艺化之神与神化之艺:约翰·德莱顿诗歌中的音乐讽喻

Aestheticizing Enthusiasm and Spiritualizing Art:Music and Satire in John Dryden’s Poetry

批评界长期关注音乐对约翰·德莱顿戏剧创作的影响,而少有考察其诗歌对音乐的多重表现。文章从音乐讽喻的角度来重新解读《圣塞西莉亚节之歌》和《亚历山大的盛宴》,并结合作者的其他诗歌、文论和歌剧来展开讨论,由此发现德莱顿在诗歌中用艺术热情代替宗教狂热,又借助音乐将世俗艺术提升至更高精神层次的双向努力,他将两者结合起来推动复辟戏剧超越寓言式书写,达到娱乐与教化的双重目的。

Critical attention has long been focused on the influence of music on John Dryden’s dramatic works,while the significance of music for his poetry as well as its various forms has rarely been examined.This paper re-reads A Song for St.Cecilia’s Day and Alexander’s Feast from the perspectives of music and satire,especially in the context of the poet’s other poetic works,critical writings and operatic collaborations.The author discovers Dryden’s two-way effort to temper religious fervor with artistry and to elevate theatrical art to a higher spiritual level,the two of which he combines in order to push Restoration theatre beyond the allegorical mode and accomplish the double duty of entertainment and edification.