“信仰之海”潮退的哀歌——读马修·阿诺德的《多佛海滩》

A Lament for the Ebb of “the Sea of Faith”——A Study on Dover Beach

文章从对马修·阿诺德创作《多佛海滩》的时代背景进行脉络梳理着手,深入剖析了当时英国社会发展的整体状况、阿诺德情感波折的个人阅历及其对于诗歌创作和评判的独特理念,由此进一步分析理解《多佛海滩》中作者对“信仰之海”潮退及“人类苦难”哀叹的深刻寓意和丰富内涵,并指出《多佛海滩》为阿诺德后来的道德重建和“文化批评”确定了逻辑起点。

Starting with the writing background of the poem Dover Beach, the paper analyses the social setting of England, Matthew Arnold＇s creative experience and his emotional vicissitudes when the poem was composed. All these factors cast light on the gloomy tone of the poem, the poet＇s lament for the ebb of ＂the sea of faith＂ and his grief over the human misery.