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1、Life storyLife storyEmilyDickinsonwasborninthequietcommunityofAmherst,Massachusetts,theseconddaughterofEdwardandEmilyNorcrossDickinson.EmilyAustin(herolderbrother)andheryoungersisterLaviniaandDickinsonwerenurturedinaquiet,reservedfamily.Herfather,anorthodoxCalvinist,wasalawyerandtreasurer（财务主管）ofthe

2、localcollege.HealsoservedinCongress.Hermotherwasacold,religious,hard-workinghousewife.Herrelationshipwithherdaughterwasdistant.LaterDickinsonwroteinaletter,thatshehasneverhadamother.第1页/共26页Life storyLife storyAsthedaughterofaprominentpolitician,EmilyhadthebenefitofagoodeducationandattendedtheAmhers

3、tAcademy(阿姆斯特学院)from1841to1847,andMountHolyokeFemaleSeminaryfrom1847to1848(圣约克山女子学院).Aftershereturnedfromschool,Emilybegantodressallinwhiteandrefusetoseealmosteveryonethatcametovisit.Andin1862shebecameatotalrecluse.第2页/共26页Life storyLife storyEmilyseldomleftherfathershouse.Inherentirelife,shetookone

4、triptoPhiladelphia(费城)duetohereyesproblem,onetoWashington,andafewtripstoBoston.Otherthanthoseoccasionalventures,Emilyhadnoextendedexposuretotheworldoutsideherhometown.第3页/共26页Life storyLife storyBetween1858and1862,itwaslaterdiscovered,shewrotelikeapersonpossessed,oftenproducingapoemaday.Itwasalsodur

5、ingthisperiodthatherlifewastransformedintothemythofAmherst.Withdrawingmoreandmore,keepingtoherroom,sometimesevenrefusingtoseevisitorswhocalled,shebegantodressonlyinwhiteahabitthataddedtoherreputationasaneccentric.第4页/共26页Life storyLife storyThelateryearsofDickinsonslifewereprimarilyspentinmourningbe

6、causemanyofthemostinfluentialandpreciousfriendshipsofEmilyspassedaway.OnJune14,1884Emilysobsessionsandpoeticspeculationsstartedtocometoastopwhenshesufferedthefirstattackofherterminalillness.OnMay15,1886Emilytookherlastbreathattheageof56.第5页/共26页Life storyLife story第6页/共26页Analysis of herStronginflue

7、nceofPuritanismonherthought(pessimismandtragictoneofherpoems)Careaboutdeathandimmortality(1/3ofallherpoemstalkedaboutthesetwothemes.)Exploringhumansinnerworld(psychologydescriptioninherpoems)SevereeconomyofexpressionOriginalimagesDirectandplainlanguage第7页/共26页Poetic StylePoetic Style Often no titles

8、,hence the first lineof each poem is always quoted asthetitleParticular stress pattern:dash“”CapitallettersasameansofemphasisBrief,direct,andplainlanguageAlways aims on original images orsymbolsConventional meters(音 韵),iambictetrameter（四 步 抑 扬 格）,off-rhymes（无韵）Shortpoeticlines,condensedbyusingintens

9、emetaphors（暗喻）andellipsis（省略）第8页/共26页Poetic StylePoetic StyleRegularmeterhymnmeterandballadmeter,alsoknownasCommonmeterQuatrains（四行诗）Alternatingtetrameterandtrimeter（三音格）Often 1st and 3rd lines rhyme,2ndand4thlinesrhymeiniambicpentameterVisual and audible effects,greatimagination,sincereemotions.Her

10、poemstendtobepersonalandmeditative(e.g.“Because I couldnotstopforDeath”).第9页/共26页viewpointsviewpointsReligiousviews:doubtsabouttheexistenceofGodandtherealizationofafter-life.Ideasaboutlove:unhappiness,passionIdeasonnature:simpleandharmoniousIdeasondeathimmortality第10页/共26页On PoetryOn PoetryShethough

11、tthatpoetryshouldbepowerfulandtouching.Theinspirationofthepoetcamefromhisinnerworldorintensityofhisemotionsandthepastliterarytraditionsandthenobleheroes.Themostdignifiedbeautywasembodiedbytheactive,affirmativedignity.Poetryshouldexpressideasthroughconcreteimages.Itwasthepoetsdutytoexpressabstractide

12、asthroughvividandfreshimagery.Shewasagainsttherestrictionofthetraditionaldoctrinesandarguedforthedepictionofonesinnerworld.第11页/共26页On PoetryOn PoetryDespiteitsostensiblesimplicity,herstyleisremarkableforitsvariety,subtletyandrichness.Herlimitedprivateworldhasneverconfinedthelimitlesspowerofhercreat

13、ivityimaginationandpersona.Mainthemesofherpoetry:LoveNatureDeathImmortalityReligion第12页/共26页On PoetryOn PoetryAspecialcharactersofherpoetry-Posiesandpoesies花与诗Dickinson,duringherlifetime,“wasknownmorewidelyasagardener,perhaps,thanasapoet”.Duringherlifetime,sheassembledacollectionofpressedplantsinasi

14、xty-sixpageleather-boundherbarium(植物标本集).第13页/共26页On On NNatureatureDickinsonsskepticismabouttherelationshipbetweenmanandnatureiswellexpressed.Ononehand,shebelievedthatamythicalbondbetweenmanandnatureexisted,thatnaturerevealedtomanthingsaboutmankindanduniverse.Ontheotherhandshefeltstronglyaboutnatur

