BB William Blake1

WilliamBlakePoetandArtist(1757--1827)•1.Lead-in:Pre-Romanticism•IntroductiontoWilliamBlake•2.appreciation1:London••3.appreciation2:IHeardanAngelSinging•4.Supplementaryreading:thechimneysweeperOutlineofthelecturePre-romanticism•WhendidPre-romanticismappear?inthelatterhalfofthe18thcentury•WhatarethemainfeaturesofPre-romanticism?1)RomanticRevival;2)StrongprotestagainstthebondageofClassicism3)Claimsofpassionandemotion4)RenewedinterestsinmedievalliteraturePre-romanticism•Whoaretherepresentatives?WilliamBlakeandRobertBurns•What’sthesignificance?markedthedeclineofclassicismpavedthewayforthecomingofromanticisminEnglandBlake’slifeandcareer•gotnoeducationinschool•At10,inHenryPar’sdrawingschoolandexposedtoGreekandRomansculpture;•at14,heworkedasanengraverandlearnedhowtomakecopperplates;•anartistwithastyleofhisown:combinedvisualartwithliterature;•neverprosperousinhislifetimeFrenchRevolution•politicalandsocialupheaval•Accompaniedbyviolentturmoil(trialoftheking,bloodshedandwarfare•From1792-1797,FrancelaunchedwarswithAustriaandPrussiaFrenchRevolutionBlake’spoliticalviews•Blakenevertriedtofitintotheworld,hewasarebelinnocentlyandcompletelyallhislife.•Hewaspoliticallyofthepermanentleft&mixedagooddealwiththeradicalslikeThomasPaineandWilliamGodwin.•Blakestronglycriticizedthecapitalists'cruelexploitation,sayingthatthedarksatanicmillsleftmenunemployed,killedchildrenandforcedprostitution.•HecherishedgreatexpectationsandenthusiasmfortheFrenchRevolution,andregardeditasanecessarystageleadingtothemillenniumpredictedbythebiblicalprophets.BlakeLinks•TheWilliamBlakeArchive•TheWilliamBlakePage•WilliamBlake:AHelpfile•TheBlakeDigitalTextProject•WilliamBlake’sIllustrationsforTheBookofJobWilliamBlake,SelfPortraitMainworks•Poeticcollections:songsofinnocence(1789)songsofexperience(1794)•ProseThemarriageofheavenandhell(1790)TheFrenchRevolution(1791)SongsofInnocence•Usingalanguagewhichevenlittlebabiescanlearnbyheart•Presentingahappyandinnocentworldwithoutevilsandsufferings•Everythingseemstobeinpiousharmony.•However,in“Thelittleblackboy”and“Thechimneysweeper”,wefindracialdiscriminationandsufferingsofthepoor.alaughingchilduponacloudSongsofExperience•Amuchmaturework•Showthesufferingsofthemiserable•Itmarksthepoet’sprogressinhisoutlookonlife.Tohim,experiencehadbroughtafullersenseofthepowerofevil,andofthegreatmiseryandpainofthepeople’slife.•Thesymbolchangesfromthelambtothetiger.SongsofexperienceThelapsedsoulweepingintheeveningdewBlake’sliteraryachievements•Asymbolist,oramystic;manypoemsareobscureandcanbeinterpretedonlysymbolically•Hislyricpoetrydisplaysthecharacteristicsoftheromanticspirit.(visualimagesratherthanabstractideas)•NaturalsentimentandindividualoriginalitymakesBlakeaforerunneroftheRomanticpoetryofthe19thcentury.Quotes•Theclassicalschoolknewenoughtheartifice,butlittleart.Blake’sEtchings(蚀刻画)Thelover’swhirlwindForDante’sworkThegreatreddragonandthewomanclothedwithSunfortheBibleTheGoodandtheBadAngelsWilliamBlake1757-1827ElohimcreatingAdam1795IllustratorDanteandVergilTheDivineComedyQuotesToseeaworldinagrainofsand,Andaheaveninawildflower,Holdinfinityinthepalmofyourhand,Andeternityinanhour.一粒沙中见世界一朵花中见天堂将无限握在手中瞬间中现永恒1.useofsimplelanguage2.serious,somberthemes3.lyricalbeauty4.symbolism5.mysticism(symbolism,emphasisonthespiritualratherthanonthematerial)Quotes•“ThetrueManisthesource,hebeingPoeticGenius”•“HewhoseestheInfiniteinallthingsseesGod.HewhoseestheRatioonlyseeshimselfonly.”NotesofLondon•1thro’s:through;•2charter’dstreet:astreetonwhichcertainpersonsaregiventhespecialrights.•3mark:herethefirstoneisaverb,whichmeansnotice;thesecondoneisanoun,whichmeansasign.•4woe:greatsorrow;•5infant:newbornbaby;•6ban:aprohibition,hereamarriageban-noticeofintendedmatrimony;•7forg’d:forged,shapesomethingbyheatingitinafireandhammering;•8manacle:oneofapairofchainsormetalbandsfrobindingthehandsorfeet;•9chimney-sweeper:apersonwhosejobistosweepthechimney;•10cry:(olduse)announce(goodsetc.)forsalebycallingout;•Hapless:NotesofLondon•11black’ning:blackening;•12appall:deepshock;•13hapless:unhappy,unfortunate;•14harlot:prostitute;•15curse:wordorwordstoexpressanger,hate,etc.;•16blast:(usedtoexpressannoyance)damn;•17blight:wither;•18plague:anydeadlyinfectiousdiseasethatspreadsquicklyandkillsmanypeopleoranimals;•19hearse:alargecarthatcarriesthecoffinatafuneral.NotesofLondon•20.theChimney-sweeper'scry--Inthe18thcenturysmallboys,sometimesnomorethan4or5yearsold,wereemployedtoclimbupthenarrowchimneysandcleaninside,collectingthesootinbags.Suchboys,sometimessoldtothemastersweepersbytheirparentsowingtopoverty,weremiserablytreatedbytheirmastersandoftensufferdiseaseandphysicalinjuries.•theChimney-sweeper'scry----weep=sweep,implyingsadness,sorrowandweepingtears.rhetoricaldevicesandthefunctions•Thepoetusescontrastandsynesthesia(通感)inthethirdstanza.•Herevealsthehypocrisyoftheclergymenthroughthechimneysweeper’scry.Andherevealsthecrueltyoftherulingclassthroughthesoldier’ssufferingNotesofLondon•21.themarriagehearse(implyingfuneral)•a.aphysicaldeathduetodisease•b.anemotionaldeath:lovelessmarriag