2.1T.S.Eliot.ppt

A poet, playwright and literary critic. the most important American poet of 20th century reshape modern literature. the Nobel Prize in 1948. Four Quartets.《四个四重奏》 “对于现代诗之先锋性的卓越贡献” born in America but a naturalized British at 39. ;The First Stage: Before 1922 Prufrock And Other Observations （1917 ） the frustration and depression of modern men. The Second Stage: （1922---1929） “waste land” consciousness took shape in him. The Waste Land ：the spiritual crisis of postwar Europe. the crisis of modern civilization and the hopelessness. The Third Stage: (After 1929) politically turned conservative, literarily classic. Ash Wednesday ; Four Quartets.;the world is chaotic and its life is futile and fragmentary. concern various aspects of the frustration and enfeeblement of individual characters major theme: The quest for order and discipline --------him toward conservatism and to religion for salvation. from pessimism to religious faith---religious themes. 《荒原》的主题 展示了战后西方文明的危机和传统价值观念的失落，反映了整整一代人理想的幻灭和绝望。 ;;The Waste Land;;;《荒原》的特点;