历史真实与文学虚构——《犹滴传》的叙事结构与意义

外国文学研究 ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 95-106.

历史真实与文学虚构——《犹滴传》的叙事结构与意义

王立新, 屈闻明

出版日期:2018-08-25 发布日期:2022-05-23
作者简介:王立新,南开大学文学院教授,博士生导师,主要研究领域为希伯来文学、欧美文学;屈闻明,南开大学文学院博士生,主要研究领域为希伯来文学。
基金资助:
国家社科基金重大招标项目“希伯来文学经典与古代地中海文化圈内文学文化交流研究”（15ZDB088）

Historical Authenticity and Literary Fiction: the Narrative Rhetoric and Its Significance in Judith

Wang Lixin, Qu Wenming

Online:2018-08-25 Published:2022-05-23
About author:Wang Lixin is professor at the School of Literature, Nankai University (Tianjin 300071, China), mainly engaged in the study of Hebrew literature and Euro-American literature. Email: wanglixin@nankai.edu.cn; Qu Wenming is Ph. D. candidate at the School of Literature, Nankai University (Tianjin 300071, China), mainly engaged in the study of Hebrew literature. Email: qwming@sxu.edu.cn
Supported by:
“Research on the Cultural Interaction between Hebrew Literary Heritage and Ancient Mediterranean Cultural Circle” (15ZDB088), sponsored by National Social Science Fund of China

摘要/Abstract

内容摘要： 希伯来《次经》中的《犹滴传》在犹太民族“第二圣殿时期”产生的诸多作品中具有独特而重要的价值,文本叙述中的人物、地域及事件孤立起来看显示着历史的真实性,但以希伯来民族史相对照,由这些元素所构成的文本的历史时空却并不真实。作者拣选历史元素精心构造出的叙述背景并非出自历史认知方面的谬误,亦非刻意告知读者《犹滴传》只是虚构而成的普通故事。结合作品著述时犹太民族面对的希腊化时代语境,就可看出作者乃是将历史元素有意错置重构,给读者搭建一座文学叙述意义上的“真实”历史舞台,隐喻当下发生之事。对《犹滴传》叙述特质的分析,不但有助于我们解读“第二圣殿时期”希伯来文学在希腊化时代背景下的独特意义,也为我们认识从希伯来文化到基督教文化传统的嬗变提供了某种启发。

关键词: 《犹滴传》, 历史真实, 文学虚构, 希腊化时代, 隐喻与诠释

Abstract: As a book compiled in the Hebrew Apocrypha, Judith stands out with its unique significance among the miscellaneous Hebrew works during the Second Temple Period. From the perspective of isolated reading, historical authenticity is unwaveringly implied by means of the narration of the characters, scenes and events in the text; yet when closely examined under the context of the Hebrew history, the historical settings established by those narrative factors cease to claim such historical credibility. By wittingly framing narration settings with the historical factors, the author of Judith does not intend to indicate his historical fallacies, nor does he purposefully remind the readers of the fictitious nature of Judith. Under the Hellenistic context of the completion of Judith, it can be concluded that the historical factors are intentionally displaced and reorganized by the author,in order to stage a “literarily-authentic” history setting to present a metaphorical narration of the contemporary. Such a narrative analysis will hopefully deepen the interpretation of the unique significance of Hebrew literature in the Second Temple Period under the context of Hellenistic era.

Key words: Judith, historical authenticity, literary fiction, Hellenistic era, metaphor and interpretation

王立新, 屈闻明. 历史真实与文学虚构——《犹滴传》的叙事结构与意义[J]. 外国文学研究, 2018, 40(4): 95-106.

Wang Lixin, Qu Wenming. Historical Authenticity and Literary Fiction: the Narrative Rhetoric and Its Significance in Judith[J]. Foreign Literature Studies, 2018, 40(4): 95-106.

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