The next period that produced a great number of fine poets was the nineteenth century. Greatly loved in China are the English Romantic poets. Although they were all born in the eighteenth century, they wrote their major works in the early years of the nineteenth century. John Keats died at a very young age in 1821: while William Wordsworth, who spent much of his time in the English Lake District, lived to the age of 80 and died in 1850. The nature poems by William Wordsworth, George Gordon Byron's Isles of Greece and the sonnets and long poems by John Keats have long been favourites. The style and atmosphere in their poems have often led to comparisons with poets such as Du Fu and Li Bai.
Finally, modern poets have their special attraction because they stand closest to us both in the language and images they use. Among them we find the American poet Robert Frost.
The introduction of English poetry to China came late. Towards the end of the nineteenth century Chinese writers started reading more foreign poetry. The great moment for European literature to come to China is between 1910 and the late 1930s when famous writers such as Lu Xun and Guo Moruo translated both poetry and novels into Chinese.
More and more people are interested to read modern poetry in English. Translations can be good, but being able to read in English gives you much more choice. Besides, no matter how well a poem is translated, something of the spirit of the original work is lost. Reading poetry in English also opens the door to finding new ways of expressing yourself in Chinese. Finally, poems and literature can be bridges between the East and the West. They can help us to understand each other better, or as Mu Dan wrote:
【2016高考英语人教新课标选修6-U2一轮测试精品及答案】相关文章:
★ 2016高考英语人教新课标选修6-U1一轮测试精品及答案
★ 辽宁省辽阳市2014高考英语单项选择一轮(暑假)训练(15)附答案
★ 湖南省岳阳市2014高考英语一轮单项选择训练题(5)及答案
★ 浙江省湖州市2014高考英语完形填空一轮(暑假)精炼(12)含答案
★ 重庆市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮(精品)训练题(11)附答案
★ 浙江省湖州市2014高考英语完形填空一轮(暑假)精炼(5)含答案
★ 常熟市2014高考英阅读理解语一轮(暑假)训练题(11)及答案
★ 浙江省湖州市2014高考英语完形填空一轮(暑假)精炼(8)含答案
★ 2014高考英语(新人教版)一轮基础训练(1)A、B卷(附答案或解析)
★ 贵州省贵阳市2014高考英语(新人教版)一轮阅读训练(37)附答案
最新
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-21
2017-04-21