《高文骑士与绿骑士》中的骑士精神与道德想象_英语论文

The Chivalry And Moral Imagination In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

摘要

《高文骑士与绿色骑士》在英国文学史上被誉为经典之作，新世纪以来，研究该作品的国内外学术著作和论文也不在少数，这些评论多集中与版本与人物考证、文本和叙事结构、伦理道德与宗教思想等方面的分析研究上。本文结合英格兰民族发展的历史，从文本与内容入手，通过对作品的道德、思想意义以及社会影响进行了分析，进一步将之放入民族共同体的形成的理论视野之中，尝试找出该作品与同时代英格兰民族特性、民族伦理道德之间的联系与影响。

关键词：共同体形塑；高文骑士；道德想象；敬畏

Abstract 

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is honored as a classic work in the English literature history. Since the inception of new century, there has been great achievements in the research of this poem at home and abroad including a large number of related academic books and papers. Most of their comments are concentrated in the study of versions and character researches, texts and narrative structures, ethic and religious thoughts. Starting from the text and content, this article combines Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with the history of England and further puts it in the theoretical perspective of national community formation. Through the analysis of its moral and ideological significance as well social impacts, this article attempts to find out the relationship between Sir Gawain And The Green Knight and the contemporary English national characteristics as well as national ethic.

Keyword: community building; Sir Gawain; moral imagination; sublime

Contents

Acknowledgments 3

1. Literature Review 6

1.1 Referential Materials 6

1.2 Gawain Image in Related Works 7

2. Brief Analysis on Chivalry in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 10

2.1 The Traces of the Chivalric Story in the Work 10

2.2 Three Chivalric Aspects Shown in the Work 11

2.3 The Contemporary Chivalry and Morality 12

3.The Formation of Community and Moral Imagination 14

3.1 Brief Understanding on English Community Formation 14

3.2 Relationship between Sir Gawain and the Morality Forming 15

3.3 The sublime and the morality forming in community 15

4. Conclusion 17

References 18