Lecture8RobertBurns (2).ppt

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1、Robert Burns（1759-1796，37）Heaven-taught Plowman,a Scottish Poet，“The Bard”Location of Scotland(dark green)Scottish HighlandsBagpipe 风笛Kilt The Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the Early Middle Ages and continued to exist until 1707.On 1 May 1707,Scotland entered into

2、an incorporating political union with England to create the united Kingdom of Great Britain.Thistle（蓟；苏格兰的国徽）I.His Life(1759-1796)Nationality:ScottishFamily:His father was William Burns,a gardener and farmer.Education:Tutored at home.Career:poet,lyricist and farmer.StatuesBurns National Heritage Par

3、kII.Features of Burns Poetry Burns is the national poet of Scotland.His songs are Scottish to the core.As a poet of the peasant,he was very good at presenting the rural theme.A pioneer of RomanticismHis peasant origin and environment especially aided him in mastering the happy simplicity,humor,direc

4、tness and optimism,which are characteristics of old Scottish songs.the Ploughman Poet,a Scottish poetHe often revised old songs and improved them by a process of omission,condensation and addition,so that they become transformed into noble and finished masterpieces.Scotlands favorite son,and a lyric

5、istIII.A Red,Red RoseTheme:eternal lovea man professes his true love for his beloved girlA Red,Red Roseis one of his famous songs that Robert Burns wrote in the“ballad meter”.In this song,he expressed his deep love towards his lover Jean Armour.O my Luves like a red,red rose 啊，我的爱人像一朵红红的玫瑰，Thats new

6、ly sprung in June.六月里初露芳菲。He is describing the actual woman he loves and comparing her to a rose etc.Love,sweetheartRepetition,alliteration,simileHis feelings of love are compared to a flower(a red rose).In the bigger picture(which will come later in the song)the newly sprung rose is a tiny,new and

7、fragile thing dependent on nature for its own short period of survival.Beautiful but vulnerable.and will perish.eventually.But this new rose reflects the fresh emotion,beauty and excitement of the first stages of tender love blossoming.O my Luves like the melodie,啊，我的爱人像一首悦耳的音乐，Thats sweetly played

8、in tune.那声音和谐而甜美。(起)His feelings of love are compared to a melody,a more permanent fixture which can be replayed and explored over and over.and can survive by its own sweetness if cherished and looked after(in tune).ImageryVisual (red)olfactory（嗅觉）（嗅觉）(rose)auditory(melodie)gustatory gstet()r;gstt()

9、r (sweet)Static kinetic(spring)运动的He is describing the actual woman he loves and comparing her to a melody etc French word bon(good)As fair art thou,my bonnie lass,我的好姑娘，你有多美，So deep in luve am I,我爱你就有多么深，And I will luve thee still,my dear,我将永远爱你，我的宝贝，Till a the seas gang dry.直到大海止息水枯竭。（承）gogirlstil

10、lIts a nice use of the word still taken both as no matter what and also still as in calm and helps to highlight a more warm,settled centring（定中心，对中）in the promise of his love for her.Figure of speech:The speaker addresses the young lady as bonnie(pretty).In the last line of the stanza,he present hyp

11、erbole,a figure of speech that exaggerates.Imagery：(the earth)Sea Till a the seas gang dry,my dear,直到大海止息水枯竭。And the rocks melt wi the sun,直到岩石融化在太阳里！O,I will luve thee still,my dear,而我将仍然爱你，While the sands o life shall run.只要生命之火不灭。（转）The man promises eternal love for her.Imagery:Sea rock sun sands

12、Visual,tactiletktal (触觉的)And fare thee weel,my only Luve,再见吧，我唯一的心上人！And fare thee weel awhile!再见吧，让我们暂时别离！And I will come again,my Luve,我一定要回来，我的爱人，Tho it were ten thousand mile!哪怕要走千里万里！（合）The man vows to love her however far he may go.Farewell to you 山无陵，江水为竭，冬雷震山无陵，江水为竭，冬雷震震，夏雨雪，天地合，乃敢震，夏雨雪，天地合，

13、乃敢与君绝。与君绝。先秦汉魏晋南北朝诗先秦汉魏晋南北朝诗汉鼓吹汉鼓吹曲辞曲辞上邪上邪“and”Burns uses a lot of the word and at the beginnings of lines and in this song(Red,red rose)this has the effect of the love growing and growing,moving forward,each line an extension of the line before rather than qualifying it.And provides the momentum fo

14、r the love description to expand and move on to bigger and better things,taking the song forward with tension and excitement.Form:Form:in four in four quatrains quatrains(four-line(four-line stanzasstanzas)1 2 3 4 O MY|Luves LIKE|a RED,|red ROSE 1 2 3 Thats NEW|ly SPRUNG.|in JUNE1st&3rd line:Iambic

15、tetrameter(四音步抑扬格)2nd&4th line:Iambic trimeter(三音步抑扬格)Rhyme（韵脚）（韵脚）In each stanza,the second and fourth lines end with masculine rhyme（阳韵）（阳韵）.Rhyme also occurs（重现）（重现）in a repeated word at the end of the first and third lines of the third and fourth stanzas.A masculine rhyme is a rhyme that matches

16、 only one syllable,usually at the end of respective lines.Often the final syllable is stressed.阳性韵，单韵(只最后一个音节押韵，如complain，disdain)Forceful,powerfulWhat makes Burns a beloved poet?1.For one,the eighteenth century was an important time for Scotland;2.the country was rapidly developing a sense of natio

17、nal identity,and Burns gave that identity a written form.3.Much of his poetry makes use of Scottish folklore and legend,and much of it is written in Scots English,the form of English spoken in Scotland at the time.4.Burns was one of the first writers to put this primarily oral or spoken language into writing.5.Burns was also popular,even idealized,because he was a farmera laborerwith mad poetry skills.