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caomparativestudyonthepastoralpoetrybetweenwordsworthandtaoyuanming英语专业毕业设计

学号

20095061706

本科毕业论文（设计）

系（院）　　外国语学院　　　　　　　　

专业英　　　　　语

年级2009级

姓名李珍珍　　

论文（设计）题目AComparativeStudyonthePastoralPoetryBetweenWordsworthandTaoYuanming

指导教师　余永锋职称讲师　

2013年3月21日

Contents

Abstract2

Keywords3

摘要3

关键词3

1.Introduction3

1.1ABriefIntroductiontoWilliamWordsworthandTaoYuanming3

1.2PastoralPoetryofWordsworthandTaoYuanming4

2.Wordsworth’sandTaoYuanming’sPastoralPoetry:

Similarities6

2.1WaytoRurallife6

2.2ThemesinPastoralPoetry8

2.3PoeticLanguage9

3.Wordsworth’sandTaoYuanming’sPastoralPoetry:

Differences11

3.1PoeticRealm11

3.2UniqueViewpointonNature14

3.3SpiritualPursuit15

Bibliography18

AComparativeStudyonthePastoralPoetryBetween

WordsworthandTaoYuanming

Name:

LiZhenzhenNo.:

20095061706

EnglishMajorSchoolofForeignLanguages

Supervisor:

YuYongfengTitle:

Instructor

Abstract:

WilliamWordsworth（1770-1850）andTaoYuanming（365-427）arethemostprominentpastoralpoetsinEnglishandChineseliteraryhistoriesandhavemadegreatcontributiontothedevelopmentofpastoralpoetry.ThepaperexploresthesimilaritiesanddifferencesinWordsworth’sandTaoYuanming’spastoralpoetryinseveralaspects.Thiscomparativestudyintendsnotonlytotracktheideologicaldevelopmentofthetwopoetsandtoachieveabetterunderstandingoftheirpoems,butmoreimportantly,toprobeintowhatliesbehindthesimilaritiesanddifferences.Hopefully,theresearchmaycontributetoamoreprofoundliteraryandculturalcommunicationbetweentheEastandtheWest.

KeyWords:

Wordsworth;TaoYuanming;pastoralpoetry;similaritiesanddifferences

摘要:

华兹华斯（1770-1850）和陶渊明（365-472）是中英诗坛上杰出的田园诗人，为田园诗的发展做出了极大的贡献。

本文试从这两位田园诗人的”回归田园之路”、“诗歌创作题材”、“诗歌创作语言”三方面探讨二人的相同之处，并试从“田园诗歌意境营造”、“独特的自然观”和“蕴含在田园诗中的精神追求”分析二人的相异之处。

通过对华兹华斯和陶渊明的田园诗歌的初步分析比较，不仅要探寻两位诗人的创作思想的异同，从而更好地理解他们的作品，更重要的是通过比较研究来揭示二人的田园诗创作对当今诗歌发展的启示，借以为东西文学与文化的交流作一有益的探索与尝试。

关键词:

华兹华斯;陶渊明;田园诗;相同点和不同点

1.Introduction

1.1ABriefIntroductiontoWilliamWordsworthandTaoYuanming

WilliamWordsworth（1770-1850）,Britishpoet,receivedhiseducationatCambridgeUniversity.Intheearly1790sWilliamlivedforatimeinFrancewherehewassweptintotheviolentFrenchRevolutionthatplayedanimportantroleinhispoeticcreation.AfterreturningfromFrance,WordsworthsettledintheLakeDistrictofNorthernEngland,andhededicatedhimselftopoetrywriting.HewasadefiningmemberoftheEnglishRomanticMovement.LikeotherRomantics,Wordsworth’spersonalityandpoetryweredeeplyinfluencedbyhisloveofnature,especiallybythesightsandscenesoftheLakeCountry（LakeDistrict）.Asprofoundlyearnestandsincerethinker,hedisplayedahighseriousnesstemperwithtendernessandaloveofsimplicity.（可以再稍多一些内容如：

儿时乡间生活的熏陶以及大量的旅行经历等）

WilliamWordsworthwasbornandgrewupintheLakeDistrict,thebeautifulareaofmountains,lakes,andstreamsneartheScottishborderinnorthwestEngland.ThenaturalbeautyandgrandeurofthisareawasamajorsourceofinspirationforWordsworththroughouthislife.Hismotherdiedwhenhewaseight.WordsworthwassenttoschoolatHawshead,atownfurthersouthintheLakeDistrict.Hewasalivelyandsometimesamoodyboy.Helovedtospendhisfreetimeroamingaboutthecountrysideandgettingtoknowthecountrypeople.Thememoriesoftheseyearsweretransformedintomagnificentverses.Hethinksthatnatureisgoodtoone’smoralhealth.Thefarmersandtheirchildrenaresimpleandcourageousbecausetheyalwaysliveinthedells,amongclearstreamsandinbroadfields;peopleshouldtrytofindpower,beautyandknowledgeinnatureeveniftheyliveinselfishevilsociety.

TaoYuanming（365-427）,ChinesepoetoftheEasternJinDynasty,isconsideredthefounderofthepastoralpoetryschoolinthehistoryofChineseliterature.HewasoncedeterminedtosecureanofficialpositionintheEasternJinDynasty.Becausehewasdissatisfiedwiththesocialrealitiesofhisday,heabandonedhispostandreturnedtothecountrylife.Hespentsometwenty-twoyearsinseclusion,supportinghisfamilybyfarminganddevotingtherestofthetimetowriting.Talentedinvariousgenresofproseandpoetry,hedescribedinhiswritingsthenaturalbeautyandhisrusticlife,permeatedwithhisantipathyfortheprivilegedandhisaloofnessinthestatusquo.TaoYuanming’spersonalityandworksareheldinveryhighesteem.SincetheSongDynasty,“plainness”and“naturalness”havebecomethefixedattributestoTaoYuanming’spoems,andhehasthusoccupiedanimportantplaceinthehistoryofChineseliterature.

