英国浪漫主义诗歌中人与动物的关系

The Representation of the Human-Animal Relationship in the British Romantic Poetry

18世纪末至19世纪初在英国文学史上被称作浪漫主义时期,该时期人与动物的关系经历了急剧的变化,大量描写动物的诗歌在这一时期问世。结合浪漫主义时期英国社会文化背景,从生态批评的视角考察英国浪漫主义诗歌中人与动物的关系,可以分析这些诗歌中所表现的人对动物的同情、动物受难与人类受难的联结以及诗人们对人与动物之间和谐关系的企盼。生态批评的研究方法为解读英国浪漫主义动物诗歌提供了新的思路,使得这些动物诗歌展现出新的意义。

The late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries,the so-called British Romantic period,witnessed radical changes in terms of the human-animal relationship.A great deal of animal poetry was written during this time.From the perspective of eco-criticism,this paper explores the humananimal relationship represented in the British Romantic poetry against the then social and cultural background,focusing on the poets＇ sympathies for animals,the connection between sufferings of animals and those of humans,and the poets＇ appeal for a harmonious relationship between humans and animals.Eco-criticism has provided a new approach to examine the British Romantic animal poetry and brought out a new meaning of the animal poetry.