblossomedmanyanincense-bearingtree;园里树枝上鲜花盛开，一片芬芳；Andherewereforestsancientasthehills,这里有森林，跟山峦同样古老，Enfoldingsunnyspotsofgreenery.围住了洒满阳光的一块块青草草场。Butoh!thatdeepromanticchasmwhichslanted但是，啊！那深沉而奇异的巨壑Downthegreenhillathwartacedarncover!沿青山斜裂，横过伞盖的杉树！Asavageplace!asholyandenchanted野蛮的地方，既神圣而又着了魔－－Ase'erbeneathawaningmoonwashaunted好象有女人在衰落的月色里出没，Bywomanwailingforherdemon-lover!为她的魔鬼情郎而凄声嚎哭！Andfromthischasm,withceaselessturmoilseething,巨壑下，不绝的喧嚣在沸腾汹涌，Asifthisearthinfastthickpantswerebreathing,似乎这土地正喘息在快速而猛烈的悸动中，Amightyfountainmomentlywasforced:从这巨壑里，不断迸出股猛烈的地泉；Amidwhoseswifthalf-intermittedburst在它那断时续的涌迸之间，Hugefragmentsvaultedlikereboundinghail,巨大的石块飞跃着象反跳的冰雹，Orchaffygrainbeneaththethresher'sflail:或者象打稻人连枷下一撮撮新稻；Itwasamiracleofraredevice,这是个奇迹呀，算得是稀有的技巧，Asunnypleasure-domewithcavesofice!阳光灿烂的安乐宫，连同那雪窟冰窖！AnalysisThepoembeginswithadescriptionofamagnificentpalacebuiltbyMongolianrulerKublaKhanduringthethirteenthcentury.'KublaKhan'bySamuelTaylorColeridgerevealsthepoweroftheimaginativepoetry.The“pleasuredome”describedinthefirstfewlinesofthepoemisreflectiveofKubla‘spower,andthedescriptionofthepalaceanditssurroundingsalsohelpconveythecharacterandnatureofKubla,thepoem’smaincharacter.Incontrasttothepalaceanditsplannedgardens,thespaceoutsideKubla‘sdomainischaracterizedbyancientforestsandrivers,providingamajesticbackdrop(背景)toKubla'screation.Itinitiallyappearsthatthereisharmonybetweenthetwoworlds,butthenarratorthendescribesadeepcrackintheearth,hiddenunderdensetrees.Thetoneofthepoemthenchangesfromthesenseofcalmandbalancedescribedinthefirstfewlines,toanuneasysenseofthesupernatural.StructureIn“KublaKhan”Coleridgeusesthiscomplexrhymingstructuretoguidethereaderthroughitsthemes.TheorderedrhymesofthefirsthalfdescribetheorderedworldofKublaKhan,whiletheabruptchangeinmeterandrhymeimmediatelyfollowing,describethenaturearoundKublaKhan—theworldthathecannotcontrol.Thispatternandcontrastbetweenworldscontinuesthroughthepoem,andtheconflictisreflectedinthewayColeridgeusesrhythmandorderinhispoem.ItisarepresentativeofColeridge'spoeticidealofaharmoniousblendofmeaningandform,resultingina“gracefulandintelligentwhole”.Toknow,toesteem,tolove,-andthentopart.Makesuplife'staletomanyafeelingheart!SamuelTaylorColeridge相识、相知、相爱,然后分离,才是多数人悲哀的故事。——塞缪尔泰勒柯勒律治ConclusionThanksforyourlistening!