追求艺术与灵魂的不朽家园——论叶芝“拜占庭”诗作的主题嬗变

Yeats' Pursuit of Artistic and Spiritual Eternity——On the Change of Themes in Sailing to Byzantium and Byzantium

作为20世纪最伟大的爱尔兰诗人,叶芝的文学创作在晚年达到了鼎盛时期。此间他创作了以拜占庭为主题的诗歌《驶向拜占庭》与《拜占庭》,表达了他对纯粹精神和艺术的永恒世界的向往之情。本文通过对这二首诗的对比与分析,探讨诗人在诗歌主题、象征符号以及哲学思想上的延续与变化。可以看出,诗人在这二首以拜占庭为主题的诗中对死亡与永生的主题侧重点有所不同,对二者关系的哲学思考越来越趋于成熟和深刻。

In his late years, Yeats wrote two poems based on the theme of Byzantium Sailing to Byzantium and Byzantium, expressing his yearning for a purely spiritual and artistic world. By analyzing and comparing the two poems, this paper discusses the change of themes through the key words, symbols, and the poet＇ s philosophical thinking used in the two poems, concluding that from the former poem to the latter one there＇s a shift of focus on death and eternity, and that the poet＇s philosophical thinking on death and eternity has become more mature and profound.