This thesis could not have been successfully written without the strong support of my tutor, Associate Prof. Li Lei, who not only spent much time commenting on my research subject, but also took great pains to proofread and revise the whole paper. To Prof Li, I owe my deepest gratitude. And I shall never forget that it is Associate Prof. Li who has offered me immense help time and again during the past months.
My special gratitude is due to Mr. Liu Wenping, Deputy Director the Educational Department of Department of Guangdong Province, who not only showed his great confidence in my work, gave me stimulating and generous direction, but also took great trouble to review and comment the whole thesis, led me to a better understanding of the topic while composing the thesis.
Thanks also go to Prof. Liu Jianbo, Dean of School of Foreign Languages in South China University of Technology, whose criticism on my thesis pinpointed many of the problems I failed to notice. Last but not the least, my heartfelt thanks also go to Prof. Chen Bao, Ms Huang Wei, Ms Mei Cuiping, Ms Bian Xu, Ms Chen Jin, Prof. Pei Zhengfang ，Prof. Xiang Qianjin of Guangdong Police College and Lonnie B Hodge, the former foreign expert of the university, who have taught me and helped me in different ways during my stay at the university. In like manner, I would like to thank my families, who worked so hard for so many years to give me unconditional love and support for my education, at the same time, all of my classmates, e.g. Fan Yongxia for the generous help offered to me during my thesis writing and throughout the four-year study at the university.
Abstract
Being regarded as a quintessential poet as a naturalist, Wordsworth always paid close attention to the details of the physical environment around him (e.g. plants, animals, geography, and weather). He gave nature personal attributes to show the impact and strength that nature brought to a man's life. No wonder, most of the time nature appeared in his poems as a metaphor of human being. And in most of his works, parallelism, metaphor and personalization were adopted. While Wang Jingzhi, who was under the influence of the May Fourth Movement and the modern trend from the west, also focused on nature with great passion. Thus, the figure of speech used by Wordsworth could be found in his works.
Both of them had also made bold experiments in poetic language, versification and design, and constructed a variety of forms on original principles of structure and style. Generally speaking, they celebrated individual freedom, spontaneity, and love of nature, which could be found in The Daffodils and Wind from the Orchid. They did share some similarities in life experiences. However, by looking into the details, divergence in their thoughts and attitudes toward life under the same circumstance can be easily found in their works, and the differences on emotional characteristics are more obvious.
Looking into the details, to be more exact, through the analysis on The Daffodils and Wind from the Orchid, it’s not difficult to find that there are always differences between the two poets’ writing style and lyricism on time and space. As for Wang Jingzhi, his works are far more behind Wordsworth’s in the aspect of writing techniques and linguistic style．By comparison, this thesis is attempted to disclose the maturity and purity in Wordsworth’s works and the immaturity and simplicity inWang Jingzhi’s works.
Acknowledgements.................................................................ⅰ
Abstract in English..............................................................ⅱ
Abstract in Chinese.............................................................ⅲ
Contents.........................................................................ⅳ
Chapter1 Introduction.............................................................1
Chapter 2 Literature Review.......................................................3
Chapter 3 The Background Information of the Two Poets.............................5
3.1 The General Information of the Two Poets ...................................5
3.2 William Wordsworth and His Works............................................6
3.3 Wang Jingzhi and His Works..................................................8
Chapter 4 Detailed Analyses and Comparison........................................10
4.1 The Linguistic Style and the Emotional Characteristics........................10
4.1.1 Analysis on The Daffodils...................................................10
4.1.2 Analysis on Wind from the Orchid ...........................................11
4.2 Differences in Emotional Characteristics......................................12
4.3 Similarities in Linguistic Style..............................................14
4.4 Summary.......................................................................15
Chapter 5 Conclusion..............................................................17
5.1 Significance of the Present Research..........................................17
5.2 Summary of the Study..........................................................17
Bibliography......................................................................19
Appendices........................................................................21
Appendix A........................................................................21
Appendix B........................................................................22
