Carl-Sandburg-Fog

FogCarlSandburgCarlSandburg(January6,1878–July22,1967)wasanAmericanwriterandeditor,bestknownforhispoetry.SandburgearnedPulitzerPrizesforhiscollectionTheCompletePoemsofCarlSandburgandforhisbiographyofAbrahamLincoln(AbrahamLincoln:TheWarYears).CarlSandburgWritingStyles•ContributiontocolloquialstyleofAmericanliterature•Freeverse•Tobesoundofthepeople成为“人民的声音”FOG这首是被认为是典型的意象派作品，由于经常被选入各种诗集，人们称此诗是“按字数计算稿费拿得最多的美国诗”FogThefogcomesonlittlecatfeet.Itsitslookingoverharborandcityonsilenthaunchesandthenmoveson.雾来了轻轻地踏着小猫的脚步静静地它坐下观看观看城市和港口然后再重新上路雾雾至轻猫掌躬身悄坐瞰静港依夜城稍息觅他方A.Thefogcomesonlittlecatfeet.•Poetpersonifiesdeadthing(fog)intothelivingcreature(cat).B.Itsitslookingoverharborandcityonsilenthaunches(蹲着)andthenmovesonquietfreemysterious1.SimilaritiesbetweencatandfogThreeCharacteristics•Freeverse&Colloquialwords•SimilartoJapaneseHaiku•InfluencedbyEzraPound’sImagismThemesTheme1Citymysteryanddesolation•Inthe20thcentury,withthedevelopmentofindustrialrevolution,peoplefeellonelyanddepressedinthematerialisticworld.•Poemsymbolizestherapidchangesinmodernsociety,themysteryinbigcitiesaswellasthedesolationinwesternsociety.Theme2Life•Thefogrepresentstheproblemsthatonecanhavesometimesintheirlife.•Perhapstheproblemcancreepupon（慢慢到来）yousilentlylikeacat,lingerinyourlifeandonyourmindandthenmoveonwhenitfeelslikeit.Youcan'tcontrolit,justliketheweather.Theme3Manandnature•Thepoetpersonifiesthefogtoaccentuate(强调）thefeelingofthreat.Thefactthatthefogsits“lookingovertheharborandcity”isquitefrighteningasitisemphasizingman’svulnerability(弱点，攻击)totheelementsofnature.•Manhasnocontrolovertheweather.Natureisbeautifulbutattimescanbesocruel.Topsfordiscussion(P133)•Whatisthesimilaritybetweenthefogandthecat?•Howdoyouappreciatethispoem?（1）从猫于雾的共同点角度解读诗人用猫的形象来表现雾，因为两者有许多共同点：其一，来无影，去无踪。其二，匍匐前进。其三，来也匆匆，去也匆匆。其四，神秘性。雾是我们日常生活中经常可以看到的自然现象，但是，在我们脑海中，雾的形象十分模糊、抽象、虚幻，我们不知道它的形态、色彩等。猫是一种常见的动物，清晰、具体、真实，有极强的视觉效果。因为雾的形象难以书写，诗人用猫坐的状态拟状雾的形象。这样一来，抽象的、飘渺的、虚空的、不可感知的雾便栩栩如生的呈现出来，虚感变成了实感，抽象变成了具体。(2)从意向角度解读桑德堡的小诗《雾》是在意象派影响下创作的.雾既象征现代生活的瞬息万变,现代都市的神秘莫测,也象征西方社会的荒凉景象.我们也可认为,这首诗展现了人与自然、人与动物的矛盾.小诗《雾》充分体现了意象派的创作原则.诗人对所要表现的事物雾不加解释地、不加评论地予以直接陈述.诗的语言言简意赅,废除了无益于表现的词和修饰性词汇.同时,这首诗极富音乐性.诗人借助大自然的元素来影射现代城市的特征，以冷眼看世界的纷繁。诗人的着眼点在自然景观，但真正在意的并非是个人的得失或深奥这里的形成，而是将体验的对象作为一个整体来感受时空的转变和人世的变迁。(2)从意向角度解读这首诗有着生活的艺术的美。透过诗歌语言符号的表面，我们似乎可以这样理解：20世纪初期，西方工业革命蓬勃发展，现代大都市日益繁荣，资本主义世界里物欲横流，茫茫人海中，四顾茫茫，人越发感到孤独。个性受到压抑，许多人精神在流浪，灵魂在漂泊。何处是理想的栖身之地？作者要寻求思想的解脱，内心重负的释放，于是就用《雾》这首小诗来折射自己的心境。当我们再一次读起它：“雾来了——蹑着猫的细步。”内心就会有一种空灵的感觉，就会更深地体验、感受它的优美。Thankyou!Theme3Manandnature•Thepoetpersonifiesthefogtoaccentuate(强调）thefeelingofthreat.Thefactthatthefogsits“lookingovertheharborandcity”isquitefrighteningasitisemphasizingman‘svulnerability(弱点，攻击)totheelementsofnature.•Manhasnocontrolovertheweather.Natureisbeautifulbutattimescanbesocruel.FreeVerseFreeverseisamodernformofpoetrywhichdoesnotfollowanyspecificrhymeormetrical(有韵律的）scheme,althoughitdoesnotcompletelyabandonthebasicpoeticpreceptsofheightenedlanguageandSonics.WaltWhitmanReviewofImagism•ImageisdefinedbyPoundas“thatwhichpresentsanintellectualandemotionalcomplexinaninstantoftime.”•Itadvocatesfreeverse,newrhythmiceffects,colloquiallanguageandtheexpressionofideasandemotionswithclear,well-definedimages,ratherthanthroughromanticismorsymbolism.JapaneseHaiku•AtraditionalJapanesehaikuisathree-linepoemwithseventeensyllables,writtenina5/7/5syllablecount.Oftenfocusingonimagesfromnature,haikuemphasizessimplicity,intensity,anddirectnessofexpression.JapaneseHaiku•ThisphilosophyinfluencedpoetEzraPound,whonotedthepowerofhaiku’sbrevity（简洁,短暂）andjuxtaposed（与…并列）images.Hewrote,Theimageitselfisspeech.Theimageisthewordbeyondformulatedlanguage.•TheinfluenceofhaikuonPoundismostevidentinhispoemInaStationoftheMetro,whichbeganasathirty-linepoem,butwaseventuallypareddowntotwo.•P138