摘要
在盎格鲁-撒克逊人于7世纪逐渐皈依基督教后,日耳曼文化传统在英格兰仍然保持着强大影响。古英语文学,包括宗教文学,突出地反映出这种影响。古英诗《创世记》取材于《圣经.创世记》,是以宣传基督教思想为主旨的重要宗教诗,但诗人在细节增删、情节描写和人物塑造等方面都对《圣经》故事做了相当程度的改写,自觉和不自觉地表达了各种日耳曼价值观念。诗人的改写表明,日耳曼文化传统渗入了主流意识形态,与占主导地位的基督教思想处于共存与融合的动态关系之中。
After the Anglo-Saxons were converted to Christianity in the seventh century, Germanic tradition was still strong in England. Old English literature, including religious literature, reflects prominently this influence. The Old English poem Genesis, based on Genesis, is an important religious poem. However, the poet, in his rewriting, considerably revises the biblical story in almost every aspect from details, plot, to characterization and, in so doing, consciously and unconsciously brings his Germanic values into the poem. His revision reveals that Germanic culture had entered the mainstream ideology and maintained a dynamic relation of co-existence and assimilation with Christianity.
出处
《外国文学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2008年第5期80-89,共10页
Foreign Literature
基金
国家社会科学基金项目"英国诗歌传统形成之研究"(04BWW012)
