菲利普·拉金诗歌死亡主题的张力

Tension in Larkin′s Poems about Death

英国诗人拉金是一位专注于死亡的诗人。死亡与宿命论是他诗作中一再出现的主题。这一主题在他的主要诗作《为何昨夜又梦见你》、《救护车》、《哀伤的脚步》、《大楼》、《下一个,请》、《阿兰德尔墓》、《割草机》、《树》、《继续活下去》中均有体现。用新批评的手法对这些诗进行细读,可以发现这一主题已被日常生活融入口语化的琐屑叙述之中。诗歌的抒情性与对生命的不安奇异地融合到一起,使诗歌充满了张力。

The English poet Philip Larkin is deeply absorbed in the theme of death. His style is bound up with his recurring theme of death and fatalism, as in his major poems ＂Why Did I Dream of You Last Night？＂, ＂Ambulances＂, ＂Sad Steps＂, ＂The Building＂, ＂Next, Please＂, ＂An Arundel Tomb＂, ＂The Mower＂, ＂The Trees＂, and ＂Continuing to Live＂ etc. A thorough study of these poems through the New Criticism approach finds that they are characterized by combining the death theme with ＂commonplace experiences＂ which are narrated in an ordinary, colloquial style. The strange mixture of lyricism and discontent in these poems is full of tension.