1、Emily Dickinson,“The landscape of the soul”,Emily Dickinson,Her Life Her works Her view and theme Her style Comments on her,Her Life,1 In 1830 born in Calvinist family; 2 Influenced by her father, a Yale graduate and a successful lawyer. 3 Normal and vivacious girlhood; 4 Shy, sensitive, and sometim

2、es rebellious;,Her Life,5 Studied at Amherst Academy and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary; Refused to observe its religious customs,Her Life,6 Settled down to a normal New England village life; 7 Stayed almost all her life in the same house; 8 Remained single to the end of her life;,Her Life,9 Her two

3、passions were her garden and her poetry; 10 Began writing poetry during her twenties; 11 1775 poems altogether, of which only 7 appeared in print during her lifetime.,Two People Influenced Her,Benjamin Newton, a law student in her fathers office, introduced her to Emerson and other literary influenc

4、es and directed her to intellectual independence and to poetry at last. Wadsworth, a married minister, Emily may have loved him in imagination.,Write about common things in daily life Harvard University bought all her copyright; complete works published. Poetry of Emily Dickinson (1955) 艾米莉.狄金森詩集,He

5、r Works,Her Works,Her poetry is a clear illustration of her religious- ethical and political-social ideas;,Poems on Death,The largest portion of Dickinsons poetry concerns death and immortality.,My Life Closed Twice Before it Closed,My life closed twice before its close; It yet remains to see If Imm

6、ortality unveil（immortality意思為“不朽，永恒”這里被擬人化了；unveil展示）A third event to me, So huge, so hopeless to conceive,（conceive構想，設想） As these that twice befell.（befell來臨） Parting is all we know of heaven, And all we need of hell.,我的生命結束前我已死過兩次,我的生命結束前我已死過兩次 它還要等著看 永恒是否會向我展示 第三次事件。 象前兩次一樣沉重 一樣，令人心灰絕望。 我們所要面對的

7、如同地獄。 雖然我們皆知離別是因為天堂。,Attitude towards Death,On the one hand, she believes death leads to immortality. She looked forward to immortality.,Because I could not stop for Death,Because I could not stop for Death- He kindly stopped for me- The Carriage held but just Ourselves- And Immortality. We slowly d

8、rove-He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility-,We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess-in the Ring- We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain- We passed the Setting Sun- Or rather-He passed us- The Dews drew quivering and chill- For only Gossamer, my

9、 Gown- My Tippet-only Tulle-,We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground- The Roof was scarcely visible- The Cornice-in the Ground- Since then-tis Centuries-and yet Feels shorter than the Day I first surmised the Horses Heads Were toward Eternity-,因為我不能夠停步等候死神,因為我不能夠停步等候死神- 他殷勤停車接我

10、- 車廂里只有我們倆- 還有“永生”同座。 我們緩步而行-他我無須急促 而我也拋棄勞作 和閑暇， 以回報他的禮貌 我們經過學校，值課間休息 孩子們圍成圓環(huán)-打逗游戲- 我們經過農田凝望五谷 我們經過沉落的太陽- 確切地說-是他經過了我們- 那露水使我顫抖而且發(fā)涼- 因我的衣裳只是 薄紗 我的披肩-不過是絹網 我們暫停于一幢屋前， 這屋子 看起來土地微隆- 屋頂全然不引人注目- 而門楣也在土中- 自那以后-若干個世紀- 可還是感覺比那天短， 我第一次猜測到那馬頭 是朝向永恒之地-,Attitude towards Death,On the other hand, she was skeptica

11、l and ambivalent about the possibility of achieving immortality. I heard a Fly buzzwhen I died,Poems on Nature,Dickinson sees nature as both gaily benevolent and cruel.,Apparently with no surprise,Apparently with no surprise To any happy Flower The Frost beheads it at its play In accidental power Th

12、e blonde Assassin passes on The Sun proceeds unmoved To measure off another day For an Approving God,這首詩敘述的是寒霜(frost)殺害鮮花(flower)這一事件。刺客(the Assassin)殺死了受害者后便溜走了；太陽(sun)對此無動于衷，繼續(xù)運行，迎來了第二天；上帝(God)目睹此事，竟然點頭贊許；受害者本身(happy flower)居然也不吃驚。本是兇殘的屠殺，而兇手、受害者、目擊者、仲裁者表現的卻是沉默與冷漠。,Her view on Beauty Her choice of words, her verbal constructions, even her