文学史视野中英国宪章派文学的自主性

Independence in the British Chartist Literature: A Perspective of Literary History

长期以来,国内外学术界将宪章派文学视为服务于宪章运动的附庸。事实上,它虽有鲜明的倾向性,却并不只是被动地宣传与反映宪章运动,也参与了宪章运动价值观的塑造。"服务说"遮蔽了它内部构成的复杂性。如果在英国文学纵贯整体的通识中,特别是在与浪漫派诗歌、新兴的大众文学的关系中考察的话,可以发现,宪章派文学是具有自身发展逻辑与内在结构的文学运动。它与宪章运动是唤起与深化的关系,是文学与政治意识形态的双向共契。

British Chartist literature has been treated for long as an accessory to Chartist Movement in the academic circle both at home and abroad. As a matter of fact, it does not simply spread and reflect Chartist Movement passively, with its clear tendency as such. Instead, it involves itself in the formation of values of the Movement. The problem with the ＂accessory view＂ is that it conceals the complexity of Chartist literature＇ s inner structure. Examining the British literature as a whole and especially in terms of the relation between Chartist literature and romantic poetry and popular literature, we find that the Chartist literature functions as a literature movement with its own development logic and its inner structure. Moreover, the Chartist literature helps to initiate and deepen the Chartist Movement and also interacts with the political ideology.