英国文学中的音乐与共同体形塑

Music and Community Building in English Literature

通过音乐来想象共同体,是英国文学中古往今来的普遍现象。我们可以在菲莉丝·韦利弗所做工作的基础上,把相关研究的范围从1840年至1910年的英国小说扩大到整个英国文学史。在优秀的英国文学作品中,无论是音乐事件,还是音乐场景,或是音乐意象,都强烈地呼唤着民族认同感,都为公共领域的构建、公共文化的建设提供了启示。在这些音乐事件/场景/意象的背后,是各种社会/政治话语的交集和互动,是世代文学家为重塑共同体的不断努力。

It is a widespread phenomenon in English literature, from ancient to modern times, to imagine community through music.The seminal work that Phyllis Weliver has done in the relevant research area can be used as a valid basis on which similar explorations are expanded throughout the whole history of English literature. In a literary work of excellence in Great Britain, either musical events/scenes or musical images tend to evoke a strong sense of national identity, thus providing inspirations for forming public spheres and fostering public culture. Behind these musical events/scenes/images are the intersections and interactions of diverse social/political discourses and, furthermore, the constant efforts by generations of literati to shape and reshape their communities.