澳大利亚文学课程论文
论文名称： 学生姓名： 学生学号： 专业班级： 任课教师： 完成时间： A.B. Paterson and The Man from Snowy River 胡冉 3320131091108 英语教育（1）班 徐小琴 2016-06-8
A.B. Paterson and the Man from Snowy River
Andrew Barton “Banjo” Paterson was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Austrian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales, where he spent much of his childhood. Paterson’s notable poems include “Waltzing Matilda”, “The Man from Snowy River” and “Clancy of the Overflow”.①
Here I want to mainly analysis “The Man from Snowy River”. The poem tells the story of a horseback pursuit to recapture the colt of a prizewinning racehorse that escaped from it’s paddock and is living with the wild horses of the mountain ranges. Eventually the brumbies descend a seemingly impassibly steep slop, at which point the assembled riders give up the pursuit, except the young hero, who spurs his “pony” (horse) down the “terrible descent” to catch the mob.
The poem describes and eulogizes strength and courage and also praises the vitality of the youth. The strength and courage represent the national spirit, which make pioneers get success for fighting with severe nature. Next, the poem has bright Australian feature. The jungle, meadow eucalyptus and so on in the poem that are made of the special Australian environment. And in the poem, the writer eulogizes the mate ship, adaptability and risk-taking. And mate ship now has become the life creeds. Then, the special technique of expression in the poem. The writer used the “cat and mouse”, “setting” to depict the brave snowy man. Before catching the wild horse, cracks doubt his power because he is a small and weedy stripling.② Only Clancy stood his friend and beg for him, so they let him with them reluctantly. When the wild horses held their way right into the deep gorges, even the experienced old man muttered fiercely, “We may bid the mob good, no man can hold them down the other side.”③ When they plan to give up (writer uses the antithesis0, the man from Snowy River let the pony have his head and followed like a bloodhound on their track. He alone unassisted brought the wild horse back, because his pluck was undaunted, and his courage fiery hot. So the young image from Snowy River in front of us was venerable. Besides, the whole poem vividly depicted the intense action, breathtaking scene, grand and magnificent situation and give us a sense of strength. ①②
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_Snowy_River_(poem) A.B. PATERSON (1864-1941)The Man from Snowy River ③
A.B. PATERSON (1864-1941): The Man from Snowy River
参考文献(Reference)
[1] 黄源深：《澳大利亚文学选读》，上海外语教育出版社，1996年，第122页
[2] 黄源深：《澳大利亚文学简史》，上海外语教育出版社，2006年，第124页
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_Snowy_River_(poem)
写作说明：
1. 澳大利亚文学课程论文要求学生选取本学期所接触的一位作家及其代表作，用英文进行简明扼要的介绍和赏析。论文应包括对作家及其代表作的介绍，突出该作家的写作特色和文学地位以及其代表作的文学特色。论文应该有对相关书籍和网络资源的参考，但重在表达自己的赏析和见解。
2. 论文字数不低于400字。论文内容应具有条理性、逻辑性，观点突出，论述详略得当，语言流畅、规范。 3. 论文参考文献格式：
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[1] 黄源深：《澳大利亚文学选读》，上海外语教育出版社，1996，第 页
4. 论文选题范围：
? A.B. Paterson and The Man from Snowy River ? Henry Lawson and The Drover’s Wife ? Miles Franklin and My Brilliant Career ? K. Susannnah Prichard and Coonardoo
? Patrick White and Voss
? Peter Carey and American Dreams
Henry Lawson and The Drover’s Wife 第一段…… 第二段…… 第三段……
参考文献( References)：
[1] 黄源深：《澳大利亚文学选读》，上海外语教育出版社，1996年，第 页
[2] 黄源深：《澳大利亚文学简史》，上海外语教育出版社，2006年，第 页
[3] http: // www.