《伦敦大瘟疫亲历记》中瘟疫书写二重性的探因

Analysis of the Reasons for the Duality of Plague Writing in A Journal of the Plague Year

丹尼尔•笛福《伦敦大瘟疫亲历记》的瘟疫书写体现了神学解释与理性解释并立的二重性,这代表着英国瘟疫书写传统的转向。笛福瘟疫书写中的二重性源于18世纪初启蒙运动的理性本质与神学因素、清教主义的理性因素与神学本质分别对笛福所产生的影响,同时神学解释和理性解释各自的缺陷、不足也使二重性成为必然选择。

Daniel Defoe’s plague writing in A Journal of the Plague Year reflects the duality of theological explanation and rational explanation,which represents the turning of the tradition of plague writing in England.The duality in Defoe’s plague writing comes from the double influence of the rational nature and theological factors of the Enlightenment,the double influence of the rational factors and theological nature of Puritanism in the early 18th century.At the same time,the respective defects and deficiencies of theological explanation and rational explanation also make duality an inevitable choice.