名著介绍~泰戈尔诗选 读后感作文
泰戈尔一生共写有50多部诗集，12部中长篇小说，108篇短篇小说，20个剧本。虽然他的创作具有多方面的成就，但他是通过诗歌而扬名世界的，早期的诗歌题材丰富，形式多样，风格清新优美，1913年，宗教抒情诗集《吉檀迦利》获得诺贝尔文学奖，这是东方人第一次获此殊荣。后期的政治诗密切配合现实斗争，为他赢得了“爱国诗人”的称号，他深深地植根于民族艺术的土壤，大胆吸收外国的诗歌营养，开辟了印度诗歌的新天地，人们尊称他为“诗圣”。
早期的故事诗大多来源于宗教传说和民间故事，宗教传说包括佛教、印度教、锡克教的故事等，作者对这些故事进行了艺术加工和再创造。中期的《吉檀迦利》是泰戈尔最著名的一部诗集，“吉檀迦利”是“献诗”的意思，即献给神的诗，诗集的主题是敬仰神，渴求与神的结合。颂神诗的形式在印度古已有之，但泰戈尔的这部诗集，它的内容与现实是紧密结合的，表达了诗人对人生理想的探索和追求。晚期的政治抒情诗，逐渐改变了以前的改良主义情调和神秘主义色彩，表现出鲜明的政治倾向性。《生辰集》第10首被认为是泰戈尔一生创作的纪念碑，泰戈尔在这首诗中提出的中心问题是诗人与劳动人民的关系问题，他以此为标准总结评价了自己一生的创作。
泰戈尔的诗歌得到各国人民的喜爱，我国的许多作家都曾经从中得到过启发。郭沫若的《女神》明显受了泰戈尔诗歌的影响；冰心的诗歌集《繁星》《春水》等受其影响也是不言自明的。瑞典的厄普萨拉说：“诺贝尔文学奖是应该赋予这位集艺术家和预言家一身的作家的。罗宾德拉纳特·泰戈尔在这方面是无与伦比的。”
英文读后感 Can Human Determine Their Own Destiny?
费昳琼 上海市松江二中高二年级 阅读书目：特洛伊传说 The Story of Troy （DK英汉对照百科读物）I have never been to Troy, but David Maule made me feel as if I were standing on the high wall of Troy, watching the fierce war. Thanks to this British author, who adapted the famous Homer’s poem into a lively story, I found it easier to understand this story. Though the story happened over 3000 years ago in a remote place, I was deeply fascinated by it.
The mysterious plot is one of the reasons why I loved The Story of Troy so much, yet I am more interested in the human heroes of the war.
Hector was the eldest son of king of Troy, Priam. He was not only a real hero of Trojan, but was regarded the highest moral hero in Greek classic by later historians. The war started because of the mischief of his brother, Paris, whom he didn’t appreciate. However, since Hector was the commander of the Trojan army, he was obliged to fight with all force. It was really a tragedy that such a valiant man died in the duel with another great warrior, Achilles.
It is natural to see death in a war. As a famous Chinese parable says, “A life can be as slight as a piece of feather, or as weighty as Mount Tai.” Sometimes, one’s glory walks hand in hand with one’s doom. Achilles was such a typical person. His personal charm made The Story of Troy more attractive. He was so crucial because his every appearance in a war encouraged his fellow soldiers and terrified the enemies. Actually, Achilles was half-god who was almost invincible in people’s mind. That’s why his name was memorized long after his death.
Besides the two great men, the wisdom of Odysseus also proved him to be a great hero. He didn’t want to attend the war because he was happily married and had a lovely son. However, since his country was allied to Mycenae, he had to take the command given by the king of Mycenae. I’m quite sure that the story of the wooden horse is widely known, however, few people know who thought of the brilliant idea, that’s why I admired Odysseus so much because he was the person who got the idea. Thanks to the horse, the ten-year war came to an end at last. If you want to know how the wooden horse worked, just read the book.
The ancient Greeks believed that the gods and goddesses also played important roles in the origin, process and ending of the whole story.
The story of the golden apple was such an example. When Eris, the goddess of argument and disagreement, threw out the golden apple to a wedding ceremony on Mount Olympus, a dispute happened. Hera, the queen of gods, Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, were all involved in the argument for the apple. None of them was willing to give way, so they turned to Paris for a final judgment. Tempted by Aphrodite’s beauty and promise, Paris handed the apple to her. To keep her word, Aphrodite helped him to get Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, as his wife. That was the cause of the war.
Paris’s choice obviously annoyed the other two goddesses. So during the war, they helped the Greek alliance army while some other gods, such as Apollo and Aphrodite, guarded Troy. When Paris dueled with Helen’s former husband Menelaus, Aphrodite saved Paris when he was about to be finished off.
After the duel between those two people, there was a truce between the Greek alliance and Troy. However, both Hera and Athena were not happy to see it. Hera pursued her husband ZEUS:“ Now, will you send Athena to make the Troyjans break the peace?”(Page 22) Then with Zeus’s permission, Athena went down to start the war again and finally she brought the Greeks to success.
From the whole story, we can see that in ancient Greeks’ view, gods sometimes played a much more important role in their life. However, with the rapid development of science, we have learned that the Greek gods never existed. This is why a recent movie of Troy has not mentioned a single god. Everything happened due to men’s ambition, love, loyalty or jealousy. With those emotion and people’s effort, we human beings can accomplish wonders and be master of the world.
God are of less importance than they used to be. Nonetheless, the gods and goddesses made The Story of Troy more mysterious and marvelous.
I have learnt from the book more than the wonderful story of history, love and war. I believe that human can determine their destiny by their own. I highly recommend this book to my friends with the same interest.
