WilliamBlake個(gè)人及作品風(fēng)格介紹

WilliamBlakeGroup8Content1.AuthorIntroductionBackground4.StylisticFeaturesPARTONEauthorEarlylifeLaterlifeandcareerTurningpointHislastlifeHislifeHislifeEarlylife:Heattendedschoolonlylongenoughtolearnreadingandwriting,leavingattheageoften,andwasotherwiseeducatedathomebyhismotherCatherineBlake.EventhoughtheBlakeswereEnglishDissenters,Williamwasbaptisedon11DecemberatStJames'sChurch,Piccadilly,London.TheBiblewasanearlyandprofoundinfluenceonBlake,andremainedasourceofinspirationthroughouthislife.HislifeLaterlifeandcareer:Blake'smarriagetoCatherinewascloseanddevoteduntilhisdeath.BlaketaughtCatherinetowrite,andshehelpedhimcolourhisprintedpoems.Gilchristrefersto"stormytimes"intheearlyyearsoftheWilliamandCatherine'sfirstdaughterandlastchildmightbeTheldescribedinTheBookofThelwhowasconceivedasdead.HislifeTurningpoint:1803ChangingofhismindandartAnaltercationwithaprivatewhointheRoyaldragoonsHislifeHislastlife:Blake'slastyearswerespentatFountainCourtofftheStrand(thepropertywasdemolishedinthe1880s,whentheSavoyHotelwasbuilt).Onthedayofhisdeath(12August1827),BlakeworkedrelentlesslyonhisDanteseries.PARTTWOIntroductionTHECHIMNEYSWEEPER"TheChimneySweeper"isthetitleofapoembyWilliamBlake,publishedintwopartsinSongsofInnocencein1789andSongsofexperiencein1794.Thepoem"TheChimneySweeper"issetagainstthedarkbackgroundofchildlabourthatwasprominentinEnglandinthelate18thand19thcentury.Attheageoffourandfive,boysweresoldtocleanchimneys,duetotheirsmallsize.Thesechildrenwereoppressedandhadadiminutiveexistencethatwassociallyacceptedatthetime.THECHIMNEYSWEEPERIntheearlierpoem,ayoungchimneysweeperrecountsadreamhadbyoneofhisfellows,inwhichanangelrescuestheboysfromcoffinsandtakesthemtoasunnymeadow;inthelaterpoem,anapparentlyadultspeakerencountersachildchimneysweeperabandonedinthesnowwhilehisparentsareatchurchorpossiblyevensuffereddeathwherechurchisreferringtobeingwithGod.THETYGER"TheTyger"isapoembytheEnglishpoetWilliamBlakepublishedin1794aspartoftheSongsofExperiencecollection.LiterarycriticAlfredKazincallsit"themostfamousofhispoems",andTheCambridgeCompaniontoWilliamBlakesaysitis"themostanthologizedpoeminEnglish".ItisoneofBlake'smostreinterpretedandarrangedworks.PartThreeBackgroundWilliamBlake1757-1827TheBritishIndustrialRevolution英國(guó)工業(yè)革命1760-1840AmericanRevolutionaryWar美國(guó)獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)1775-1783TheFrenchRevolution法國(guó)大革命1789-1794AperiodofgreatachievementTheBritishIndustrialRevolution英國(guó)工業(yè)革命ThemanualworkshopFactoriesthatusebigmachinesThepeasantsresiststrongly,theypetitioned.

Farmerslostland,a

largenumberofskilledworkerslosttheirjobs,handicraftsmenlosttheirstatus.Inordertogetjobs,raisewages,improveconditionsoflabor,workersstruck,smashed

machines,andclashedwithgovernmentforces.TheBritishIndustrialRevolution英國(guó)工業(yè)革命Inthiscontexthewrotethispoem,anditisthispoemthatshowshistimebackground.TheChimneySweeperTheFourZoasIn1804,thispoem

revealedthattheindustrialandcommercialprosperityoftheBritishempirewasbasedonexploitationandslavery.Blakewaslivinginthisageandhispoetrywastheproductofthisturbulent(動(dòng)蕩不安的)age.TheBritishIndustrialRevolution英國(guó)工業(yè)革命ExploitationandslaveryTheindustrialandcommercialprosperityoftheBritishDuringtheindustrialrevolution,whichwassupposedtobethedarkageofthechimneysweepers,thenumberofchildchimneysweepersreacheditspeak.TheFrenchRevolution法國(guó)大革命TheFrenchrevolutiondestroyedtheautocraticruleoftheFrenchmonarchy（法國(guó)君主專制統(tǒng)治）andspreadtheprogressiveideasofliberaldemocracy.ThistimeBlake

wroteprophecypoem(預(yù)言詩(shī))

Frenchrevolution

(1791)andAmerica

(1793),etc.,eulogized（頌揚(yáng)）thebourgeois（資產(chǎn)階級(jí)）democraticnationalrevolution,denounced（痛斥）thefeudalautocracy,askedforhumanequality,thelatter

poemalsocriticizedtheBritishcolonialpolicy.TheAmericanwarofindependenceandtheFrenchrevolutionsweptacrossEuropeandAmerica,andtherewasananti-feudalandanti-colonialismstruggleinBritain.TheimpactonFranceTheimpactonBritainTheimpactonBlakeTheFrenchRevolution法國(guó)大革命DuringtheFrenchrevolution(1789-1794),Europe'sbourgeoisrevolutionisontheupswingandtheclassstrugglewasextremelysharpInthesefiveyears,Blakewrotethemostimportantworkinhislife.TheFrenchRevolutionSongofExperiencePropheticbooksSothepoemTheTygerthat

symbolizedtheFrenchrevolutionwasbornPARTFOURStylisticFeaturesContentsPre-RomanticismMysticismReligionismSymbolismPre-RomanticismItoriginatedamongtheconservativegroupsofmenoflettersasareactionagainstEnlightenment.

Characteristic:ThePre-Romanticistwouldpaymoreattentiontoordinarypeople,andhaveamoreoptimisticattitudetowardslife,whichisthedifferencebetweenpre-romanticismandsentimentalism.MysticismThelittleboylostinthelonelyfen,Ledbythewand'ringlight,Begantocry,butGodevernigh,Appearedlikehisfatherinwhite.HekissedthechildandbythehandledAndtohismotherbrought,Whoinsorrowpale,thro'thelonelydaleHerlittleweepingboysought.Father!father!whereareyougoing?Odonotwalksofast.Speak,father,speaktoyourlittleboy,OrelseIshallbelost.Thenightwasdark,nofatherwasthere;Thechildwaswetwithdew;Themirewasdeep,&thechilddidweep,Andawaythevapourflew.Mysticism對(duì)布萊克來(lái)說(shuō)，科學(xué)代表著人類(lèi)的骨骼，理性讓肉體附著其上，想象力是生存的形式，而靈視(vision)使人封圣。----麥克斯普勞曼TheoryofVision:seethetruththroughthefalseappearanceReligionismIachild,andthoualamb,WearecallèdbyHisname.Littlelamb,Godblessthee!Littlelamb,Godblessthee!Forhehearsthelamb'sinnocentcall,

Andhehearstheewe'stenderreply;

Heiswatchfulwhiletheyareinpeace,

FortheyknowwhentheirShepherdisnigh.Alittleblackthingamongthesnow,Crying"'weep!'weep!"innotesofwoe!"Whereare