Thoughcomingfromdifferentcountriesandtimes,WilliamWordsworthandTaoYuanmingsharetheloveofnatureandthetranquilityoftherurallife.Bychoosingnatureandtheincidentsoftherurallifeasthethemesintheirpoeticcreations,andtheyhavecontributedmuchtothedevelopmentofthepastoralpoetry.Astudyontheirpoemsentailsabriefintroductionoftheoriginanddevelopmentofthepastoralpoetry.

1.2IntroductiontoPastoralPoetryofWordsworthandTaoYuanming

WilliamWordsworth’smonumentalpoeticlegacyrestsonalargenumberofimportantpoems,varyinginlengthandweightfromtheshort,simplepastoralpoemsofthe1790stothevastexpansesofThePrelude,thirteenbookslonginits1808edition.ButthethemesthatrunthroughWordsworth’spoetry,andthelanguageandimageryheusestoembodythosethemes,remainremarkablyconsistentthroughoutallhispoems,adheringlargelytothetenetsWordsworthsetoutforhimselfinthePrefacetoLyricalBallads.

ThepublicationofLyricalBalladsrepresentsalandmarkforEnglishpoetry.Itisunlikeanythingthathadcomebefore,andpavesthewayforeverythingthatistocomeafter.Accordingtothetheorythatpoetryresultsfromthe“spontaneousoverflow”ofemotions,asWordsworthwritesinthePrefacetoLyricalBallads,WordsworthandColeridgemakeittheirtasktowritepoemsinthesimplelanguageofcommonpeopleratherthanintheloftyandelaboratedictionsthatwerethenconsidered“poetic”.Accordingtothistheory,poetryoriginatesin“emotionrecollectedinastateoftranquility”;thepoetthensurrenderstotheemotion,sothatthetranquilitydissolves,andtheemotionremainsinthepoem.Thisexplicitemphasisonfeeling,simplicity,andthepleasureofbeautyoverrhetoric,ornament,andformalitychangesthecourseofEnglishpoetry,replacingtheelaborateclassicalformsofPopeandDrydenwithanewRomanticsensibility.Manypastoralpoems,suchasDaffodils,WritteninMarch,ComposeduponWestminsterBridge,TinternAbbeyarethetypicalrepresentativesofWordsworth’sstyle.WordsworthbecomesthedominantforceinEnglishpoetrywhilestillquiteayoungman.

Besidesthebeautyofnature,theprincipleobjectthenproposedinthesepastoralpoemsistochooseincidentsandsituationsfromcommonlife,andtorelateanddescribethem.ThereasonwhyWordsworthselectsthelowandrusticlifeasthethemeofhispastoralpoemsisthatinthatconditiontheessentialpassionsofheartfindabettersoilinwhichtheycanattaintheirmaturity.Andthepastoralpoemsarewritteninthecommonlanguagereallyusedbymenasfaraspossible.

InChineseliterature,thehighstatusofTaoYuanmingmainlyowesitselftohisfinepastoralpoetry.Apioneertowritetherurallifeandthebeautyofnature,hepavesthepathforthelaterpoets.AllofTao’spoemsarefresh,naturalandplaininboththemeandlanguage,especiallythepoemsofBacktoCountry,DrinkingWine（theFifth）,MatchingaPoembySecretaryGuo,MovingHousesandthelike.TheTangpoetryisunderthedirectinfluenceofTaoYuanming,especiallythepastoralpoemsbyWangWei,MengHaoran,andLiuZongyuan.FromtheSongDynastyon,TaoYuanming’spersonalityandworksareheldinveryhighesteem.SincetheSongDynasty,“plainness”and“naturalness”havebecomethefixedattributestoTaoYuanming’spoems,andTaoYuanminghasoccupiedanimportantplaceinthehistoryofChineseliterature.

Thoughfarapartintimeandspace,WordsworthandTaoYuanminghavecutanewpathinpoetrywritingintheirrespectiveliterature.Thetwopastoralpoetsshareoneessentialcharacteristicbothintheirpoeticalcontentandtheirpoeticalform—naturalness,whichisalsothecommoninnovativepointtheyhavecontributedtothedevelopmentofpastoralpoetry.

2.Wordsworth’sandTaoYuanming’sPastoralPoetry:

Similarities

2.1WaytoRurallife

TheperiodofreclusionplaysanimportantroleinthelivesofbothWordsworthandTaoYuanming.Itisprovedthattheyproducemostoftheirwell-knownpastoralpoemsduringtheirreclusetime.

WilliamWordsworthlosthisparentsinhisearlyage,andhewassponsoredbyhisunclestoenterSt.John'sCollege,Cambridgeattheageofseventeen.In1790,beforehisgraduation,hespentthesummeronawalkingtourinSwitzerland,ItalyandFrance.HistravelsontheContinentbroughthimincontactwiththeFrenchRevolution,andhecameunderitsspell,asdidmostoftheenthusiasticyoungmenofthetime.Wordsworthwasthrilledintohumansympathy,andhishopeswerestirredandhisimaginationfiredwithdreamsofanidealrepublic,whichhefanciedwouldarisefromtheRevolution.Hesaid:

Igraduallywithdrew

Intoanoisierworld,andthuserelong

Becauseapatriot;andmyheartwasall

Giventopeople,andmylovewastheir

（ThePrelude,BookⅨ）

AsWordsworthburnedwiththeenthusiasmfortheFrenchRevolution,TaoYuanmingborehisgreatambitionsinmind.InTao’syouthfuldays,hewastaughtbytheConfuci