冒充奉献

IF 0.9 4区社会学 Q2 CULTURAL STUDIES

Representations Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.1525/rep.2021.153.2.11

Constance M. Furey

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摘要

关于文学上的献身，《圣经》诗篇能教给我们什么?菲利普•西德尼(Philip Sidney)的《为诗辩护》(1595)出人意料地回答了这个问题，这本书在当时和我们这个时代都是文学批评的试金石。这篇文章的论点是从对一段文字的分析展开的，它揭示了西德尼对大卫王诗篇的描述是如何以以下方式挑战我们的统治范畴的:如果今天的宗教意味着对外部权威的忠诚或奉献，正如许多人所做的那样，如果文学需要权威的主权和独立的创造力(也是一个普遍的假设)，那么西德尼的方法偏离了将神圣的灵感与诗歌创造力等同起来。他对可变声音和人物的颂扬，尤其是，通过提供诗人的声音作为变革自我表达的模型，破坏了忠诚和自主之间的区别。

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Impersonating Devotion

What can biblical psalms teach us about literary devotion? An unexpected answer to that question is provided by Philip Sidney’s The Defence of Poesy (1595), a touchstone of literary criticism in its time and in ours. The argument in this essay unfolds from analysis of a single paragraph, which reveals how Sidney’s description of King David’s Psalms challenges our regnant categories in the following way: If today religion connotes fidelity or devotion to an external authority, as for many it does, and if literature entails authorial sovereignty and independent creativity (also a widespread assumption), then Sidney’s approach deviates by equating divine inspiration with poetic creativity. His celebration of variable voices and personae, in particular, undermines the distinction between fidelity and autonomy by offering the psalmist’s voice as a model of transformative self-expression.

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期刊介绍： An interdisciplinary journal edited by renowned scholars, Representations publishes trend-setting articles and criticism in a wide variety of fields in the humanities. In addition to special topical issues, tributes, and forums, inside you’ll find insightful coverage of: •The Body, Gender, and Sexuality •Culture and Law •Empire, Imperialism, and The New World •History and Memory •Narrative and Poetics •National Identities •Politics and Aesthetics •Philosophy and Religion •Race and Ethnicity •Science Studies •Society, Class, and Power •Visual Culture