On the Sound Pornography in Gitanjaly
Key words:
Poetry Tagore Rabindranath Tagore Indian voice color scenery religious feelings infinite self
Executive summary:
The famous collection of prose poems "Gitanjali" is the masterpiece of Indian poet Tagore, which contains optimistic, pious, cheerful and eternal human physiological thoughts.
The masterpiece of Indian Bengali poet Tagore (1861-1941), the collection of prose poems "Qi Tangari" was published on 19 13 years1/kloc-0.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is a famous Indian poet, novelist, artist and social activist. 186/kloc-0 was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, on May 7th, 2000, and was the political and economic center of the British-Indian Empire at that time. His grandfather, Deval Gernert, was famous for his luxurious and charitable life and became the "prince" of commercial times. His father, Dai Vindra Nath, knew the Vedas and Upanishads very well and lived a simple and pure life. He is called "the Great Immortal" in the society.
Born in such a good environment, Tagore was able to learn all kinds of scientific and humanistic knowledge from an early age and accumulated a lot of money, thus giving birth to the world-famous masterpiece "Chittaglia".
After experiencing the learning stage, the initial imitation stage and the immature experimental creation stage influenced by many artists, 19 10, Tagore published Jitangjiali, a collection of poems full of detailed descriptions of natural landscapes. William Rosenstand, a young painter, organized an Indian society in London. He went to India in 19 1 1 and visited Tagore. This was the beginning of frequent and long-term contact. It was at Rosenstand's urging that Tagore translated Chittaglia into English and visited the United States and Britain in 19 12.
The optimism of loving life, nature and reality is the concentrated expression of Jitang Kerry's poetic spirit, which is realized through wonderful literary forms.
"Poetry creation is a narcissistic fantasy." In the preface of the Complete Works of Tagore's Prose Poems, the editor quoted Tagore's original words, and he added: "I know nothing about the outside world except my ego exaggeration."
In fact, these modest words truly reflect his creative mentality, giving up all external interference and getting unlimited happiness in a limited time.
His "limited" literary form is mainly divided from people's senses, that is, sound and color, and their feelings.
A Song from a Calm River —— The "Voice" of Chittaglia
"This little reed flute, you carry it over mountains and valleys, and blow out Yongxin's music from it."
The first poem of Gitanjali is the first song that begins with a beautiful voice. Life and death, love and resentment are eternal themes between mountains and rivers, but they fade away in a small reed flute. Tagore's poems have profound implications. He is known as "the first one among our saints who does not give up life but speaks from life itself" (preface).
What is worth remembering in his works is not only the beautiful artistic conception, but also the inexplicable meaning, all of which are created by his profound literary skills. Among them, we can't help but say his description of sound. After all, sound is a direct sensory substance.
1 the relationship between sound and objective scenery
Sound is indispensable in nature, whether it is the sound produced by the change of other things in nature or the sound produced by the change of nature, it is an organic member that cannot be ignored in this world.
"Let bees play their lazy hum at noon."
"The stars smiled and whispered to each other."
In Gitanjaly, everything is given fresh life-or they are full of independent spirit, know how to love, know how to be sad and lonely. Tagore always uses anthropomorphic methods to describe natural things; So, bees and butterflies are communicating, and the nebula meniscus is humming.
Because of the sound, the exquisite picture has an organic dynamic and the scenery has become vivid; In the literary world, "whoever can describe objective things in perceptual language will win readers." (new york Magazine reporter Clara Macchesney)
Moreover, in Tagore's works, Gitanjali is not only a lyrical collection of prose poems, but also a book that "shows the realm of unity and harmony" (History of Oriental Literature, Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, written by Wang Xiangyuan, at the beginning of the last paragraph of P280). Voice does not exist as a special member, but as a part of the whole. This is the same as the essence of nature-"seeking harmony in confrontation".
"Seasons come and go with this fast and restless music-colors, sounds and smells converge into an endless waterfall in this overflowing happiness, which has been splashing, retreating or dying."
This sentence seems to condense the essence of Tagore-color, sound and taste, and the sensory stimulation is full of happiness and eternity. Tagore is not only an outstanding poet, but also a famous painter, musician and social activist. Therefore, his literature is always mixed with multiple artistic enjoyment, and his inspiration suddenly broke out, just as the British painter Bacon said, "All works are accidental", but this accident is still rooted in the author's profound academic foundation.
2 The connection between voice and sentimental characters
In Tagore's poems, the characters are always full of emotions-like all people living in hot extradition, they express their love warmly, openly and devoutly. In "Gitanjali", there are also many such fragments:
"When you ordered me to sing, my heart seemed to burst with pride. I looked up at your face and tears welled up in my eyes. "
Who is this "you"? We can deeply understand from the context that this meaning contains the orthodox spirit of Hinduism advocated by Tagore-the desire for unity between self and God, and the highest respect for God. I got infinite dedication and satisfaction in singing. Another example is "time has not yet arrived, and the lyrics have not been filled in;" There is only the pain of desire in my heart. " Although the "voice" in this sentence does not ring directly, when it is transformed into a "word", it becomes a "painful endorsement" in my mind.
The characters in Gitanjaly are quite typical of Indian customs. They have lived in this land where the Ganges River flows since ancient times, enjoying plenty of sunshine and heat, and their hearts are as hot as summer. This is from the outside. In Tagore's poems, finding marriage is obviously plain sailing. Therefore, there is a contradiction between bold confession and cautious temptation. Isn't this a worldwide expression of complex personality?
