英国旅行文学的起源  

The Origin of English Travel Literature

作　　者：田俊武[1] Tian Junwu

机构地区：[1]北京航空航天大学外国语学院

出　　处：《英美文学研究论丛》2024年第1期19-29,共11页English and American Literary Studies

基　　金：国家社科基金重大项目“英国旅行文学史”(22&ZD288);国家社科基金一般项目“英国旅行文学史”(22BWW056)的阶段性成果。

摘　　要：英国旅行文学的源头,不应追溯到古希腊神话和文学,因为希腊与英国相距甚远,在远古时期与英国没有任何社会和文化的交集。英国旅行文学的源头,可以追溯到北欧神话和文学。北欧地理上距离英国最近,北欧人在公元8世纪后不断入侵并定居英国,他们的神话和文学对正在形成期的古英语文学产生了深远的影响,尤其是北欧神话、萨迦文学中的旅行叙事,成为古英语文学中旅行叙事的源头。古英语诗歌中的《航海者》和《旅行咒》以及古英语时期产生的英国民族史诗《贝奥武夫》即英国旅行文学滥觞期的代表作。The origin of English travel literature cannot be traced to the Greek mythology and literature,because Greece is far away from Britain,and in medieval time there was nearly no social and cultural interactions between the two countries.The origin of English travel literature may be traced to Nordic European mythology and literature.Geographically speaking,the Nordic countries are nearest to Britain.From the eighth century to the twelfth century,the Scandinavians(or Vikings)continuously invaded Britain and made settlement there,and their mythology and literature exerted great influence on medieval English literature that was in the primitive period.Naturally,the travel narratives of Nordic European mythology and saga literature became the origin of medieval English travel literature.Poems The Seafarer,A Journey Charm and the epic Beowulf were the representative masterpieces of English travel literature in the medieval period.

关 键 词：英国旅行文学 古英语 北欧神话文学 源头 

分 类 号：I561.06[文学—其他各国文学]