論撒姆爾‧泰勒‧柯立芝《克麗絲塔貝》詩中兩極論、自然哲學與幻奇想像

Polarity, Naturphilosophie, and the Fantastic in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Christabel

張建明(Osmond Chien-ming Chang)

指導教授 ： 陳鏡羽

國立中正大學/文學院/外國語文學系/碩士(2012年)

摘要

英國浪漫詩人柯立芝的詩作《克麗絲塔貝》自1816年出版以來，文中濃厚的中古色彩，使讀者得以藉此跨越時空限制，重返中世紀時期見證宗教與歷史的痕跡，然其未完成的敘事及女巫、吸血鬼的想像卻引發諸多爭辯與討論。此抒情詩不僅體現詩人試圖將詭譎與不可思議、生與死、新與舊之間對立的衝突進行融合，也呈現作者欲透過幻奇敘事手法使讀者享受到文本極致美學的企圖。但近幾十年對於此詩的評論，多半著重於創傷、性慾、文化迷戀的心理分析和殘敗的敘事體等議題，對於柯式形而上的兩極論與自然哲學則少有著墨。有鑑於此，筆者將運用柯式的兩極論為手法，探究詩中所闡釋的生命、自然與宗教觀，並且嘗試以托多洛夫式的幻奇敘事，閱讀詩中隱含的寓意。全文共分三個章節探討：第一章，探討作者如何在詩中呈現傳統與詩人才藝之間的新舊結合；第二章，側重於作者對於自然和語言的生命哲學觀；第三章，以柯立芝對幻奇敘事詩的期許及其創作理念來審視英國浪漫抒情詩中的幻奇書寫。透過上述議題的論證，筆者希冀透過本論文呈現出對於《克》詩不同以往的研究，並闡發詩文本身的複雜與多樣性的意涵。

關鍵字

柯立芝 ； 托多洛夫 ； 《克麗絲塔貝》 ； 兩極論 ； 幻奇敘事 ； 自然哲學

並列摘要

Ever since its publications in 1816, Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Christabel has received quite a lot of attention, such as its oft-debated disjointed narrative, superstitious association with witchery and vampire, and so forth. With a medieval color and glamour, it undeniably brings readers back in time to the Middle Ages and also leads them to essential religious significance by the power of prayer. In this lyric ballad, Coleridge not merely expresses a firm belief in thought-experiment that blends two polar opposites in one text, such as the uncanny and the marvelous, life and death, old and new, etc., but also enables his readers to enjoy the ultimate power of poeticization through a hybridized fantastic narrative. While attention is often accorded to Coleridge’s narrative failure and the psychological analyses on trauma, sexual desires and cultural obsession in the late eighteenth century, his metaphysical philosophy on polarity and nature does not receive satisfactory consideration in the recent decades. In this regard, what I am referring to in this study is thereby to explore Coleridge’s thoughts on life, nature, and religion in Christabel via his polarity, and also to purpose a Todorovian reading to unfold its poetic implications created by a fantastic narrative. Therefore, chapter one centers on a discussion of how Coleridge reconciles two poles of the traditional values and his individual talent for finding a union of new and old. Then, chapter two will draw attention to Coleridge’s thoughts on life in order to cast light on the Coleridgean philosophy of nature and language. And chapter three mainly tackles Coleridge’s poetic faith of the fantastic for broadening our knowledge of fantastic narrative in romantic writings. Through the use of above examples, it is hoped that an overview of the complex and varying perspectives in Christabel will be presented in this study.

並列關鍵字

Coleridge ； Todorov ； Christabel ； polarity ； fantastic narrative ； natural philosophy

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