爱伦坡ToHelen赏析.ppt

To Helen(致海伦)
--By
Edgar Allan Poe
埃德加·爱伦·坡
1, The Author
2, Translation of the poem
The 4 parts about our work
3, Stylistic Appreciation
4, Exercises
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.
II. Major Works:
Poetry:
1 The Raven (1844) 《乌鸦》
2 Annabel Lee 《安娜贝尔丽》
3 The Sleeper 《睡美人》
4 A Dream Within a Dream 《梦中梦》
5 Israfel 《伊斯拉菲尔》
6 The Bells 《钟》
7 – To Science 《十四行诗--致科学》
8 To Helen 《献给海伦》
9 The City in the Sea 《海中的城市》
Short stories
1 MS. Found in a Bottle (1833) 《瓶中手稿》
2 Tales of the Grotesque and the Arabesque (1839) 《荒诞奇异的故事》
3 The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) 《毛格街血案》
4 The Fall of the House of Usher
《厄舍古屋的倒塌》
5 The Cask of Amontillado 《一桶白葡萄酒》
6 Ligeia 《丽姬娅》
7 The Purloined Letter 《窃信案》
The bakeground information of the poem
Poe wrote To Helen as a reflection on the beauty of Stith Stanard who died in was the mother of one of Poe’s school classmates,who is said to have urged him to write poetry,and she was Poe’s frist real love.
在中学时代,,一个温柔娴静、知书达理的女人,而这个女人在三十一岁死于脑瘤,无疑给爱伦·坡幼小的心灵刻上了终生难愈的创伤。
To Helen
Helen, thy beauty is to me
Like those Nicean barks of yore,
犹如尼西亚远古的帆船,
海伦,你的美在我眼里
long ago
Helen: 海伦是宙斯和勒达的女儿,是希腊神话中的绝世美女,是希腊南部斯巴达国国王 Menelaus的妻子,特洛伊的王子Paris贪恋她的美貌,在爱与美之神Aphrodite的帮助下,把Helen诱拐了。Menelaus当时出远门了,回来得知后大怒,发誓要血洗Troy。就这样两国展开了十年之久的战争,双方死伤无数,最后希腊采用了“木马计”-the Trojan Horse,战胜了Troy,杀死了Paris,抢回了Helen。
Nicéan:尼西亚,小亚细亚旧都。
barks: small sailing vessels 帆船
To Helen
The weary, way-worn wanderer bore
That gently, o’er a perfumed sea,
To his own native shore.
在芬芳的海上慢慢行驶,
载着疲惫的漫游者,
驶向他的故土。