试论《金驴记》对后世欧洲文学作品的影响

On the Metamorphoses' Influence on the Later European Literature

通过不同的文学体裁描写人物异化为动物及其异化之后的生活遭际与精神风貌,这是欧洲文学的一大艺术传统。在表现人的异化处境的文学体裁中,小说当属执牛耳者;在小说中间,最早也最完整地表现人的异化处境的鸿篇巨制,则首推阿普列乌斯的《金驴记》。这部杰作在文学题材、创作技巧等方面对后世欧洲文学作品产生了巨大影响,因而在欧洲文学史上发挥了重要的传承作用。

One of the European literature tradition is using different materials to describe that man dissimilates into an animal as well as its sufferings and mental outlook after it. Among the types of literature describing man＇s dissimilating situation , noval can be regarded as in the leading position. And of the novels ,the earliest and wholly showing the man＇s dissimilating situation is Apuleius＇Metamorphoses.This novel has a great effect on the following European literature on the respect of forms of literature and writing skills, so it plays an important role on transmission in the history of European literature.