DonJuan(Byron)GroupmembersBygroup21IntroductionofByron2DonJuanandSegmentAnalysisContents1Lifeandstory2Mainworks3ByronicHero4HisInfluenceparentshisfatherwasacaptainnicknamed"MadJack",whohadsquanderedawaythemoneyofthepoet'smotherandthendesertedher,finallydieddeepindebtwhenhewasachild.hismotherwasaScottishnoblewoman,CatherineGordon,adescendantoftheKingofScotland.Shewasthesecondwifeof"MadJack“.Famousforhispersonalitycult(个人崇拜)asforhispoetryCreatetheconceptofthe'Byronichero'Bornwithaclub-foot(畸形脚)Inheritedthetitleandpropertyofhisgreat-uncleIn1798BeknownasthelordByronIn1807Byron'sfirstcollectionofpoetry,HoursOfIdlenessappeared.InCambridge,hearousedalarmwithbisexualloveaffairs.In1809,EnglishBardsandScotchReviewers《英国诗人和苏格兰评论家》publishedandcausedgreatshockintheupperclassesByron’sLife18071809181518161824LyricpoemstourofEuroperomanticversenarrativesunhappymarriage8yearsabroad(Switzerland,ItalyGreece)diedinGreeceLifeStoryHoursofIdleness《闲暇时刻》EnglishBardsandScotchReviewers《英国诗人和苏格兰评论家》ChildeHarold’sPilgrimage《恰尔德·哈洛尔德游记》TheGlaour《异教徒》TheBrideofAbydos《阿比多斯的新娘》TheCorsair《海盗》Lara,ATale《莱拉》HebrewMelodies《希伯来歌曲》ThePrisonerofChillon《锡雍的囚徒》Manfred《曼弗雷德》OrientalTales《东方故事》DonJuan《唐璜》Cain《该隐》TheVisionofJudgment《审判的幻影》AthemethatpervadesmuchofByron‘sworksisthatoftheByronichero,anidealizedbutflawed(有缺陷的)characterwhoseattributesinclude:.Beingarebel(反叛的).Havingadistasteforsocialinstitutions.Beinganexile.Expressingalackofrespectforrank&privilege(特权).Havinggreattalent.Hidinganunsavory(声名狼藉的)past.Beinghighlypassionate.Ultimately,beingself-destructive(自我毁灭)ThemostoutstandingrepresentativeofEnglishRomanticism;Oneofthemostinfluentialpoetsofhistime;influenceonEuropeanpoetry,music,novel,opera,andpainting,andtheprogressivepoetsinmanyothercountries;InfluenceDonJuanItwaswritteninItalyintheyears1818-1823.SatiricalepicItconsistsofsixteencantos(16000lines)andhasbeenregardedasByron’sgreatestwork.ThereforetheadventuresofDonJuaninalltheleadingcountriesofEuropeanddescribedagainstvariedsocialbackground,andtheheroismadetoparticipateindifferenthistoricalevents.Thepoembeginswithdescriptionsofthehero’schildhood.Thenitdescribesloveaffairwithamarriedwomanandheissentabroadafteritisdiscovered.TheshipiswreckedandonlyhesurvivesandswimstoaGreekislandwhereheissavedbyagirl.Theyfallinlove.Buttheirloveaffairisbrokenwhenthegirl’sfatherreturnstotheisland.ThenDonJuanissoldasaslaveandisboughtbytheSultana(sisteroftheking).DonJuanliveswiththegirlintheguiseofawoman.Hegoesthroughmanyadventuresthere.ThenherunsawaytothecampoftheRussianarmythatisbesiegingtheTurkishfortress.LaterDonJuanissenttoSt.Petersburg.EmpressCatherinesendshimtoEnglandonapoliticalmission.ThelastcantoofthepoemgivesasatiricaldescriptionofEnglishrulingclassesandsocialconditions.TheIslesofGreeceThepoemisfromDonJuanandthepoemdescribethecultureoftheGreek.AfterreadingthepoemwecantellthatByronhadlivedcorrectlyandthepassionatevoiceoftheGreek.Thefirsttwostanzastakeusbacktothegloryandvaloroftheancientworld.Inthethirdstanza,wehaveByron’sfirstdirectreferencetotheindependenceefforts,hewrites“Idream’dthatGreecemightstillbefree.”whilestandingatthelocationsofatremendousbattle.Inthefourthstanza,hefeelsthatGreececan’tbeenslaved.Arevoltmusttakeplace.Inthefifthstanza,Byronfeelsdisappointedandangryaboutthelackofactionpriortothispointinhistory.Fromsixtotwelve,hepresentsafewmoreargumentsfortherevolution.HeusesthespiritsofancientGreekstoexpresshisopinions.Hepointsout“Atyrant,butourmastersthen/Werestill,atleast,ourcountryman.”StanzathirteenrepresentsachangeinByron’sattitudeandapproach.Thelastthreestanzasareanexpressionofdeterminationandthebirthofhopeinhismind.Hefeelsthathiscountrywillbefreeagain.