论《玫瑰传奇》中美德与罪恶的观念及其表现

Study on the Concepts of Virtue and Sin and Their Representations in The Romance of the Rose

美德与罪恶作为意义相反的两种元素在不同宗教、哲学和政治观念中具有不同的标准与评价体系。在以天主教为核心信仰的中世纪欧洲,依照基督教教义对美德与罪恶观念的表现在各种宗教文学作品中屡见不鲜。然而,在对天主教最虔诚的路易九世(圣路易)统治时期的法国,世俗文学却得到了繁盛的发展。成书于此时期的《玫瑰传奇》即是重要例证。在这部中世纪叙事长诗中,美德与罪恶的观念虽然没有完全脱离宗教的影响,却已经具有了强烈的世俗化色彩。本文将研究在《玫瑰传奇》中,美德与罪恶如何从抽象概念到具体形象,探讨它们的象征意义并分析其区别于宗教意义的自身的独特性。

Virtue and Sin,as two elements opposed to each other,varied in their standards and evaluation systems in different kinds of religion,philosophy and politics.In The Romance of the Rose,while the concepts of virtue and sin hadn't completely separated from the impact of religion,the color of strong secularization has already molded.This article studies how virtue and sin in this medieval French long narrative poem converted from abstract conceptions to concrete figures and also discusses their symbolic meaning and uniqueness which was distinct from the religion meaning.