论华兹华斯和爱默生在自然观上的对比_英文_

2012年12月上

青春岁月

and refusal to decorate the truth of experience produced a pure and Ⅰ. English and American Romanticism:

profound poetry.

Romanticism as a literary movement came into being in England Emerson’s poetry is uneven in quality, but highly individual. In his early in the latter half of the 18th century. It first made its appearance in day, Emerson’s poems were criticized for their lack of form and polish. England as a renewed interest in medieval literature. There were many In recent years, however, his poetry has received high praise. His harsh outstanding poets in the romantic period.

rhythms and striking images appeal to many modern readers as artful American romanticism shared many characteristics with British techniques. Emerson’s prose style is also very individual. And his essays romanticism. It flourished in the glow of Wordsworth’s poetic encounter were put together from his journal entries, speeches, and random notes, with nature and himself in The Prelude. But American romanticism had its and they are often disorganized in some way. But his skill in polishing own characteristics, especially as these writers tried self-consciously to be each sentence into a striking thought makes his writing memorable.

new and original.

Wordsworth (1770-1850) was one of the pioneers and the greatest Ⅲ: The Reasons for the Differences

poets. With the publication of William Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads in At the turn of the century, fired by ideas of personal and political collaboration with S.T Coleridge, romanticism began to bloom and a firm liberty and of the energy and sublimity of the natural world, artists and place in the history of English literature. Wordsworth was also known as intellectuals sought to break the bonds of 18th century convention. The the “lake poets”. He is a nature poet. Many of his works were about French Revolution and the industrial revolution had the strongest impact mountains, rivers, flowers, birds, children and peasants. Since Wordsworth on the romanticists. Wordsworth is the representative of the romantic was a romantic poet who focused on the environment.

writers who reflected the thinking of classes ruined by the bourgeoisie. Emerson was an American essayist, philosopher, poet, and leader of And he was also inspired to fight for the 18th century ideas. However, he the transcendentalism movement in the early 19th century. Emerson had also experienced the failure of the French revolution. And he was afraid of an ambivalent viewpoint towards nature. He had a powerful and a poverty and failure. So he began to be passive. That is why he was a nature passionate delight in concrete natural things. Unlike Wordsworth, Emerson lover. He tried to use nature to express his ideas and used nature to cure often made a philosophical view towards nature and the universe. He also his wound. That is why his focus is on nature and the common people. believed that the outer world was only appearance or dream, which had no These historical reasons are very critical to the conception of nature of real substance. His works are mostly individualistic. He believed in his Wordsworth.

own principles and intellectual self-reliance.

Emerson’s nature conception is also tightly connected with the historical reasons behind. There are outer reasons and inner factors. His Ⅱ. The Comparison Between Wordsworth and Emerson family background had a close relationship with Emerson’s mind and a: Their Focus

conception. Emerson was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His forefathers Wordsworth is one of the representatives of the romanticists. He had were highly educated. His grandfathers was a supporter of The American a deep love for nature and the natural things. Many of his poems are about War of Independence; and his father was a minister. Obviously, religious the natural beauty. He also uses nature to express his feelings and mind reasons played an important role in the formation of Emerson’s which can not be heard by the harsh reality. Wordsworth was a romantic conception. Emerson had a very good reading habit. Since he was little, his poet who focused on the environment.

family were all passionate in reading. This good habit kept him until he Emerson was a great thinker, essayist, poet in American history. He was in Harvard university. To sum up, religious and the family education was living in the period of American romanticism. No doubt that he was background played an important role in the formation of Emerson’s mind. influenced by the writers in romanticism in Britain. But unlike Under the influence of religion and his family background, and his Wordsworth, Emerson had a style of his own. Emerson was the spokesman education, he was gradually became a man with thought and became a of transcendentalism. So the focus of Emerson’s works is on great essayist, philosopher and the spokesman of the transcendentalism, transcendentalism, or rather, on individualism and spirit.

which exerted a great impact on American culture and life.

b. Their Writing style

Wordsworth is a revered romantic poet who believed that the meaning of romanticism was best illustrated when using everyday life Bibliography

[1] Dabundo, Laura Susan,ed. The Encyclopedia of Romanticism: Culture in events and familiar speech. His writing techniques were very special Britain, 1780s-1830s. New York: Garland, 1992.

which had a great impact on English literature. He defined the poet as a [2] Chang Yaoxin. A Brief Introduction on American Literature. Nan Kai “man speaking to man” and poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of University Press, 1990.

powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility”. [3] Huang Libo. Essays of Emerson, Shan Xi People Press.

[4] Cheng Aimin. American Literature Courses. Nan Jing Normal University He changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the press, 1996.

language and by advocating a return to nature. His deliberate simplicity

论华兹华斯和爱默生在自然观上的对比The Comparison between Wordsworth

and Emerson on Nature

□ 王晓晶（沈阳建筑大学城市建设学院， 辽宁 沈阳 110167）

Abstract：The thesis is about the description and the study of Wordsworth and his works to present more about the author through the comparison with Emerson. Through the comparison between Wordsworth and Emerson, we can see clearly about their mutual influence and their differences, which had a great impact on literary world. They shared a lot of similarities, but they bore great differences.

Key words：Wordsworth, Emerson, nature, romanticism