Don Juan 《唐璜》
It was written in Italy during the years from 1818 to 1823.
It has 16,000 lines in 16 cantos and witten in ottava rima （八行 体）.
Each stanza contains 8 iambic pentameter lines.
Comments on Don Juan
7.Byron did not finish the poem. He meant to make the hero
take part in the French Revolution and die a heroic death.
8.Jon Juan is the great poem of
sycophant (flattery) elegy A Vision of Judgment. 语言生动，内容超俗,主题鲜明, Another version 充分体现了幻境与现实相结合的原则。 to answer Southey’s attack.
long poem with 4 cantos
Comments on Don Juan
5.The poem gives a satirical description of English ruling classes and social conditions.
6.The hero shows his disgust at the vanity（虚荣） and hypocrisy （虚伪）of English high society.
2. Literary Works
1) Hours of Idleness 《闲暇时刻》《消闲时光》
dealing with childish recollections and early friendship, showing the influence of 18th century traditions
the age.
4. Comments on Byron
1)Byron is one of the most excellent representatives of English Romanticism and one of the most influential poets of the time.
Literary Works
Hebrew Melodies
《西伯来歌曲》 lyrical piece
Literary Works in Switzerland
Sonnet on Chillon Swiss revolutionary
《锡隆十四行诗》
Bonnivard 庞瓦尼
The Prisoner of Chillon
抑扬格六音步诗行. P.214
Where rose the mountains, there to him were friends;
V / V / V / V/ V /
For Nature’s pages glass’ed by sunbeams on the lake.
V / V /V / V / V / V /
Comments on Byron
4)He praised the people’s revolutionary struggles in his works.
5)His poems are favorites of the British workers and the laboring people of other countries.
2.Don Juan is a Spanish youth of aristocratic birth.
3.This long poem describes Don Juan’s vicissitudes(变迁) of life and adventures in many countries.
《锡隆的囚徒》a narrative poem
Manfred
《曼弗雷德》a poetical drama（诗剧）
Literary Works in Italy
Accomplishment of Childe Harold Don Juan 《唐璜》masterpiece Cain 《该隐》a poetical drama诗剧 The Prophecy of Dante 《但丁预言》 The Vision of Judgment 《审判的幻景》 a satire parodying (imitating) Southey’s
Comments on Don Juan
4.The hero is made to participate in different historical events.
Thus we can get a broad panorama（全景） of the social life of the time.
3. The venom恶毒的话 and spite怨恨 of the high society；condemns the reaction glorifies
the French Revolution
A 9-line stanza in which the first 8 lines are in iambic pentameter抑扬格五音步诗行 while the 9th line in iambic hexameter
2, Albania and Greece the fallen state of fair Greece; remind of the heroic past, strive for the liberty
4. Sings of Italy and its people; exposure the reactionary rulers; ardent love of liberty and firm belief in the people’s final triumph
Lord George Gorden Byron (1788—1824)
拜伦
Importaks. 2. Byron’s masterpiece,
Don Juan《唐璜》and
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
Spenserian stanza
9-line stanza,
ababbcbcc
Harold’s travels
in Europe
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
philosophical and political views
first by the mouth of Harold, then by himself
Parisina
《帕日西纳》
The Siege of Corinth 《攻克考日斯》
fiery passions; unbending will ideal of freedom against tyranny and injustice lone fighters, individualistic ends
Don Juan
camp of the Russian army
to England on a political mission
St. Petersburg Empress Catherine
Comments on Don Juan
1.The story of the poem takes place in the later part of the 18th century.
4. Comments on Byron
2)His literary career was closely linked with the struggle and progressive movements of his age.
3)He opposed oppression and slavery, and has an ardent (passionate) love for liberty.
solitary, melancholy melancholia:忧郁症 keen understanding strong love of freedom
The Main Idea of Harold
1.Portugal and Spain the delicious land, the poverty of the poor and the struggle of the Spaniards against the foreign aggression
first two canto. “I awoke one morning to
find myself famous.” “我一天早晨醒来,发现自己
出了名。”
The Giaour
《异教徒》
The Bride of Abydos 《阿比多斯的新娘》
Lara
《莱拉》
The Corsair
《海盗》
The rhyme scheme is abababcc.
八行体：每行10或11个音节， 前6行交替押韵，后2行成一组同脚韵。
Don Juan
childhood
love affair
abroad
in guise of a woman capital of Turkey
Greek island
sold as a slave
Lyric poems 1807
1824
died in Greece
Life Story