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IIOBJECTIVESA)IntroductiontoWilliamBlakeB)SpecialfeaturesofhisworksC)StudyofthepoemTheTygerD)AssignmentITOPIC:WilliamBlakeandTheTygerWilliamBlakeTopic1—IntroductiontoWilliamBlake﹡AprecursorofEnglishromanticismimaginativepoetcontemptfortheruleofreasonagainsttheclassicaltraditiontreasuretheindividual’simagination4AFiercenessandgentlenessarecontrastingqualitiesofthehumanmind.Animaginativepoet“IknowthatThisWorldisaWorldofIMAGINATION﹠Vision.”andthat“TheNatureofmyworkisvisionaryorimaginative.”“spiritualportraits”ofthemightydeadSomequotablelinesToseeaWorldinaGrainofSand,AndHeaveninaWildFlower.HoldInfinityinthepalmofyourhand,AndEternityinanhour.一颗沙中看出一个世界,一朵花里看出一座天堂,把无限放在你的手掌上,把永恒在一刹那间收藏。—Auguriesofinnocence纯真预言Thelinesexpresstherelationshipbetweenpartandentirety.Onlydoweunderstandthelawofeverythingandseetheircommonregularity,wecancometounderstandgeneralsituationfropart.Inadeepersense,theysuggestthechangeofinfiniteandfinite,celebratinghumanself-confidenceandfreedomandtheeternalsignificanceofone’sshortlife.Anengraverandpainter﹡HenryPar'sdrawingschool﹡anapprenticeatanengravingbusiness,tomakecopperplates”.﹡beginningwithSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperience(1794),themoststrikinglyoriginalandindependentbodies.“pity”:anillustrationfromMacbethArebel﹡thecapitalists’cruelexploitation﹡theFrenchRevolution—anecessarystageleadingtothemillenniumpredictedbythebiblicalprophets.﹡Heoncesaidthedarksatanicmillsleftmenunemployed,killedchildrenandforcedprostitution.﹡aseriesoflongpoems,Prophecies:TheFrenchRevolutionHisliteraryachievements﹡PoeticalSketches(1783)PoeticalSketches,hisfirstprintedwork,isacollectionofyouthfulversewithnotesofjoy,laughter,loveandharmonyaretheprevailingnotes.Therearesomenewelementsofpoetryinthiscollection,whicharederivedfromtheearliertraditionsandhintathislaterinnovativestyleandthemes.Hisliteraryachievements(2)SongsofInnocence(1789)Itisalovelyvolumeofpoems,presentingahappyandinnocentworld,thoughnotwithoutitsevilsandsufferings.Inthisvolume,Blake,withhiseagerquestfornewpoeticformsandtechniques,brokecompletelywiththetraditionsofthe18thcentury.Heexperimentedinmeterandrhymeandintroducedboldmetricalinnovationswhichcouldnotbefoundinthepoetryofhiscontemporaries.Hisliteraryachievements(3)SongsofExperience(1794)Thisvolumeofpoetrypaintsadifferentworld,aworldofmisery,poverty,disease,warandrepressionwithamelancholytone.ChildrenarecentraltoBlake’sconcernintheSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperience.Thetwobooksholdthesimilarsubjectmatter,butthetone,emphasisandconclusiondiffer.Hisliteraryachievements(4)MarriageofHeavenandHell(1790)ThisworkmarksBlake’sentryintomaturity.ThepoemwascomposedduringtheclimaxoftheFrenchRevolutionanditplaysthedoublerolebothasasatireandarevolutionaryprophecy.Inthispoem,Blakeexplorestherelationshipofthecontraries.Attractionandrepulsion,reasonandenergy,loveandhate,arenecessarytohumanexistence.Lifeisacontinualconflictofgive-and-take,apairingofopposites,ofgoodandevil,ofinnocenceandexperience,ofbodyandsoul.“Withoutcontraries,”Blakestates,“thereisnoprogression.”The“marriage”,toBlake,meansthereconciliationofthecontraries,notthesubordinationoftheonetotheother.Hisliteraryachievements(5)ThelaterPeriod:Inhislaterperiod,Blakewrotequiteafewpropheticbooks,whichrevealhimastheprophetofuniversalpoliticalandspiritualfreedomandshowedthepoethimselfasthespokesmanofrevolt.Themajoronesare:TheBookofUrizen(1794),TheBookofLos(1795),TheFourZoas(1796-1807)andMilton(1804-1820).Topic2—SpecialfeaturesofWilliamBlake’sworks(1)Hispoetryisconcernedwithsocialcriticism,exposingpoliticaltyranny,economicexploitationandotherevilsoftherealityinhisday.Fightforfreedom,especiallyfortheinnerspiritualfreedomoftheindividual,isalsoamajortopicinhispoetry.(2)Blakewriteshispoemsinplain,simpleanddirectlanguage.Hispoemsoftencarrythelyricbeautywithimmensecompressionofmeaning.(3)Hedistruststheabstractnessandtendstoembodyhisviewswithvisualimages.Thenatureofhispoetryisvisionaryimaginative.(4)Symbolisminwiderangeisalsoadistinctivefeatureofhispoetry.23AHisearlypoems,freshanddirect,areeasytounderstand,whereashislaterworksareratherobscure.Blakewasoneofthemostoriginalpoets—originalinmatterandform.Hehadhisownmyth,neitherHellenicnorHebraic,andhewroteinhisownway,sometimesinrhymeandmeter,sometimesjustthesortofprosemuchlikeWalkWhitman’sTopic3—StudyofthepoemTheTyger27AThemeKeywords:man’screativitytheFrenchRevolutioncontrastingqualitiesofthehumanmindQuestions:1.TellmorepossiblethemesofthepoemTheTyger.2.Inthewholepoem,thepoetuses14questions.Whataretheirfunctions?28ATheTygerTyger!Tyger!BurningbrightIntheforestsofthenight,WhatimmortalhandoreyeCouldframethyfearfulsymmetry?老虎!老虎!在黑夜的森林中燃烧着的煌煌的火光,是怎样的神手或天眼能造出你这样的威武堂堂?29AStudyoflanguagepoints:*“symmetry”:Itismetonymy,implyingthatthetiger’simageisacombinationofabstractandconcrete.*“immortalhandoreye”:supernaturalforce.*“fearfulsymmetry”:Itisoxymoron,referringtofearfulandsymmetricalbodyofthetigerwhichisofbalancedproportionsbutatthesametimeevokesfear.30AThemainideaofQuatrain1Keywords:fearfulsymmetry(amajestic-lookingandawe-inspiringtiger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