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1、Lecture 8The Romantic Period (II) Teaching ContentGeorge Gordon Byron; Percy Bysshe Shelley; John Keats Time Allotment2 periods Teaching Objectives and Requirements1 Help the students understand George Gordon Byron.2 Help the students have a good understanding of Percy Bysshe Shelley. 3 Help the stu
2、dents have a good understanding of John Keats. Key Points and Difficult Points in Teaching1 Percy Bysshe Shelley2 John Keats Teaching Methods and Means Lecture; Discussion; Multi-media Teaching Process1 George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) (For Self-Study)1.1 Introduction Byrons best poems are Don Juan a
3、nd Childe Harold. His other works include Hours of Idleness and English Bards and Scottish Reviewers (See Wang Shouren, 76 and Chang Yaoxin, 197-198). 1.2 Comments on Byron Byrons poetry is one of experience. His heroes are more or less pictures of himself. His hero is known as “Byronic Hero”, a pro
4、ud, mysterious rebel figure of noble origin. With immense superiority in his passions and powers, he would carry on his shoulders the burden of righting all the wrongs in a corrupt society. He would rise single-handedly against any kind of tyrannical rules either in government, in religion, or in mo
5、ral principles with unconquerable wills and inexhaustible energies. For such a hero, the conflict is usually one of rebellious individual against out-worn social systems and conventions. The figure is, to some extent, modeled on the life and personality of Byron. Byron insisted on authenticand moral
6、 nature of his work. Byrons poetry exerts great influence on the Romantic Movement. He stands with Shakespeare and Scott among the British writers who exert great influence over the mainland of Europe. (See Chang Yaoxin, 197)1.3 Discussion of She Walks in Beauty(See the Textbook Selected Readings, 7
7、4-75) It is a lyrical poem written in 1814 and published in 1815. In June, 1814, several months before he met and married his first wife, Anna Milbanke, Lord Byron attended a party at Lady Sitwells. While at the party, Lord Byron was inspired by the sight of his cousin, the beautiful Mrs. Wilmot, wh
8、o was wearing a black spangled mourning dress. Lord Byron was struck by his cousins dark hair and fair face, the mingling of various lights and shades. This became the essence of his poem about her.(Discuss the questions in the Selected Readings.) The first two lines bring together the opposing qual
9、ities of darkness and light that are at play throughout the three verses. The remaining lines of the first verse tell us that her face and eyes combine all thats best of dark and bright. No mention is made here or elsewhere in the poem of any other physical features of the lady. The focus of the vis
10、ion is upon the details of the ladys face and eyes which reflect the mellowed and tender light. She has a remarkable quality of being able to contain the opposites of dark and bright. The fourth line starts with an accented syllable followed by an unaccented one, rather than the iambic meter of the
11、other lines, an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one. The result is that the word “Meet” receives attention, an emphasis. The ladys unique feature is that opposites “meet” in her in a wonderful way. The second verse tells us that the glow of the ladys face is nearly perfect. The shades an
12、d rays are in just the right proportion, and because they are, the lady possesses a nameless grace. This conveys the romantic idea that her inner beauty is mirrored by her outer beauty. Her thoughts are serene and sweet. She is pure and dear. The last verse is split between three lines of physical d
13、escription and three lines that describe the ladys moral character. Her soft, calm glow reflects a life of peace and goodness. This is a repetition, an emphasis, of the theme that the ladys physical beauty is a reflection of her inner beauty.2 Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)2.1 Life and achievement
14、s(See Chang Yaoxin, 202-204) Shelley is an idealistic and prophetic Romantic. He sees life on the horizon and gives the vision a tangible form in his poetry. He refuses to accept life as it is and tries to envision life as devoid of oppression, injustice, tyranny, and corruption current in the socia
15、l life of his day. He visualizes the birth of an ideal social order based on the regeneration of man and virtue of love. He made himself a kind of precursor to the socialist movement soon to sweep across Europe and England. 2.2 Shelleys Works Prometheus Unbound: a lyrical drama, Shelleys masterpiece
16、, most famous (See Chang Yaoxin, 206-207) His short lyrical poems As for his lyrics on nature, the two best known ones are Ode to the West Wind (1819) and To a Skylark (1820). His other lyrics on nature are mainly Hymn of Apollo, The Cloud and To the Moon. Shelleys love lyrics, numerous and widely known, including mainly Loves Philosophy, I Fear Thy Kisses,
