圣杯意象的西方文化价值

Western cultural values of the image of Holy Grail

圣杯意象作为西方文学中追求某种可望不可即的理想境界的原型,见证了西方人不同时期的精神追求,体现了西方文学与文化追求向上飞升的超越精神。圣杯意象具有重要的文化价值,其文化内涵不仅体现了西方的价值体系,而且具有全球性的影响力。道德理性的规约、超越精神的外化及生命意识的焦虑是圣杯意象的三大文化内涵,而圣杯意象的传播性、故事性和世俗化是其产生文化影响力的重要原因。

The image of Holy Grail as an archetype for the pursuit of some ideal but impossible state in western literature, witnessed western people＇s spiritual pursuit in different periods, and embodies the pursuing of surpassing spirit in western literature and culture. The image has important cultural values, whose cultural connotation not only reflects the western value system, but exerts global influence. The regulation of its ethical rationality, the externalization of its surpassing spirit and the anxiety of its life consciousness constitute the three cultural connotations of the image. And the dissemination, story, and continuous secularization of the image are the major causes of its cultural influence.