leavesofgrass草叶集作者简介加赏析PPT讲座Contents•WaltWhitman•LeavesofGrass•Poems:–Songofmyself–Whenlilacslastinthedooryardbloom'd•Freeverse•Q&AWaltWhitman•1819bornonLongIsland,NewYork•1855published1steditionofLeavesofGrassonfourthofJuly,12poems•1861brotherGeorgeenlistedintheUnionArmyforCivilWar•1863devotedhimselftohospitalwork•1892publishedthe9thandfinaledition:"Death-bedEdition",401poems•1892diedinNewJerseyU.S.WaltWhitman•AnAmericanpoet,essayist,journalistandahumanist,hewasapartofthetransitionbetweenrealismandtranscendentalism.•WhitmanisamongthemostinfluentialpoetsinAmerica,oftencalledthefatheroffreeverse.•Hisworkwasverycontroversialinitstime,particularlyhispoetrycollectionLeavesofGrass,whichwasdescribedasobsceneforitsovertsexuality.WaltWhitman•Earlyinhiscareer,healsoproducedatemperancenovel,FranklinEvans(1842).•Whitman'smajorwork,LeavesofGrass,wasanattemptatreachingouttothecommonpersonwithanAmericanepic.•Waltdiedatage72andhisfuneralbecameapublicspectacle.Thebook-LeavesofGrass•Thisbookisnotableforpraiseofthesensesduringatimewhensuchcandiddisplayswereimmoral.•Whilemuchpreviouspoetryreliedonsymbolism,allegory,andmeditationonthereligiousandspiritualworld,LeavesofGrassexaltedthebodyandthematerialworld.•InfluencedbyRalphWaldoEmersonandtheTranscendentalistmovement,Whitman'spoetrypraisesnatureandtheindividualhuman'sroleinit.Heelevatesthehumanmindorthespirit,deemingbothworthyofpoeticpraise.Themes•Extoltheidealofequalityofthingsandbeings,democracy,nature,labourandcreationandfreedom•Celebrateman'sdiginity,theself-reliancespirit,theindividualvalueandbrightestfutureofmankind•PraisetheexpansionofAmerica•Expresshispursuitofloveandhappiness,hisideasaboutdeathandbeautyofdeath•Attacktheslaverysystemandracialdiscrimination•etcPoemAppreciation---SongofMyself(1345lines)TheBig"Myself"Icelebratemyself,andsingmyself,AndwhatIassumeyoushallassume.Foreveryatombelongingtomeasgoodbelongstoyou.(section1)我赞美我自己，歌唱我自己，我所讲的一切，将对你们也一样适用，因为属于我的每一个原子，也同样属于你。TheBig"Myself"IknowIamaugust,Idonottroublemyspirittovindicateitselforbeunderstood,Iseethattheelementarylawsneverapologize,IexistasIam,thatisenough,IfnootherintheworldbeawareIsitcontent,AndifeachandallbeawareIsitcontent.(section20)august:profoundlyhonoredvindicate:showtoberightbyprovidingproof译文•我知道我是庄严的，•我不想耗费精神去为自己申辩或求得人们的理解，•我懂得根本的法则从来不为自己辩解，•我就按照我自己的现状生存，这已经够了，•即使世界上再没有人意识到这一点，我仍满足地坐着，•即使世上所有的人都意识到，我也满足地坐着。Nature•Ibelieveinthosewing’dpurposes,•Andacknowledgered,yellow,white,playingwithinme,•Andconsidergreenandvioletandthetuftedcrownintentional,•Anddonotcallthetortoiseunworthybecausesheisnotsomethingelse,•Andthejayinthewoodsneverstudiedthegamut['gæmt]ə,yettrillsprettywelltome,•Andthelookofthebaymareshamessillinessoutofme.(section13)译文：•我相信这些带翅膀者的目的，•也承认那些红的、黄的、白的颜色都在我心中激荡，•我认为这绿的、紫的和球状花冠都各有深意，•我更不因为龟只是龟而说它毫无价值，•林中的鸟从不学音乐，但我仍然觉得它唱得很美，•栗色的母马一瞥，就使我对自己的笨拙感到羞愧。OpennesstoSex•Throughmeforbiddenvoices,•Voicesofsexesandlusts,voicesveil’dandIremovetheveil,•Voicesindecentbymeclarifiedandtransfigur’d.•Idonotpressmyfingersacrossm...