15、esinscrutabilityandindifferencetothelifeofhumanbeings.Inaword,shethoughtthatnaturewasbothkindandcruel,whichwassimilartoTennyson.第14页/共26页On DeathOn Death and Immortality and ImmortalityShewroteaboutnearly600poemsondeath,andherattitudetowardimmortalitywascontradictory.Itisoftenclearthat,forDickinson,

16、lifeandconsciousnessareinseparable.Herpoemsconcerningdeathandimmortalityrangoverthephysicalaswellasthepsychologicalandemotionalaspectsofdeath.Hergreatrenderingofthemomentofdeathistobefoundin“Iheardaflybuzz-whenIdead-”,apoemconsideredoneofhermasterpieces.第15页/共26页On ReligionOn ReligionBeingrootedinth

17、epuritanicalfamily,DickinsonwasraisedintheChristiantradition,andwasexpectedtotakeupherfathersreligiousbeliefsandvalueswithoutargument.Shewroteaboutherdoubtandbeliefaboutreligioussubjects.Whileshedesiredsalvationandimmortality,shedeniedtheorthodox(正统的)viewofparadise.AlthoughshebelievedinGod,shesometi

18、mesdoubtedHisbenevolence.第16页/共26页On On LoveLoveOnegroupofherlovepoemstreatsthesufferingandfrustrationlovecancause.Thesepoemsareclearlythereflectionofherownunhappyexperience,closelyrelatedtoherdeepestandmostprivatefeelings.Theothergroupoflovepoemsfocusesonthephysicalaspectofdesire,inwhichDickinsonde

19、altwith,allegorically,theinfluenceofthemaleauthoritiesoverthefemale,emphasizingthepowerofphysicalattractionandexpressingamixtureoffearandfascinationforthemysteriousmagnetismbetweensexes.第17页/共26页Weird Recluse?Shewouldsometimessendherpoemstopeopleasgiftsforvalentinesorbirthdays,alongwithpieorcookies.

20、Sheoftenloweredsnacksandtreatsinbasketstoneighborhoodchildrenfromherwindow,butsheneverletthemseeherface.Shewantedtolivesimplyasacompleteindependentbeing,andaspinsteraswell.第18页/共26页Selected Poems:uofloveThe Soul Selects Her Own SocietyuofoneselfIm NobodyuofdeathI died for beauty第19页/共26页The Soul Sel

21、ects Her Own Society Thesoulselectsherownsociety心灵选择自己的伴侣,然后T h e n s h u t s t h e d o o r 把 门 紧 闭 ToherdivineMajority如 神 圣 的 决 定 P r e s e n t n o m o r e 再 不 容 干 预UnmovedshenotestheChariots无动于衷发现车辇,停在她PausingAtherlowGate低 矮 的 门 前 UnmovedandtheEmperorbekneeling无动于衷一位皇帝跪倒UponherMat在 她 的 席 垫 Iveknow

22、nherfromanamplenation我知道,从人口众多的一个民族C h o o s e o n e 选 中 了 一 个 Thenclosethevalvesofherattention从此,便封闭关心的阀门L i k e s t o n e 像 一 块 石 头第20页/共26页Im Nobody!Im Nobody!Im Nobody!Who are you?Are you-Nobody-too?Then theres a pair of us!Dont tell!theyd banish us-you know!How dreary-to be-Somebody!How public-

23、like a Frog-To tell your name-the livelong JuneTo an admiring Bog!我是无名之辈，你是谁？你，也是，无名之辈？这就有了我们一对！可是别声张！你知道，他们会大肆张扬！做个，显要人物，好不无聊！像个青蛙，向仰慕的泥沼在整个六月，把个人的姓名聒噪何等招摇！第21页/共26页I died for beautyIdiedforbeautybutwasscarceAdjustedinthetomb,WhenonewhodiedfortruthwaslainInanadjoiningroom.HequestionedsoftlywhyIfail

24、ed?Forbeauty,Ireplied.AndIfortruth,thetwoareone;Webrethrenare,hesaid.Andso,askinsmenmetanight,Wetalkedbetweentherooms,Untilthemosshadreachedourlips,Andcoveredupournames.我为美而死 却尚未适应坟墓的拘狭 当有个人为真理而死 躺在隔壁的墓室 他轻声问我，因何败殁?“美”，我回答“我为真理二者是一物 我们，是兄弟”，他说 于是，像亲人，在黑夜相遇 我们隔墙交谈 直到苔藓爬上我们的嘴唇 淹没我们的名字第22页/共26页Social s

25、ignificanceEmilyDickinsonspoemspublishedaftergainingmorehighevaluation.HerpoetryinthehistoryoftheUnitedStatespositionandinfluencebehindWhitman.1914sawmoreDickinsonpoemscomingtolight,afactwhichestablishedDickinsonsplaceintheliterature.In1950HarvardUniversityboughtallhercopyright,andfiveyearslaterthec

26、ompleteworksofthepoet,includingthreevolumesofpoemsandthreevolumesofletters,waspublished.Dickinsonwas“rediscovered”inthetwentiethcentury.第23页/共26页Social significanceThecharacteristicsofherpoetryweretobecomepopularthroughStephenCranewiththeImagistsSuchasEzraPoundandAmyLowellinthetwentiethcentury.Shebecame,withStephenCrane,theprecursoroftheImagistmovement.第24页/共26页Thats AllThanksforlistening第25页/共26页感谢您的观看。第26页/共26页