骑士精神的消亡与维多利亚时代女性的困境——《王子出行记》评析

Decline of Chivalry and Victoria Women's Dilemma——Study of Prince's Progress

在《王子出行记》一诗中,罗塞蒂借用《天路历程》和《雅歌》的叙事结构,以戏仿的手法颠覆了骑士传奇即西方浪漫文学的传统,暗讽在追寻世俗享乐的维多利亚时代,真正的骑士精神早已名存实亡,所谓的绅士风度只是徒有其表,同时也折射出维多利亚时代女性在爱情和婚姻方面所面临的困境。

In Prince＇s Progress,Rossetti used the narrative structures of Pilgrim＇s Progress and the Song of Songs to subvert the English tradition of romance with the skill of parody.She implicitly revealed that in this pleasure-seeking society,the so-called English gentlemen had already lost true chivalry,and therefore Victorian woman are trapped in a dilemma in terms of love and marriage.