柏拉圖主義對雪萊作品的影響.pdf

1、The study of Shelley's Platonism in this is the result of my desire to see howPlatonism, the most pootical of all philosophies, gives substance to the poet'simagination, thought and emotion. Ihereby do not want to make P

2、latonism a staticstandard of reference to whicha passage is mechanically referred. Ihave tried toprobe into the Platonic mind by reading Plato's ideas. However, I kiiow I cannothope to resolve with entire satisfaction. T

3、herefore I dare not claim this has been athorough research. In my efferts of trying to depict the complex process of Shelley'sPlatonism, I just hope that this less than perfect exploration would throw more lighton the un

4、derstanding of Shelley and his work.My thesis argument is based on the comiection between Shelley and Platonism.Throughout his poetic career, Shelley displayed a propensity to assimilate Plato'sideas into his poetry. The

5、 influences of Platonism penetrate various aspects ofShelley's poetry on different themes. Building up visionary fabrics controlled by hisown law of the spirit, Shelley reproduces those philosophical ideas by his pocticd

6、evice.The structure of this paper is relatively simple, but certain of its featuresprobably need emphasis. Examination ofthe theory of Plato is necessary because ithas great bearing on the scholarly opinion of Platonism.

7、 Then the link betweenShelley and Platonism is set as a general picture to depict Shelley's efforts in reading,translating and adapting Platonism to his own poetic vision. This link is furtherexplored from two aspects of