大学英国文学史整理.docx

Ode to the West Wind 第一段Stanza 1 Addressing the west wind as a human, the poet describes its activities: It drives dead leaves away as if they were ghosts fleeing a wizard. The leaves are yellow and black, pale and red, as if they had died of an infectious disease. The west wind carries seeds in its chariot and deposits them in the earth, where they lie until the spring wind awakens them by blowing on a trumpet (clarion). When they form buds, the spring wind spreads them over plains and on hills. In a paradox, the poet addresses the west wind as a destroyer and a preserver, then asks it to listen to what he says.The Rhyme scheme-aba bcb cdc ded ff Iambic metreOliver Twist 主要内容和思想主题One of Charles Dickens most enduringly popular stories is Oliver Twist, an early work published 1837-8. Oliver was a poor orphan orphan. He had no parents. At the workhouse, his masters were very stick. So, one day, he escaped to London. In London, he met a thief and his friends, who taught him to steal from rich people. During this time, he met a kind man, Mr.Brunlow. But the thief forced Oliver to steal from Mr.Brunlow. If Oliver refused, they would kill him. But one day ,the police found the thief and they arrested him and sent him to prison. Finally , adopted Oliver. Mr.Brunlow adopted.In Oliver Twist, Dickens mixes grim realism and merciless satire as a way to describe the effects of industrialism on 19th-century England and to criticize the harsh new Poor Laws. Oliver, an innocent child, is trapped in a world where his only options seem to be the workhouse.?industrial/institutional setting, however, a fairy tale also emerges. In the midst of corruption and degradation, the essentially passive Oliver remains pure-hearted; he steers away from evil when those around him give in to it, and in proper fairy-tale fashion, he eventually receives his reward — leaving for a peaceful life in the country, surrounded by kind friends. On the way to this happy ending, Dickens explor