英国诗人勃朗宁及其作品简介.ppt

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1、RobertBrowningTogetherwithTennyson，theyareregardedasthebesttwopoetsinVictorianTime.family---thesonofaclerkintheBankofEnglandeducation---neverattendedschoolwasprivatelyeducatedbyhisparents,andtakeinterestinartandliteraturewhilestillachild.marriage---thepoetElizabethBarrettin1846livedinIta

2、lyuntilhiswifediedin1861.HespenthisrestoflifeinLondon.Thephrasesofhislife&hispoeticdevelopment1.Yearsasachild&bachelor:（Browningbegantowriteversesattheageof6.）(a)HebeganhisliterarycareerasanardentfollowerofShelly.Hisfirstpoem“Pauline”(《波琳》1833)wasattackedbyJohnMillas“morbidstate”ofself-w

3、orship(“有强烈的病态的自我意识”)ThenhemanagedtoavoidthesubjectivemannerofShellyandcreatedhisownobjectivewayofwriting.Allthesedramawasregardedasfailure.Paracelsus(1835),whoseherowasaRenaissancealchemist(炼金术士).ThoughBrowninglatercalledthepoem"afailure,"itreceivedfavorablereviewsandbroughtaboutimporta

4、ntfriendshipswiththeauthorsWilliamWordsworthHisfirstplay,Strafford(1837),closedafteronlyfiveperformances.ThepublicationofSordelloin1840wasadisasterwhichdealtBrowning'sgrowingreputationasevereblowTheexperiencesarevaluableinthattheyhelpedhimdevelop“dramaticmonologue”tomaturity2Developmento

5、ftheDramaticMonologueAfterthedisappointingreceptionofStraffordandSordello,Browningturnedtothedramaticmonologue.HeexperimentedwithandperfectedthisforminthelongpoemPippaPasses(1841)andtwocollectionsofshorterpoems,DramaticLyrics(1842)andDramaticRomancesandLyrics(1845).Usuallywritteninblankv

6、erse,thedramaticmonologueisthespeechofasinglecharacterinamomentofsomedramaticsignificance.Inthecourseofhismonologue,thespeakerrevealswhatthissituationis,aswellasthesettingofthesituationandtowhomheisspeaking.Ofgreatestinterest,however,iswhatherevealsabouthisownmotivesandpersonality.Oftent

7、hespeaker,whiletryingtojustifyhimselftohislisteners,actuallyrevealsthefaultsorevendepravityofhischaractertothereader.Suchpoemsas"MyLastDuchess"inwhichthisironicrevelationisfullydeveloped,givethereaderthepleasureofdiscoveringmoreaboutthespeakerthanheperceivesabouthimself.和