CURIOSITAS AND PSYCHE'S GROWTH IN APULEIUS' METAMORPHOSES

IF 0.1 4区历史学 0 CLASSICS

GREECE & ROME Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI:10.1017/s0017383523000025

Pei He

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Abstract

In the tale-within-tale ‘Cupid and Psyche’ narrated in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses , the female heroine Psyche goes through a series of wanderings and tasks as punishments for seeing her husband Cupid's real form out of curiosity. Psyche's curiosity connects this internal tale with the external narratives in Metamorphoses , the protagonist of which, Lucius, shares a similar curiosity that leads to his downfall. While scholars attribute favourable qualities to Lucius’ curiosity despite its negative consequences, they deny the same value to Psyche's curiosity. In this paper, I argue against the condemnation of Psyche's curiosity due to the stereotype of transgressive females. Instead, I propose to view her curiosity as the drive for her awakening, empowerment, and growth, which transforms her into a fully powered agent and leads to her final reunion with Cupid in immortality.

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阿普雷厄斯《变形记》中好奇心和心灵的成长

在阿普列夫斯的《变形记》中讲述的“丘比特和普赛克”的故事中，女主人公普赛克因为好奇而看到了丈夫丘比特的真实形象，因此经历了一系列的流浪和任务作为惩罚。普赛克的好奇心将这个内部故事与《变形记》中的外部叙事联系起来，其中的主角卢修斯也有着类似的好奇心，这导致了他的垮台。尽管学者们认为卢修斯的好奇心带来了负面的后果，但他们却否认普赛克的好奇心具有同样的价值。在本文中，我反对由于对越界女性的刻板印象而谴责普赛克的好奇心。相反，我建议将她的好奇心视为她觉醒、赋权和成长的动力，这将她转变为一个完全有力量的代理人，并导致她最终与丘比特在永生中重逢。

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