希拉里·曼特尔“克伦威尔三部曲”中的英格兰民族神话重述

希拉里·曼特尔在“克伦威尔三部曲”中通过将英格兰的先祖追溯到古希腊,重述英格兰民族的宗谱神话,寻求英格兰民族共同的血脉根源和情感归属;通过讲述先王“三个太阳”的神话传说重返民族史上的光辉过去,彰显民族英雄所承载的伟大精神;通过将克伦威尔神话化为推动英格兰宗教改革和历史进程的悲剧英雄,表达当代对通过不懈奋斗实现自我存在意义、将个人命运融于国家命运的价值取向的认同。

In her Cromwell Trilogy,Hilary Mantel dates back the ancestor of English nation to ancient Greece,thus making a genealogical myth for England to seek the common national root and emotional affiliation.Meanwhile,by telling the mythical tale of“the three suns”,the trilogy revisits the glorious past of England,demonstrating the great spirit of the national hero.What’s more,by mythologizing Cromwell to be a tragic hero who has promoted the religious reform and the historical progress of England,Mantel shows her approval of such value orientation that people should realize their personal worth through unswerving endeavor and bind together their individual destiny with that of the whole nation in contemporary context.