马修·阿诺德文学与文化批判述评

A Review of Literary and Culture Criticism of Matthew Arnold

文化研究在英国一般上溯到维多利亚时代的诗人、评论家马修.阿诺德。作为对维多利亚社会现实的回应,他以自己的生活、思考和写作展示出强烈的精英意识和文化追求。他的诗作表达出对古希腊宁静至善境界的向往;他的诗论则提出了诗是追求完美与光明的先导,诗的创作离不开诗人和评论家的不懈努力所生发出的时代精神;他的文化与社会批评是对时代沉疴的直接应对,对后世的英国社会生活、文学产生了巨大的影响。

Cultural study in England dates back to Victorian poet and critic Matthew Arnold,who in echoing to the social reality of his times,represents the spirit of elitism with his writing of poems and essays.His poems express the desires for the tranquil life of ancient Greek,while his essays announce poems to be herald to light and sweetness.Poems cannot do without social and historical spirits created by critics.His cultural and social criticism aims directly to the social evils of his times,which has a huge effect on the social life and literature of England.