The connection between sound and sacred religion
Religion is always a sacred place that eastern writers can't easily ignore, and their piety to religion can't be really understood by western scholars. Although there are also mainstream religions such as Christianity in the West, with the development of material civilization and several drastic social and ideological changes, most Westerners just regard religion as a "habit like brushing your teeth" (critic Jacques Debik), which is completely different from the oriental mentality of regarding religion as a sacred platform. The ideal religion in Tagore's mind, Indian orthodoxy-Vedanta Sect, is the most correct and reasonable representative in his eyes. Most of Tagore's works are more or less influenced by religion, and show a deep "subconscious state", that is, he did not analyze religion as a theory, but accepted it instinctively. And think that any bold move may desecrate it.
Therefore, simple praise can no longer express your excitement, nor can simple admiration express your sincere feelings. All verbal temptations are useless and can only be turned into melodious songs.
"God in the ruined temple! The broken lyre no longer sings a poem praising you. The late bell no longer announces the time to worship you. The air around you is silent. " Even the forgotten ancient gods, under the bleak artistic conception of the disappearing piano and the silent night bell, are still noble and incompatible with all other noisy things. "Everyone is drunk and I wake up alone", how many people can truly achieve the spirit of life embodied in the famous sayings of the ancient people in China? Perhaps this is the greatness of the so-called "God".
"Drunk in the song, I forgot myself. You are my master, but I call you a friend. "
"Let all my poems come together in different tones and become a torrent in my worship of you, pouring into the silent sea."
"I won't talk about it again. This is the will of my Lord. From then on, I whispered. Sing in a low voice. "
Tagore's attitude towards the untouchable but indeed ubiquitous God is to establish a life religion and social ideal with equality, freedom and fraternity as the core on the premise of acknowledging the existence of God. Just admit it, as long as you know that there is a God above all things, and always remember that your words and deeds should not go beyond the norm and not hurt others-because a just God will supervise everything. Tell your heart the rest in a low voice.
As follows, my "self-spirit" is a portrayal of my love and fear in front of "master"-the master of all things:
"I don't know how you sing, my master! I always listen in surprise. /The brilliance of your music illuminates the world. The smell of your music fills the sky. The holy spring of your music rushes forward, through all the blocked rocks. My heart longs to sing with you, but it can't make a sound. I want to talk, but the words don't reach the song, so I can't call them out. Oh, my master, you have captured my heart in the big net of your music! "
Suddenly, I found that in the first three chapters of Gitanjali, there is an artistic conception closely related to sound; Perhaps this is the beginning of Tagore's conscious promotion of the beautiful image of "sound" to everything?
Second, colorful-Gitanjali's "color"
In addition to sound, "color" is also an indispensable and important artistic conception in Kyrgyzstan.
Buddhism says that ordinary people have five senses, namely "hearing, seeing and smelling". As a plane reading book, it can bring readers a direct sense of touch (the paper texture of the book) and a sense of smell (the ink taste of the book), and in the process of reading, the author can also give readers specific feelings of these five senses.
It says "listening", and this time it says "seeing" is "sensory stimulation and appeal of color description"
1 the relationship between scenery and people
"I have to stay on my boat. Time is wasted on the shore-I can't stand it! /Farewell to the warm spring in bloom. Now it is everywhere, but I am waiting and wandering. The tide is getting bigger and bigger, and yellow leaves are falling on the shady beach on the river bank. How empty your gaze is! Don't you think there are surprises falling from the sky with the distant songs on the other side? "
Lonely and empty "I" in the vast nature, watching bloom flowers fall, ebb and flow, time flies, red and yellow alternate, full of colorful loneliness. In this world where colors are always changing, people are always relatively unchanged, or the speed of change is never as fast as that of nature. The role of color has become a hypnotic, paralyzing people and making them lose a lot unconsciously.
However, people can also find their way in this chaotic and helpless world. As long as they have strong self-support and spiritual support, they can stabilize in the chaos. So "your sun and stars can never hide you from me." Because color is not the killer to cover up the truth, the key is to look at the individual.
2 the relationship between landscape and religion
"If I want to draw a woman's body, I must first give her elegant and charming charm. But I know I have to give her more. I will concentrate the meaning of this painting by pursuing essential lines. " (Excerpted from The Painter's Notes by the French Fauvism painter Matisse)
Picturesque articles have the same purpose in structure. This is to express the best content in the best form.
When it comes to Gitanjali, we can never ignore its religious spirit. In the end, it is the great humanistic connotation that determines Tagore's whole motivation to write this collection of poems. On the other hand, if there is no good appearance, most people will not pay attention to its interior at first sight. Religion is abstract, and how to spread one's own religious views requires superb skills to make people more acceptable. Therefore, we can't ignore Tagore's concrete description of abstract artistic conception.
"Like a wet cloud in July, falling with heavy raindrops, let my whole heart bow to your door in my worship."
This kind of poem with metaphor can be found everywhere in Gitanjali, but his metaphor can only be understood by ordinary people, which is another way of thinking to understand the concrete artistic conception abstractly. Landscape includes religion, and there are many symbols of landscape and color in religion. All this is inseparable from the unique natural feelings of oriental literati-they like to use natural things to insinuate their subjective ideas.
Is it too high or am I too short?
Such questions are always the core of dialectical thinking for human beings.
He studied poetry at the age of 8,/kloc-published his first novel "Poems of Panusinghe" at the age of 0/6, and published the real original "Twilight" at the age of 20. He began to get rid of the old rules of poetry and find his own artistic personality. There has always been a huge gap in the understanding of literature between the East and the West. Oriental scholars who enjoy a high degree of consciousness in the spiritual field are always not recognized by western critics who have absolute authority in matter. Only a few authors who broke the so-called "oriental mysticism" circle can be finally appreciated by people all over the world.
Tagore was a successful poet. He left more than 50 poems, 12 novels, 100 short stories, more than 20 plays, 1500 paintings, and a large number of songs and works about literature, philosophy and politics. He left us an artistic treasure in the history of poetry-Gitanjali.