英文摘要 |
In the nineteenth century, under the impacts of science and industrialization, the world disintegrated. Everything fragmented into pieces, with man lost in the middle, trying to tum to each broken piece separately yet unable to grasp them all at once. Facing this disintegration, man was overwhelmed by afflicting problems: the loss of Christian faith, the shock at the rapid growth of technology and urbanization, and, consequently, the pressure of loneliness and uncertainty of direction. Arnold shared all these problems. He felt acutely the collapse of Christian faith from the assaults of science, literal interpretations of the Bible, and utilitarianism. Pervading his poems was a profound sense of isolation and lo0s. The bonds between man and God, between man and nature, and even between man and man were completely shattered. What's worse, the old social system, with its sense of order and communion, was equally uprooted by industrialization and urbanization, which brought about instead an impersonal and indifferent society. |