Pre-RomanticismWilliamBlake1757-18272021/6/71Pre-RomanticismlRomanticMovementstartedin1798,withthepublicationofLyrical Ballads,romantictendencieshadappearedlongbeforethen,evenwhenneoclassicismwasstillinitsfullflower.2021/6/72Pre-RomanticismlOriginatingamongtheconservativegroupsofmenandlettersasareactionagainstEnlightenmentlFindingitsmostmanifestexpressioninthe“Gothicnovel”lArisingfromthefactthatthegreaterpartofsuchromancesweredevotedtothemedievaltimes2021/6/73WilliamBlakeIf the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. l-WilliamBlake2021/6/74WilliamBlakelBlake,William(1757-1827),Englishpoet,painter,andengraver,whocreatedauniqueformofillustratedverse;lhispoetry,inspiredbymysticalvision,isamongthemostoriginal,lyric,andpropheticinthelanguage2021/6/75PoetandartistlWilliamBlakeEnglishpoetandartistinfusedhispoetrywithmysticismandcomplexsymbolism.BlakeexploredissuesofdivineloveinthecollectionSongs of Innocence (1789),whileheconsideredthenatureofevilinSongs of Experience (1794).lBlakealsojuxtaposedpoemsfromthefirstcollectionwithcorrespondingpoemsfromthesecond.eg.“The Lamb”fromthefirstcollectionprovidesagentlecounterpartto“The Tyger”,fromthesecond.2021/6/76Differencesbetweenthe2songslThe Songs of Innocenceisalovelyvolumeofpoems,presentingahappyandinnocentworld,thoughnotwithoutitsevilsandsufferings.lThe Songs of Experiencepaintsadifferentworld,aworldofmisery,poverty,disease,warandrepressionwithamelancholytone.2021/6/77TheologicalthinkinglSongs of Innocence(1789)lyricsoffresh,directChristianobservationslSongs of Experience(1794),employingthesamelyricstyleandmuchofthesamesubjectmatterasinSongs of Innocence disillusioningthepossibilityofhumanperfection2021/6/78CharacteristicsofBlakesPoetryllanguageinhispoemsplainanddirectlcarryingthelyricbeautywithimmensecompressionofmeaningldistrustingtheabstractnessandtendingtoembodyhisviewswithvisualimageslsymbolisminwiderange2021/6/79TheChimneySweeperlAlittleblackthingamongthesnow:Cryingweep,weep,innotesofwoe!Wherearethyfather&mother?say?Theyarebothgoneuptothechurchtopray.l风雪里一个满身乌黑的小东西风雪里一个满身乌黑的小东西l“号呀，号号呀，号”在那里哭哭啼啼！在那里哭哭啼啼！l“你的爹娘上哪儿去了，你讲讲？你的爹娘上哪儿去了，你讲讲？”l“他们呀都去祷告了，上了教堂。他们呀都去祷告了，上了教堂。2021/6/710lBecauseIwashappyupontheheath,Andsmiledamongthewinterssnow:Theyclothedmeintheclothesofdeath,Andtaughtmetosingthenotesofwoe.l因为我原先在野地里欢欢喜喜，因为我原先在野地里欢欢喜喜，l我在冬天的雪地里也总是笑嘻嘻，我在冬天的雪地里也总是笑嘻嘻，l他们就把我拿晦气的黑衣裳一罩，他们就把我拿晦气的黑衣裳一罩，l他们还叫我唱起了悲伤的曲调。他们还叫我唱起了悲伤的曲调。2021/6/711lAndbecauseIamhappy,&dance&sing,lTheythinktheyhavedonemenoinjury:lAndaregonetopraiseGod&hisPriest&KinglWhomakeupaheavenofourmisery.l因为我显得快活，还唱歌，还跳舞，因为我显得快活，还唱歌，还跳舞，l他们就以为并没有把我害苦，他们就以为并没有把我害苦，l就跑去赞美了上帝、教士和国王，就跑去赞美了上帝、教士和国王，l夸他们拿我们苦难造成了天堂。夸他们拿我们苦难造成了天堂。2021/6/712部分资料从网络收集整理而来，供大家参考，感谢您的关注！