论《农夫皮尔斯》对完美骑士形象的阐述  

On Perfect Knighthood in Piers Plowman

作　　者：寿晨霖 SHOU Chenlin

机构地区：[1]复旦大学英文系

出　　处：《国外文学》2021年第3期60-70,158,共12页Foreign Literatures

摘　　要：《农夫皮尔斯》是中世纪晚期英国文学的重要作品,它既讨论了基督徒寻求个人救赎之道,也对当时社会各阶层的现状进行了批评。作者威廉·兰格伦对占统治地位的骑士阶层有着极高的期待。本文重点分析了诗人对完美骑士形象的想象,以及这一形象的思想史背景。更具体地说,在本诗中,基督就是完美骑士的化身,一切世俗骑士都需要用他所代表的理念来指导自己的行动。诗人对他的描写同时体现出两种效仿基督的方式和两种赎罪理论的影响。然而,根据兰格伦的描述,要在现实中实现这一理念可谓困难重重,甚至几乎不可能。基督的胜利反衬了诗歌其他部分中骑士们不断尝试却屡屡失败的努力。Both an inquiry into the way to salvation for an individual and a piece of social criticism,Piers Plowman is one of the most important literary works in late medieval England. Its author,William Langland,understandably has high expectations for the ruling knightly class. This paper aims to examine the poet’s imagination of perfect knighthood and the intellectual foundation on which it is based. To be more specific,in Piers Plowman,Christ is the emblem of perfect knighthood,and every human knight should follow his example. In the poet’s portrayal of Christ,we see the influence of two modes of imitating him as well as two theories of atonement. However,in lauding Christ’s miraculous achievements,Langland also seems to imply that it would be extremely difficult,or even impossible,to follow his example.

关 键 词：《农夫皮尔斯》 效仿基督 赎罪理论 骑士浪漫传奇 

分 类 号：I561.072[文学—其他各国文学]