Collection of Works Translated into Chinese by Yang Xianyi: Birds·haunted House·pastoral

About This Novel

From the father of comedy to the poet laureate, from ancient Greek comedy to ancient Roman pastoral poetry; three literary classics restore the charm of the times. Three ancient Greek and Roman classics outline the legacy of the times, from comedy to poetry, and revisit the early stages of Western literature. This book consists of three works: Aristophanes' "The Birds", Plautus' "The Haunted House", and Virgil's "Eclogue", all of which are representative works of their respective eras. Among them, "Birds" tells the story of two Athenians who hated city-state life and led a group of birds to build a country, starving the gods and making humans surrender. It is a witty work by Aristophanes, known as the "Father of Comedy". At the same time, this work also has profound realistic irony. At that time, the Athenians were trapped in the quagmire of the Peloponnesian War. The play used the dream of "the country of the geese in the clouds" to mock the futility of the Sicilian expedition. "The Haunted House" is a representative strategy comedy by Plautus, an important ancient Roman playwright. The characters in the play have outstanding personalities, tight rhythm, and constant reversals. It uses a "haunted house" to satirize the parasitism, enjoyment and rigidity of Roman society, and restores the family conflicts and love-hate entanglements at that time. It is the forerunner of family dramas and strategy dramas in later generations, and influenced many people such as Shakespeare. "Pastoral" is the pinnacle of ancient Roman pastoral poetry, a model of Latin literature, and a famous work of the great ancient Roman poet Virgil. Pastoral, leadership, love, divine providence, these themes are all reflected in it. Mr. Yang Xianyi was the first to fully translate ten poems of "Pastoral". The translation was precise and smooth, not overly branchy, and perfectly restored the complexity and simplicity of classical poetry.

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