外国文学研究 ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 11-21.

• 文化观念流变中的英国文学典籍研究 • 上一篇    下一篇

英国文学中的心智培育与文明进程

殷企平   

  • 出版日期:2018-08-25 发布日期:2022-05-23
  • 作者简介:殷企平,杭州师范大学外语学院教授,主要研究英国文学。
  • 基金资助:
    国家社科基金重大项目“文化观念流变中的英国文学典籍研究”(12&ZD172)

The Cultivation of the Mind and the Course of Civilization: An Aspect of English Literature

Yin Qiping   

  • Online:2018-08-25 Published:2022-05-23
  • About author:Yin Qiping is Professor of English at the School of Foreign Languages, Hangzhou Normal University (Hangzhou 310036, China). His research areas are English literature and Western literary theories. Email: qipyin@hotmail.com
  • Supported by:
    “English Literature in the Midst of Changes in the Idea of Culture” (12&ZF172), sponsored by National Social Science Fund of China

内容摘要: 从16世纪至今的英国文学作品中,我们可以不断地发现对心智培育的关注,以及借此回应文明进程的努力。这种努力逐步拓展了文化观念的内涵。针对以“分裂”为特征的文明,主张疗治分裂的心智,恢复完整的人性,从而促进人类社会的全面/均衡发展,这是数代英国文人的心声。培育心智的方法多种多样,那么最关键的方法是什么呢?对于这一问题,古今英国文学作品都有解答,虽然五花八门,但是如果仔细探寻,就会发现往往殊途同归——都会把想象力看作心智培育的关键。

关键词: 英国文学, 文化观念, 心智培育, 文明进程, 想象力

Abstract: A constant concern with the cultivation of the mind, in response to the course of civilization, can be found in English literary works ever since the 16th century. The efforts concerned have gradually extended the intensions of the idea of culture. It is the common aspirations of literati in Britain, in their efforts to counteract the “fragmentation” which characterizes the Western civilization, to seek for the regimen of the mind and the restoration of a wholesome human nature, so as to facilitate an all-round or balanced development of the human society. Which method, of all the approaches available, is most crucial to the cultivation of the mind? Multifarious answers seem to have been provided in English literature, in ancient times or today, but they all tend to focus on imagination as the crux of the matter.

Key words: English literature, the idea of culture, the cultivation of the mind, the course of civilization, imagination

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