摘要
新古典主义先驱德莱顿生逢英国古今之争的交锋时代,对“古”与“今”的思索贯穿其文学生涯。然而,学界未能就德莱顿在古今之争中的立场达成共识。本文从相关文献入手,厘清德莱顿在论争中的真实态度:强烈的民族意识和进步观念使德莱顿站在崇今派的一边,但怀疑论的精神气质又使其与崇古派存在千丝万缕的联系。德莱顿的犹疑作风折射出文化转型时期英国复杂的文化思想气候与地缘政治关切,能够为今日的文艺创新讨论提供启示。
John Dryden,a pioneering figure of Neoclassicism,lived in an era featured by the intensifying ferocity of the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns in England,and kept engaging with the relative merits of the“Ancients”and the“Moderns”throughout his literary career.However,the academia has not reached a consensus on Dryden’s position in this pivotal debate.This article employs Dryden’s literary criticism,plays,and letters as the primary materials to clarify his standpoint and intention in the debate:His strong national consciousness,coupled with his belief in the idea of progress,positioned him as a key figure among the Moderns,yet his skeptical mind grounded his perspective in the values of the Ancients.Dryden’s hesitance and ambivalence embody the complexity of the intellectual climate and geopolitical concerns in Britain during a period of cultural transition and can shed light on contemporary discussions of literary innovation.
作者
程酩纳
CHENG Mingna(College of Foreign Languages,Donghua University,Shanghai 201620,P.R.China)
出处
《外国语言文学》
2025年第4期94-104,136,共12页
Foreign Language and Literature Studies
基金
国家社会科学基金重点项目“伊丽莎白时期英国文学和英语文化帝国的形成研究”(20AWW006)
关键词
德莱顿
古今之争
书籍之战
进步观
怀疑论
John Dryden
Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns
The Battle of the Books
idea of progress
skepticism
