文化维度下中西古典文学中的英雄观——以《三国演义》和《伊利亚特》为例

On the Concepts of Hero in Chinese and Western Classical Literature——Romances of the Three Kingdoms and Iliad as Research Objects

英雄作为社会文化认可的行为模范,是一个民族的代表性人物;英雄观体现人们对何为英雄的认知。《三国演义》和《伊利亚特》作为中西古典文学的代表性作品,均塑造了令人印象深刻的英雄形象。考察英雄形象背后的文化特征和价值观,挖掘中西文化异同,有助于更好地理解文学的社会文化内涵,更为深刻地感受文学和文化的交融。

As the role model recognized by a certain social culture, hero is the representative figure of a nation. Thus people＇s concept of hero reflects their perception on what hero of a particular nation should be like. Romances of the Three Kingdoms and Iliad are both classic representations of Chinese and Western classical literature respectively, and both have depicted impressive heroic images. An investigation and digging into the cultural traits and values hidden behind those heroic images helps better understand the social and cultural connotation in literature and the blending of literature and culture as well.