On the Themes of Alfred Tennyson's Ulysses  

作　　者：袁秋月 YUAN Qiu-yue(College of Foreign Languages, Guizhou University,Guiyang 550025, China)

机构地区：[1]贵州大学外国语学院

出　　处：《海外英语》2019年第8期239-240,共2页Overseas English

摘　　要：The poem Ulysses written by poet Alfred Tennyson presented an image of a powerful hero with great aspirations.This paper focuses on discussing the themes of the poem based on textual analysis and Tennyson’s personal experience.Tennyson uses the hero to express his own aspiration for exploring the unknown world,recovery from the shadow of death and eternal pursuit for art.Furthermore,it conveys the hope of the poet and the realistic significance of the work by clarifying these themes.The poem Ulysses written by poet Alfred Tennyson presented an image of a powerful hero with great aspirations.This paper focuses on discussing the themes of the poem based on textual analysis and Tennyson’s personal experience.Tennyson uses the hero to express his own aspiration for exploring the unknown world,recovery from the shadow of death and eternal pursuit for art.Furthermore,it conveys the hope of the poet and the realistic significance of the work by clarifying these themes.

关 键 词：ALFRED TENNYSON ULYSSES themes REALISTIC SIGNIFICANCE 

分 类 号：I106[文学—世界文学]