The second coming耶穌第二次降臨課件

英國文學(xué)經(jīng)典閱讀·作品文本研究

Unit15TheSecondComing13級英本4班

學(xué)生：日期：2015.12

IntroductiontotheauthorSummaryofthepoemTranslationInterestingpointIntroductiontotheauthorWilliamButlerYeats(1865–1939)wasanIrishpoet,dramatist,andoneoftheforemostfiguresof20thcenturyliterature.Hisfamilywerehighlyartistic.ApillarofboththeIrishandBritishliteraryestablishments,inhislateryearsYeatsservedasanIrishSenatorfortwoterms.HewasadrivingforcebehindtheIrishLiteraryRevival.1886年—《摩沙達(dá)》1888年—《愛爾蘭鄉(xiāng)村的神話和民間故事集》1889年—《烏辛之浪跡及其他詩作》1892年—《凱絲琳女伯爵及其他傳說和抒情詩》1893年—《凱爾特曙光》1894年—《心靈的欲望之田》1897年—《神秘的玫瑰》1899年—《葦間風(fēng)》1903年—《善惡之觀念》1903年—《七重林中》1907年—《發(fā)現(xiàn)》1910年—《綠盔及其他詩作》1913年—《挫折的詩歌》1914年—《責(zé)任》1916年—《青春歲月的幻想曲》1917年—《庫利的野天鵝》1918年—《寧靜的月色中》1921年—《邁可·羅拔茲與舞者》1921年—《四年》1924年—《貓和月光》1925年—《靈視》1926年—《疏遠(yuǎn)》1927年—《十月的爆發(fā)》1928年—《塔樓》1933年—《回梯與其他詩作》1935年—《三月的滿月》Summary

“TheSecondComing”(sometimescalledtheSecondAdvent)referrstothereturnofJesusinanewwaytothisearthafterhis“firstcoming”whenearthlyhistorywillendandanewexistencewillbegin.Neartheendofhisministry，Jesustoldhisdisciplesthathewouldleavethemforawhile，butthathewouldreturnagain.ChristianscholarsdonotagreeonthetimeofJesus'return，noronthemannerbywhichJesuswillreturn.Jesustoldhisfollowersthatnoonewillknowthetimeofhisreturn.soallbelieversmustbepreparedatalltimes.PaulpromisedthatthereturnofJesuswouldbegoodnewsbothtothosewhoarealiveandtothosewhohavedied.ItwillbeatimewhenallbelieversthroughoutallhistorywillbebroughttogetherintothepresenceofGodthroughChrist.Inthefirststanza,thepoetdescribesthepresentstateoftheworld-itspoliticalupheavals,thechaosandcynicismofmoderncivilization,thehaphazardbrutalityofcontemporaryculture.政治動蕩、混亂和對現(xiàn)代文明的嘲諷，當(dāng)代文化的雜亂無章的暴行Inthesecondstanzathepoetdeclaresthatallthischaos,confusionanddisintegrationmustsurelybethesignofrevelation,a“SecondComing”oftheMessiahisathand.

theSecondCominghereisnotreallyasecondcomingofChristhimself,butofanewfigure-inthiscasecruel,bestial,pitiless-whowillrepresenttheneweraasChristsymbolizedtheold.

WhenavastimageoutofSpiritusMundi

Troublesmysight:awasteofdesertsand;

Ashapewithlionbodyandtheheadofaman,

Agazeblankandpitilessasthesun,

Ismovingitsslowthighs,whileallaboutit

Windshadowsoftheindignantdesertbirds.

ThedarknessdropsagainbutnowIknow

Thattwentycenturiesofstonysleep

Werevexedtonightmarebyarockingcradle,

Andwhatroughbeast,itshourcomeroundatlast,

SlouchestowardsBethlehemtobeborn?第二次降臨！這幾個字尚未出口，驀地一個巨大形象出自“世界靈魂”闖入我的眼簾：在大漠的塵沙里，一個獅身人面的形體，目光似太陽茫然而冷酷，正緩緩挪動著巨腿；它周圍處處旋舞著憤怒的沙漠野鳥的陰影。黑暗重新降臨；但如今我明白那兩千年的僵死的沉睡已被一只搖籃攪擾成惡夢，于是何等惡獸——它的時辰終于到來——懶懶地走向伯利恒來投生？MysticismmaybedefinedasthespiritualityofthedirectexperienceofGod.Itcontainsmind,personality,purpose,ideas,values,meaningsdwellandsoon,whichgoesbeyondordinaryintellectualorrationalunderstanding.Thisisabeliefinorthepursuitintheunificationwiththeoneorsomeotherprinciple;theimmediateconsciousnessofGod;orthedirectexperienceofreligioustruth.Mysticismisnearlyuniversalandunitesmostreligionsinthequestfordivinity.Itcanalsobeasenseofmysticalknowledge.Yeatsclaimedthatthisimagecapturedcontrarymotionsinherentwithintheprocessofhistory,andhedividedeachgyreintodifferentregionsthatrepresentedparticularkindsofhistoricalperiods(andcouldalsorepresentthepsychologicalphasesofanindividual‘sdevelopment).Yeatsbelievedthatin1921theworldwasonthethresholdofanapocalyptic（天啟）moment,ashistoryreachedtheendoftheoutergyreandbeganmovingalongtheinnergyre.InTheSecondComingpoet’smindwasfilledwithgloominconsequenceofthewide-spreadmurderandbloodshedinIrelandinthecourseoftheEasterrebellionof1916.TheIrishcivilwarthatfollowedthegreatwarof1914-1919andvariousothereventsinEuropeaddedtothatgloom.Itcomposedin1919intheaftermathofthefirstWorldWarandfirstprintedinTheDial(November1920)andafterwardsincludedinhis1921collectionofversestitledMichaelRobartesandtheDancer.Yeatswassurethatthetwentiethcentury,ofwhichhehadseenthecalamitousbeginning-WorldWaronthecontinentandathomethe‘troubles’-wouldmaketheendoftheprimary,objectiveChristiancivilization,andthebeginningofanewantithetical,subjectivecivilization.Thusanew,roughbeastisgoingtotakeChrist’splace.Thepoemistheoutcomeofastateofmindtroubledwithominousforebodings[asenseofimpendingevil].ThetitleofthepoemsuggestsanewmanifestationofGodtoman