Презентация, доклад по литературе Англии Джордж Гордон Байрон, жизненный и творческий путь поэта

in Romanticism
Born with a club-foot which caused him much humiliation
Inherited his great-uncle’s title at the age of 10

General Facts

of 21 seated at the House of Lords
Intended to enter the House of Lords for a political career
Started writing poetry at University
In 1807 he published an unremarkable, slim volume of love lyrics and some fragments of translation from Latin and Greek poetry entitled Hours of Idleness

Spain, Malta, Greece, Turkey and Albania.
On this excursion he gathered material for his “Child Harold’s Pilgrimage”, the first two cantos of which appeared in 1812.
Back in London in 1812, Byron entered the House of Lords. After “Child Harold's Pilgrimage” he suddenly became famous.
It took him 6 years to complete his poem.

poorest classes of the society (Luddites, frame-breakers, who expressed their protest against exploitation by breaking machines, which, they thought, were the reason of their poverty and suffering)
He realized that the struggle between the evil and unjust forces of the society with a big gap between the romantic future and the cruelty of the world was a long and hard way for the workers to become free.

The main problem is the conflict between the individual and the society.
His hero is romantic and mysterious, a strong and not ordinary person, who breaks with the society and rebels it.

the classical traditions of English poetry.
Was greatly disappointed with the results of the French Revolution
Remained true to the Enlighteners’ ideals of liberty and equality.
“They fight for freedom who were never free” says the poet in Child Harold.

Greece of a fever on 19 April 1824 at the age of 36.
Is the most glamorous figure in British literature
The Greeks considered him one of the national heroes
His death was mourned deeply by the progressive people throughout Europe
The poet’s heart was buried in Greece, and his body was taken and buried at Hucknall Church near Newstead. The government denied him the right to be buried at Westminster Abbey.

adventure and pathos were linked together
Satiric poem based on the legend of Don Juan
Portraying Juan not as a womanizer but as someone easily seduced by women
Byron’s masterpiece
Social, political, literary, ideological levels
Two first cantos were published anonymously
He completed 16 cantos, leaving the 17th unfinished

institutions and norms
An exile, and a troubled past
Arrogant, Cynical, Disrespectful of rank and privilege
Emotionally conflicted, bipolar tendencies, or moodiness
High level of intelligence and perception
Mysterious, magnetic, and charismatic
Powers of seduction and attraction lead to social and sexual dominance
Self-destructive behavior, Self-critical and introspective
Sophisticated and well-educated…

of brick, and smoke, and shipping,
Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye
Could reach, with here and there a sail just skippin
In sight, then lost amidst the forestry
Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping
On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy;
A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown
On a fool’s head—and there is London Town!

pretext for a new digression on the power of money. “alas, how deeply is all payment”…
Hypocrisy of modern philanthropy and the task facing Don Juan:
“to mend the people’s absurdity”
“Unless you make their betters better”
“Tell them that youth once gone returns no more”, etc.

  
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;  
And all that 's best of dark and bright     
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:  
Thus mellow'd to that tender light          5   
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.  
One shade the more, one ray the less,     
Had half impair'd the nameless grace  
Which waves in every raven tress,     
Or softly lightens o'er her face;   10
Where thoughts serenely sweet express     
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.    
And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,    
 So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,  
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,   15   
But tell of days in goodness spent,  
A mind at peace with all below,     
A heart whose love is innocent!    

a love poem, but a celebration of the subject's beauty.
Wrote this poem about his wife Harriet’s cousin
He met her at a funeral. (hence the allusions to darkness, with the light referring to her beauty)
he was taken aback. Nowhere in the poem does Byron mention or allude to love.

In silence and tears,
Half broken-hearted
To sever for years,
Pale grew thy cheek and cold,
Colder thy kiss;
Truly that hour foretold
Sorrow to this.

The dew of the morning
Sunk chill on my brow--
It felt like the warning
Of what I feel now.
Thy vows are all broken,
And light is thy fame;
I hear thy name spoken,
And share in its shame.

They name thee before me,
A knell to mine ear;
A shudder comes o'er me--
Why wert thou so dear?
They know not I knew thee,
Who knew thee too well--
Long, long shall I rue thee,
Too deeply to tell.


In secret we met--
In silence I grieve,
That thy heart could forget,
Thy spirit deceive.
If I should meet thee
After long years,
How should I greet thee?--
With silence and tears.

with Lady Frances.
When We Two Parted is a short lyric of four eight-line stanzas in which the speaker mourns the loss of a romantic relationship. The prominent theme of the poem is betrayal.
When We Two Parted is known for the strong feelings it is able to convey and, being a poem about a vastly relatable topic of lost love, it continues to be highly popular.

do we know about his education and political career?
When did he start writing poetry?
How did his journeys influence his literary career?
How did he become famous?
Who did he defend in Parliament?
What is the main theme of “Oriental Tales”?

people? His attitude to the French Revolution.
9. Where and when did he die?
10. Describe Don Juan as a protagonist.
11. Give a critical interpretation of “She Walks in Beauty”
12. Critical analysis of “When We Two Parted”