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1、T.SEliotandHisTheWasteLandAbstractT.S.EliotwasoneofthefinestpoetswritinginEnglishinthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury.Hewasthefirstpoettovividlydepictthemass’sfatesandallkindsofpersonsofmodernwesterncitiescombinedwithmythsandhistoriesinawidepicture.Hemadenewexperimentsandinnovationsinthecom
2、positionofpoetry,andproducedakindofnewpoetrywhichenlargedtherangeandformofpoeticexpressionasamediumofthemodernconsciousness.AsaNobelprizelaureateandcertainlythebanner-bearerofModernistMovement.T.SEliothassufferedsomedeclineinhisliteraryfameinrecentdecadesnotonlybecauseofhiswilledjuxtaposit
3、ionofbrokenimagesinhispoetrybutalsobecauseofhisvehementadvocacyofChristianityasasuitableinstitutionforhumansociety.ThewholethesismainlytalksaboutEliot’sliterarycareerandthecharacteristicsofhispoetry,includingthethemes(boredom,lifeanddeath,etc.)andtechniques(allusionandmyth).TheWasteLandcen
4、tersondeathandresurrection,revealingtheconnectionbetweensensualityandanxiety,betweensinandsensuality.Inthispoem,owingtosomeinexplicableinsufficiencyinhumannature,manisliabletothetemptationsofflesh.Sexualtemptationsleadtosufferinganddeath,man’shistoryisnothingbut“birth,andcopulation,anddeat
5、h”.Asaresult,sin,lust,evilanddeathtogetherformacircleamongwhichthereisthemutualcauseandeffectrelation.Therefore,earthlylove,eveninmostintenseform,asinthatbetweentheloverandthehyacinthgirl,withitsromanticassociations,willfailmanintheend.25ThethesisalsoprobesintoEliot’spoeticviewandwritingst
6、yle.Keywords:sterility;irony;symbolism;myth;death摘要托马斯·斯特恩斯·艾略特是二十纪上半叶最伟大的诗人,也是第一位以广阔的画面结合神话与历史来生动描写大众命运和现代西方城市芸芸众生的诗人。在诗歌创作上,他做出许多尝试性和开创性的工作,并创造出一种新的诗歌,极大地扩展了诗歌表达的范围和形式,推动诗歌成为现代意识的传递媒介。因其卓越的成就,艾略特被授予诺贝尔奖并成为现代派运动的领袖,但近几十年来,艾略特的文学声誉有所受损,这不仅是因为其在诗作中连续采用破碎的形象,而且其狂热鼓吹基督教适用于全人类。本文主要探讨了艾略特的文学生涯及
7、其诗歌特点,包括主题(无聊、生与死和其它)和写作技巧(引用典故和神话);第四部分是对《荒原》的分析,包括了对《荒原》主题和文章的研究。《荒原》围绕死亡的主题揭示了欲望与焦虑,罪与欲望的关系。在这首诗中,由于人性的缺失,人类常常受到色欲的诱惑。性诱惑带来的是痛苦和死亡。人类历史也只不过是“出生、纵欲、死亡”的过程而已。人类历史也只不过是“出生、纵欲、死亡”的过程而已。因此,原罪、情欲、罪孽和死亡互为因果,互相影响。因此,尘世之爱,无论多么炽热,像那位风信子女郎和她的恋人那样,最终还是会使人失魂落魄。最后论文探讨了艾略