摘要
艾略特组诗《四个四重奏》的第一首“燃毁的诺顿”旨在表明时间中的现在与永恒之间的关系。永恒极动而又极静 ,是这个在于时间之中的世界的支撑点。时间现在的首先特征是它现下存在而又现下消失 ,即其“暂存”性和“有终”性。其次 ,它位于过去和未来的夹缝之间 ,即“在不存在和存在之间”。现在的这种特性使人的生存虚幻而下堕。但人只有先经受时间中的堕落然后才可能得到永恒的提升。
Burnt Norton', the first part of Eliot's Four Quartets is concerned with time present and eternity. Eternity, being both in motion and stillness, is the bearing point of the time world. The first characteristic of time present is its simultaneous being and un-being, namely, its temporariness and terminability. Second, it stays between time past and time future, that is, between out of being and in being. This characteristic of time present makes mortal life vacant and fallen. However, man has to get through the falling in time before the possible final sublimation comes.
出处
《外国文学研究》
北大核心
2003年第4期82-85,共4页
Foreign Literature Studies
