不屈服的过去：《精灵女王1–2》中的圣井与历史叙事

IF 0.2 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

STUDIES IN PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2021-03-31 DOI:10.1353/sip.2021.0010

Sarah Smith

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摘要:本文考察了埃德蒙·斯宾塞《仙后》第1.7、1.11和2.1-2章中的圣井，并将其与英格兰悠久而融合的圣井仪式历史结合起来阅读。这篇文章借用了乔纳森·吉尔·哈里斯(Jonathan Gil Harris)的“多时期物品”(polychronic objects)的概念，认为圣井是多重价值的象征，汇集了英国历史上的不同时刻。圣井在不列颠群岛上被异教徒、天主教徒和新教徒使用。在这三集中，斯宾塞利用了圣井的这一特点，在这个国家的天主教和异教徒的过去与新教的未来之间上演了一场冲突。因此，这些情节揭示了多时期景观的力量，可以回忆起这个国家的过去，并使关于其未来的叙述复杂化。

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An Unyielding Past: Holy Wells and Historical Narrative in The Faerie Queene 1–2

Abstract:This article examines the wells found in 1.7, 1.11, and 2.1–2 of Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene and reads them alongside the long and syncretic history of holy well ritual practices in England. The essay borrows Jonathan Gil Harris's notion of "polychronic objects" to argue that holy wells, which were used by pagans, Catholics, and Protestants on the British Isles, are multivalent symbols that collate various moments in England's history. In the three episodes explored here, Spenser exploits this feature of holy wells in order to stage a conflict between the nation's Catholic and pagan past and its Protestant future. The episodes thus reveal the power of the polychronic landscape to recall the nation's past and complicate narratives about its future.

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期刊介绍： Founded in 1903, Studies in Philology addresses scholars in a wide range of disciplines, though traditionally its strength has been English Medieval and Renaissance studies. SIP publishes articles on British literature before 1900 and on relations between British literature and works in the Classical, Romance, and Germanic Languages.