透视内心深处的灵光——论《一千零一夜》的“寓教于乐”功能

On the Teaching Role through Pleasure and Entertainment of A Thousand and One Nights

《一千零一夜》是一部脍炙人口的阿拉伯民间故事集,千百年来许多世界文学大师都被它深深吸引,并从中汲取了文学营养。《一千零一夜》的无穷魅力既来自于它神幻的故事情节,更来自于它寓教于乐的教诲功能。善与恶的伦理冲突通过神幻的故事情节展现在读者眼前,让他们神往、着迷和激动不已的同时,也获得启发和教育。

A Thousand and One Nights is a popular anthology of Arabic folktales and innumerable literary masters were fundamentally influenced and nourished by it. Obviously, the charming power of A Thousand and One Nights originates not only from its mythology-like plots but also from its teaching role through pleasure and entertainment. Good and evil as ethical conflicts illustrate themselves through wonderfully mythology-like plots, encouraging readers to think them over and to get educated apart from being fascinated and excited.