《海斯米尼与海斯米尼阿斯》中的“爱欲”意象转型

The Transformation of “Eros” Image in Hysmine and Hysminias

12世纪拜占庭罗曼司是科穆宁王朝复兴的文化成果,彰显了古希腊文学遗产的社会、文化价值以及拜占庭宫廷精英阶层的文化需求。其中,《海斯米尼与海斯米尼阿斯》以“爱欲”为叙事核心,强化爱神厄洛斯对人物行动的作用以及主人公由此而生的自我意识。“厄洛斯”的内涵从破坏理性与贞洁转向生成自由与奇迹,这冲破了古希腊罗曼司中对忠贞观念的保守态度。忠贞和激情在《海斯米尼与海斯米尼阿斯》中不断碰撞并最终和解,昭示着异教文化介入到主流基督教文化中,带有个人主义色彩的思想观念登上历史舞台,此种观念伴随着个性的解放和自我的张扬。这深刻地影响了意大利文艺复兴运动的兴起与发展。

Byzantine romance in the 12th century is one of the cultural achievements in the Komnenian Dynasty’s revival, representing both the social and cultural values of the ancient Greek literary heritage and the cultural needs of Komnenian elites. Among these works,Hysmine and Hysminias takes “Eros” as its narrative core and bolsters the impact of Eros on characters’ actions and protagonists’ self-consciousnesses as well. The connotation of “Eros”has shifted from destroying reason and chastity to generating freedom and miracles, thus breaking through the conservative attitude toward the concept of fidelity in ancient Greek romance. In Hysmine and Hysminias, chastity and passion collide incessantly and reconcile eventually. It shows that pagan culture found its way into the mainstream Christian culture,and that the ideological concepts with individualistic tendencies stepped onto the stage of history, concepts that were accompanied by the liberation of individuality and the display of personality. All this exerted a profound effect on the rise and development of the Italian Renaissance.