论弗莱的圣经文学观及其宗教涵义

On Northrop Frye's Study of the Bible as Literature and Its Religious Implications

唐冬梅(TANG Dongmei)

《聖經文學研究》 19輯 (2019/08) Pp. 234-260

摘要

诺斯洛普．弗莱是20世纪西方著名的文学批评家，他的晚期研究集中在圣经和宗教方面。他将圣经视为文学，并从三个方面进行了论述。首先，他从语言功能角度说明圣经语言并非描述性语言，而是文学语言；其次，他考察了圣经的整体叙事结构，认为圣经整体叙事与文学叙事具有相同的叙事原则，是一部神圣喜剧；最后，他从本体论视角出发，以存在主义哲学为基础，说明圣经和文学所处理的对象并非外在的自然世界，而是存在意义上的“人的世界＂。弗莱将圣经归于文学，目的是在文学基础上重新构建基督教信仰，从而避免信仰与现代科学观和历史观的直接冲突。

關鍵字

诺斯洛普．弗莱 ； 圣经文学 ； 语言 ； 叙事 ； 存在主义 ； 宗教涵义

並列摘要

Northrop Frye is one of the most noted names in twentieth-century literary criticism. In the later period of his academic career, Frye wrote a series of books on the Bible and religion. His discussion of the bible as literature proceeded from three aspects: in terms of linguistic features, he argued that biblical language was clearly not descriptive, but literary; he held that the overall narrative structure of the bible shared certain narrative principles with literature, making it a sacred drama; and ontologically, on the basis of existential philosophy he argued that the object of both scripture and literature was not the external natural world, but a ＂human world＂ that existed in the realm of meaning. Frye's aim in bringing the bible into the literary fold was to reconstruct Christian faith on a literary base in order to avoid direct clashes between faith and modern scientific or historical viewpoints.

並列關鍵字

Northrop Frye ； biblical literature ； language ； mythos ； existentialism ； religious meaning