约翰·邓恩《跳蚤》主题论析

Thematic Study of John Donne’s “The Flea”

发生在《跳蚤》中男女主人公之间的"智斗"呈现出一种互动的对话关系,而作为这场"智斗"的见证者——"跳蚤"——则体现和强化了诗人"活在当下"的时代情绪。倘若把诗歌中男女主人公的互动式"对话"同贯串全诗的跳蚤意象结合起来思考,则不难发现:《跳蚤》一诗实质上是诗人内心深处互不调和的两种道德观念激烈斗争的外化表现。毋庸置疑,诗人的这种灵魂双声性有着极其深刻的社会历史渊源。

The man and the woman in the battle of wits happening in John Donne’s poem The Flea presents an equally interactive relationship,and the flea,the only witness of the battle in the poem,symbolizes the hedonist thought prevailing in Europe of John’s day.Putting the two together,we get to know that the poem is actually the externalization of two different moral ideologies latent in John Donne himself.