《Ulysses》读后感

《Ulysses》是爱尔兰现代主义作家詹姆斯·乔伊斯于19xx年出版的长篇小说。小说以时间为顺序，描述了主人公，苦闷彷徨的都柏林小市民，广告推销员利奥波德·布卢姆（Leopold Bloom）于19xx年6月16日一昼夜之内在都柏林的种种日常经历。乔伊斯选择这一天来描写，是因为这一天是他和他的妻子诺拉·巴纳克尔（Nora Barnacle）首次约会的日子。

如果你一天无所事事，推荐你去看《指环王》三部曲；如果你一星期无所事事，推荐你去旅游；如果你一个月无所事事，推荐你去打ＣＳ、仙剑、星际之类的电脑游戏；如果你一年无所事事，推荐你去读《Ulysses》。

据说心理分析大师容格花了三年才读通此书，而译者萧乾也觉得读《Ulysses》非三年不可。不过，咱也不必被老前辈们的话吓倒，如今是信息时代，别说读一本书，就算发明巡航导弹，一年时间也绰绰有余了。况且咱又没打算年底把它改编成贺岁剧，所以不必全通，通个三五分、六七分足矣。

除消磨时间外，读《Ulysses》会有很多意想不到的好处。

人称《Ulysses》为“天书”，在中国只有《易经》有此殊荣，其晦涩难懂可想而知。此话并非唬人，想当年乔伊斯写它时，就以努力让大家看不懂为己任，19xx年的中译本里仅注释就有5991条。所以想要读懂《Ulysses》，非得削尖脑袋使劲往里钻才行。

假如你足够勤奋的话，为读《Ulysses》，你必定会泡图书馆，一本接一本地读完整个有关西方文学、后现代主义的专著；晚上回家必定上网，一行行地搜索关于乔伊斯的资料，或到ＢＢＳ里和其他闲人交流。如此一年下来，至少在后现代主义理论方面，你绝对不亚于中文系硕士研究生的水平，发表几篇学术论文应该不成问题。或者直接去报考外国文学的研究生（前提是你不是外国文学的研究生），凭你对《Ulysses》的了解，相信教授一定会刮目相看，说不定激动之下，不用考试当场就破格录取。

或者你是一位追求完美的人，当你得知《Ulysses》中使用了大量古英文、法文、拉丁文、希腊文、梵文、阿拉伯文等等诸多可敬的文时，你会觉得只读中文版太不解渴，于是搬来一摞外语辞典，反复研读原版。就这样一年后，一不小心成了语言学家兼翻译家。

容格还说过：“全书最后那没有标点的四十页真是心理学的精华，我想只有魔鬼的祖母才会把一个女人的心理琢磨得那么透。”假如你正好对女人很感兴趣，那么肯定不会错过上述描写，然后顺藤摸瓜，把荣格、弗洛伊德等一网打尽。一年后你开了家心理门诊，顾客主要是女性（同时也承揽为男同胞刺探军情的业务）。

如果你费尽吃奶之力，还是看不懂，那也没关系。中国古来就有“不求甚解”之传统，你只管捧在手上读就是了，反正你也没有别的事可干。

或者你天赋禀异，看完第一页就想吐，再看第二页时真的吐了，以你的身体素质，竟然无法承受看到第三页！那么，请别急着把书扔掉，它自有可用之处。有句名言是这样说的：“如果你爱他，请给他看《Ulysses》，因为那是名著；如果你恨他，请给他看《Ulysses》，因为那是天书。”现在明白了吗？

你应该在吐完之后，第一时间内把《Ulysses》包装好，扎上丝带和鲜花，写上几句精心炮制溢美之词（例如：我对您在文学修养上的钦佩之情如滔滔江水??），当成礼物赠送给你的情敌、上司、恶邻、竞争对手、赖账不还者等等你怀恨已久却拿他没有办法的人。下一步，你就舒舒服服躺在家里的太师椅上，每天一个电话，向受书那个家伙请教阅读体会吧??

第二篇：Ulysses

Ulysses

Yesterday, I read one poem Ulysses, which was written by British poet Lord Alfred Tennyson, who was one of the most representative poets of the Victorian Age and remained one of the most popular poets in the English language. Ulysses made a deep impression on me and I concluded three main points from it.

First and foremost, the poem Ulysses was written soon after the death of Tennyson's friend Arthur Hallam, it was one of many lyrics that Tennyson wrote in memory of his friend. Through the words of protagonist Ulysses, Tennyson expressed the painful sad of losing his best friend, and grief was never an easy burden to bear. "All times I have enjoy'd/ Greatly, have suffer'd greatly, both with those/ That loved me, and alone".

Meanwhile, in the final stanza, "...you and I are old;/ Old age hath yet his honour and his toil; so/ Death closes all; but something ere the end,/ Some work of noble note, may yet be done,/ Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods." Senescent Ulysses encouraged the mariners with whom he has worked, traveled, and weathered life’s storms over so many years. Although they were getting old, they still had the potential to do something noble and honourable before "the long day wanes". "Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'/ We are not now that strength which in old days/ Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;/ One equal temper of heroic hearts,/ Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will/ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." Ulysses heartened his companions to make use of their rest of the life and declared that his goal is to sail forward “beyond the sunset” until his death.

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Ulysses and his mariners were not as strong as they were young, however, they were "strong in will" and were sustained by their resolving to push forward relentlessly: "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

The last but not the least, while there is life, there is hope. "Come, my friends./ It is not too late to seek a newer world,/ Push off, and sitting well in order smite/ The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds/ To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths/ Of all the western stars, until I die." Ulysses was an old man but he still devoted himself to fighting for a brighter future. In contrast with Ulysses's lofty aspirations, young people's suicide cases became so pale and satiric. Life was short and precious, but these youngsters chose a path which there no turning back. Life is the capital of the revolution and never give up as long as we have breath.

All in all, Ulysses like many of Tennyson’s other poems, was filled with the desire to reach beyond the limits of one’s field of vision and the worldly details of everyday life. The poem’s final line "to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield" was regarded as a motto for the poet: the poem’s hero Ulysses and the author were all longing to flee from the tedium of daily life and fighting for a brighter future.

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