古代巡游地狱小说的心理体验与文化内涵

Psychological Experience and Cultural Connotation in Ancient Novels on Cruise to Hell

古代巡游地狱小说往往以巡游者的口吻追述其巡游经历,讲述主人公假死之后游历地狱及目睹地狱惩罚罪人等场景,丰富了文学书写题材、拓宽了文学想象视域。此类小说描写主人公的心理活动历程,包括在地狱的心理感触、肉体受刑所引发的心理反差,返回人间之后的宗教体验、信仰心理,潜隐小说家的宗教心理或民间信仰。巡游地狱小说具有深厚的文化内涵,巡游地狱场景对小说情节设置及宗教信仰灌输皆具影响,有助于考察民间信仰、宗教心理。

The ancient novels of cruise to hell display commonly the cruiser who is recalling his/her own experiences in the hell. Generally, the narrator entered the hell and witnessed the punishment to sinners and other scenes after the faked death. This subject enriched the writing themes and expanded literary imagination. Such novels also describe the narrator＇s mental process, including the psychological feelings and psychological contrast from physical torture in the hell, religious experience and psychology of belief when back to the mortal world, which implies novelist religious mentality or folk beliefs. They have profound cultural connotation and the cruise scene had impact on the plot construction and indoctrinization of religion, which are helpful to study folk belief and religious mentality.