《老水手之歌》的宗教神话原型分析

An Analysis of Rime of the Ancient Mariner's Religious and Mythological Prototype

英国浪漫主义诗人柯勒律治的代表长诗《老水手之歌》,以老水手和婚宴客人的对话为主要内容,通过老水手的叙述营造了特殊的"炼狱"环境意象,而诗中的人物形象更是蕴含着独特的宗教原型,是一首蕴含浓厚宗教神话色彩的诗歌。在诗中,以红色为底色的航海过程象征着耶稣由受难到死亡再到重生的过程。老水手、信天翁、水手们所代表的人物意象,则是整个基督教体系中不可缺少的人物原型形象。解读这首诗,可以体会到诗人柯勒律治的宗教情怀。

Rime of the Ancient Mariner,the representative of British romantic poet Coleridge,is a religious poem with rich myth color,which creates a special purgatory environmental image through the old sailor's narration with the dialogue between the old sailor and the wedding guests as the main content,the characters in which contain unique religious prototypes. In the poem,the sailing process with a red background symbolizes Jesus crucifixion from death to rebirth. The images of the characters represented by the old sailor,Xin Tianweng and the sailors are indispensable prototypes of the whole Christian system. Interpreting this poem,you can understand the poet Coleridge's religious feelings.