Comparative study of views of death between Chinese and English poetry 死亡诗比较.ppt

Comparative study of views of death between Chinese and English poetry Structure Chapter 1 The Study of English death Poetry 1.1 The content and main images of English death poetry 1.2 Analysis of Because I Could Not Stop for Death ?Chapter 2 The Study of Chinese death Poetry 2.1 The content and main images of English death poetry 2.2 ? Analysis of Wu Ling Chun Chapter 3 Conclusion Abstract Death is the inevitable end of life. Fromm said: People, whether human or personal, once fell in the world, he was thrown back to the instinct of the state as an established regular, fall into the volatile situation of being open no arrests, of which only one thing is certain inalienable; the end of the past and future - death. Everything can be changed, only the fate of death is everlasting, because Death is the most essential provisions of individual existence. 1.1 The content and main images of English death poetry 1.1.1Suspicion of religious belief In the Western culture, people’s views on the death has a close relationship with Christian. Christian’s view of human death is decided by the original sin of Adam and Eve. So it stands people through salvation to seek the liberation of the soul, through the abstinence to the eternal afterlife. Thus, the salvation, soul and other beliefs,save the people from fear. But Dickinson is not free from death in religion. Her poem of Death is the description of dark and fear. This is mainly through the mourning group, Drum, sky, World, fly and other images to show. I?Felt?A?Funeral?In?My?Brain By Emily Dickinson I felt a funeral in my brain, And mourners to and fro Kept treading ,treading, till it seemed That sense was breaking through. ? And when they all were seated, A service like a drum Kept beating,beating,till I thought My mind was going numb. ? And then