《孤独的割麦女》赏析

Appreciation of The Solitary Reaper and the Romanticism

Abstract: Romanticism as one of the major branches of modern literature, there’s no denying that it has great influence on the whole western literary world. William Wordsworth is the great master of English romanticism and the representative of Lake Poet. Lyrical Ballads, collaborated with S.T. Coleridge, lays a foundation of English romanticism. This paper is the appreciation of The Solitary Reaper.

Key Words: Romanticism; William Wordsworth; The Solitary Reaper; poet

Introduction of the Author and His Writing Style William Wordsworth is one of the greatest English poets in the nineteenth century. He open a new era of English literature by making English romanticism bloom, which also help him found a firm place in the history of English literature. As one of the pioneer of romanticism, his poets reflect many traits of romanticism. His style of writing is fresh, smooth, plain and vigorous. Most of his subject matter is natural scene and rural life which let us free from the stereotype of classicism and bring us a fresh and colorful world.

William Wordsworth is strict to his writing. He ever said: “…all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerfull feelings”, and “it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility”. So it is. A loose phrase or an ambiguous expression will not satisfy a scrupulous writer. He aims at getting a word or a phrase completely expressing his thoughts. This is what we lack and what we should learn.

The Basic Characteristics of Romanticism

Romanticism emerged in the late of eighteenth century and bloomed in the first half of nineteenth century. It is one of the most important literary trend of thought in the western world. On the one hand, it succeeds and develops the humanism of the Renaissance which is a powerful resistance to the classicism of France. One the other hand, romanticism and the later realism form the two main literary branches of the western modern literature which produce the prosperous prospect being all the rage at that moment and have great effect on the later literature.

The romantic writers tend to describe nature and praise the beauty of nature. They would like to set the main characters in the natural world and the images are always graceful and peaceful beauty in the nature. They often make vivid contrast between the beauty of nature and the hideous aspects of reality. They also pay more attention to the medieval literature which is marked with abundant imaginations, free expression, sincere feelings and plain language. In addition, they emphasize artistic