Knight of the Blue Lagoon (The Past of Tao v)

Ps.5: Poetry on page 85 of"The Past of Tao i"

《Alicante》Alcante/Jacques Prévert poetry/Wei Zhen WillNox translation and analysis

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An orange on the table, your dress on the carpet

, and you in my bed.

How sweet this moment is.

The night is refreshing and beautiful.

My life is full of passion.

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Alicante-JacquesPrévert

Uneorangesurlatable

Tarobesurletapis

Ettoidansmonlit

Douxprésentdelaprésent

Fra?cheurdelanuit

Chaleurdemavie

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1. Content analysis

?Uneorangesurlatable?"An orange on the table." Orange link title, Alicante is rich in fruits, and the fiery red oranges are very attractive. The word"orange" is used in the poem to represent the passion between men and women.

?Tarobesurletapis?"Your skirt on the carpet." There shouldn't have been a skirt on the carpet. The skirt was taken off under the influence of passion, and it was taken off with a bit of roughness, and then casually thrown on the ground. The"carpet" provides a comfortable environment and a gentle feeling. The rough movements caused by passion are neutralized in this comfort.

?Ettoidansmonlit?"With you in my bed"?Toi? The second person"you" emphasizes the master in the poem. All the previous things are to highlight this master. It is this person who caused the author's inner changes, allowing the second half of the poem to go from the surface to the depths, and the deep heart. at. From the objective picture to the subjective perception, from the surface to the depths of the personal soul, bringing the following sentences into privacy.

The previous stanza paints a picture of autumn, a harvest season. A house, a warm bedroom, with a table, carpet, bed, and love lying on the bed. There is a contrast between stillness and movement in the picture. Stillness comes after the"movement" represented by passion. Usually, the brain will be quiet after this kind of passion, so that we can feel quietly and think clearly.

?Doux présent duprésent?"How sweet is the moment". Concentrate the space on time, enter the feeling of this moment, and enjoy the satisfaction after the pleasure of fish and water

?Fra?cheurdelanuit? and?Chaleurdemavie?, on a crisp autumn night, you can especially feel refreshed after the body is released. ?fraicheur?"refreshing" and ?chaleur?"passionate" are a set of antonyms, expressing the feelings after having love. Love makes Life is rich and gorgeous, full of passion, and love gives life vitality.

The latter section describes subjective feelings, private feelings after physical satisfaction, love nourishes life. There is also a contrast between a set of still images here, the tranquility of the autumn night and the passion of love in life.

2. Poetry analysis

The title of the poem is"Alicante". Alicante can be regarded as a messenger, a messenger of passion and a messenger of love. Oranges represent passion, and Alicante delivers this passion to everyone who comes.

""Alicante" is a city in eastern Spain, where there is a pleasant Mediterranean climate, where more than 700,000 tons of oranges are produced every year. The oranges are as red as fire, which represents the happy spirit of the people and the passion of the Spanish people. This happiness is contagious. , everyone who has been to Alicante will be infected by this joy and become relaxed and happy. Their passion will give people an impulse of the wilderness. The poem rhymes in the form of ABBCBB, and the translation respects the rhyme, almost every sentence The ending rhymes.

In terms of persons, your (ta), you (toi), my (mon), my (ma) are written by the author using the first person"I" to the second person"you""，""You" is"my" lover, expressing love very directly. It is because of"you" and"me" that I feel the warmth of"my" life.

There are no verbs in the whole poem. The author is telling and sharing a story about a tourist in a foreign land. The experience of meeting, maybe they know each other because of oranges, and oranges may be the transmitter of their love.

This is a typical romantic love poem, with elegant language and very conciseness. There is sex implicit in the poem, but it is not vulgar. This kind of sex is not A casual one-night stand in a foreign land, a simple discharge of physical lust, but a love based on emotion, an encounter in a foreign land. The poem describes the scene and spiritual feelings after making love. This love is not random, the love in the poem is"You" points out his lover/lover, who has excitement and warmth in life. Therefore, there is not a simple sexual relationship between them, but a communication in spirit and even soul.

The author uses the true love in poetry to call on people to go Perceive real emotions, and also use this to criticize people today for paying too much attention to surfaces and materials.

3. Author Jacques Prévert - an alternative surrealist rebel

Jacques Prévert (1900-1977), a great French poet, film and drama A writer, his poems are characterized by short and simple language and beautiful melodies, and are widely circulated in the French-speaking world. Prévert is one of the few modern poets in France, and his works can be selected into French primary and secondary school textbooks and French teaching materials in other countries.

Pleville was born into a scholarly family. His mother taught him how to read, and his father was also a literati. Under the influence of his parents, Pleville showed great interest in literature, movies and politics. His character drove his destiny. At the age of 15, he died due to He gave up school because he was tired of it. After serving in the army, he worked various jobs to make a living. In many attempts, he never changed his dream, and finally entered the film script and poetry writing industry. Here he could freely express his unrealistic feelings. imagination.

For literati and artists, Paris is like a huge sucker, absorbing the essence and exuding charm. In 1922, Prévert came to Paris like most literati, and lived in his uncle Marcel Duhamel's hotel from 1924 to 1928. , the hotel was a gathering place for the Surrealist movement at that time. Here he came into contact with Surrealism and Parisian literati, and played word and sentence games together[1] and talked loudly together, which also enabled him to form his own poetry style.

Simone Genevière Dienne[ 2] was his childhood playmate. Along the way, they grew up in a haze of happiness and blossomed in pure emotions. In 1925, Pleville and Dienne walked into the church and made a promise of love before God, but 10 They separated after many years, and the"garden" that followed was a memory of the past love.

After having a family, Pleville still maintained an independent spirit in his work and was unwilling to compromise. In 1930, he began to write articles for different magazines and periodicals. , the focus gradually shifted from movies to poetry creation. During his work, Prévert came into contact with French communism. During the war, he protected the Jews and used poetry to fight. After the war, he used poetry to call for beauty.

Unfortunately, he died of lung cancer in Paris in 1977. It is said that he smoked 30 cigarettes a day.

Pleville's poems are written in popular language and are loved by everyone. He is used to using simple words to outline strange pictures, and hidden voices can often be found under the pictures, or he uses humorous irony or self-deprecation to express his different views (this song"Alicante" describes a beautiful screen). He is good at writing, and he can always feel his dissatisfaction with politics, religion and other realities between the lines, and resists everything that needs to be resisted. This is exactly the character of the French nation (for example, in"The Inferior Student", he expresses resistance from the perspective of a primary school student). He uses a kind of dream that transcends the real world to express the truest voice in the subconscious. He is not restricted by reason, puts aside traditional aesthetic standards, and even breaks the moral shackles, so as to expose and criticize the real world. Through the"unconscious" world built beyond reality, people can get rid of all the pain in reality and pursue a better life (? Garden? is the yearning for beauty).

Prévert's poems are unique and have a strong sense of rhythm. Most of his poems are composed to music. He is considered a surrealist who cannot be classified. Some critics do not even think that he belongs to the ranks of pure literature.

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ReferencesStarligtrifler/?InJacquesPrévert's?Alicante?2009

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[1] A sentence-making game played by many literati. One person writes one on the paper, folds it and hands it to the next person. The next person adds a word and folds it, passes it on, and finally writes a sentence or a poem. poetry. The game requires strong writing skills and literary knowledge. Games can stimulate literary inspiration and practice refining words.

[2] Prévert married his wife Simone Genevière Dienne on April 30, 1925. He and his wife grew up together and had a good relationship. His wife later became a cellist, scored music for silent films, and collaborated on many projects.