摘要
英国古代民谣是英国文学中的一种诗歌形式。其内容涵盖民间传说、社会历史、文化习俗和宗教迷信,具有很高的社会文化价值。根据主题分析,英国古代民谣呈现出典型的悲剧情怀,具体可以分为"爱情之悲""战争之悲""时政之悲"和"英雄之悲"四大类。由分析可见,这种主题的突显特征与英国的生态环境、经济形态、民族历史和文化传统密切相关,是英国作为老牌资本主义国家在长期发展中逐步积淀的一种文化和民族特性。
In English literature, ancient British ballads are a form of poetry. They cover such topics as folk legends, social history, cultural customs and traditional superstitions, which have high social and cultural values. By analyzing their themes, the paper finds that ancient British ballads reflect a typical tragic complex. More concretely, they fall into the topics of "love", "war", "politics" and "hero". Analyses show that these prominent features are closely related to ecological environment, economic form, national history and cultural customs of British, which are the accumulations of culture and ethnic characteristics of Britain during its long-term development as a senior capitalist country.
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