卜水者之杖——谢默斯·希尼的地名诗书写

The Stick of the Diviner:The Writing of Seamus Heaney's Place-Name Poems

地名诗是爱尔兰民族颇为重视的一种语言资源和诗歌形式。谢默斯·希尼的《卜水者》等系列地名诗为通达爱尔兰文化精神之核心设定了一条路径,即语言文字。诗人因循着爱尔兰地名诗的文学传统,书写人们日常生活的集体记忆,以及地名变化背后隐而不显的英/爱冲突的历史。由此,希尼成为了发掘爱尔兰语言之源泉的"卜水者",其地名诗亦成为希尼手中丈量土地、探测爱尔兰文化根源的"榛木杖"。

Place-names are a kind of language sources great valued by the people of Ireland. Following the literary traditions of Irish place-names poems （also called ＂dinnseanchas＂ in Irish）, Seamus Heaney writes about the Irish community＇s memories and the history of concealed conflict between England and Ireland behind the changing of place-names. Heaney＇s place-names poems such as The Diviner set a path that leads to the core of the Irish language. Thus Heaney becomes the water diviner, exploring the root of the Irish language, and his place-names poems work as a land-measuring hazel switch to discover the origins of Irish culture.