On Death Consciousness in Milton’s Lycidas_英语论文

摘要

弥尔顿的田园挽歌一直以来都是国内外热议的话题,特别是1937年写的黎西达斯。本文通过对黎西达斯的文本和原型分析来探讨作品中的死亡意识。文本分析很大程度上是由于作品本身晦涩的内容和既定的挽歌形式。弥尔顿从这个题材中借鉴了很多。这种体裁属于牧园挽歌。因此我们需要了解这类说教类的体裁。事实上，弥尔顿在作品中体现出的对死亡的沉思对读者来说是一个很重要的启发,同时对于当代大学生的我们来说,更是起到了指南的作用。

关键词:弥尔顿；黎西达斯；文本分析；原型分析；田园挽歌

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Introduction to John Milton and Lycidas 1

1.2 Previous Studies on Lycidas 1

2. The Textual Analysis of Death Consciousness in Lycidas 3

2.1 The Generation of Death Consciousness in Lycidas 3

2.1.1 The Panic of Edward King’s Premature Death 3

2.1.2 The Allusion of Orpheus’s Unexpected Death 4

2.1.3 Milton’s Idealistic Poet and Poetry Ideal 5

2.2 The Pattern of Death and Rebirth in Lycidas 6

2.2.1 Study in the Affecting Structure 6

2.2.2 Analysis in Objective Imageries 7

3. The Archetypal Analyses of Death Consciousness in Lycidas 11

3.1 Death Consciousness in Traditional Pastoral Elegy 11

3.2 The Reason of Employing the Pastoral Elegy for Lycidas 13

3.3 The Imitation of Traditional Pastoral Elegy 16

3.3.1 The Imitation of the Style and Spirit 16

3.3.2 The Funeral Decoration with Pastoral Characters 20

3.3.3 The Rebirth of Decedent with Christian Traditions 21

4. Conclusion 23

5. Reference 25