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爱尔兰在本世纪产生过两位文学巨匠:诗人威廉·巴特勒·叶芝和小说家詹姆斯·乔伊斯。两位作家都是有重大影响的现代派文豪,在西方文坛享有盛名。乔伊斯堪称意识流小说的宗师,而叶芝则是象征主义诗歌运动中的一员主将,以他独特的贡献于1923年荣获诺贝尔文学奖。叶芝在文学生涯中曾与三位女性结下深厚的情谊。她们好比诗人的三位“缪斯”,分别给予他艺术创作的灵感,精神生活的温慰和物质生活的支持。
Ireland has produced two literary masters in this century: poet William Butler Yeats and novelist James Joyce. Both writers are modern writers who have had a significant influence and have enjoyed great reputations in the Western literary world. Joyce is a master of stream-of-consciousness novels, while Yeats is a member of the symbolism poetry movement. With his unique contribution, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. Yeats had a deep friendship with three women during her literary career. They are like the poets’ three “muses,” respectively giving him inspiration for artistic creation, spiritual comfort and support for material life.