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| 文章编号：1672-3104(2015)01-0190-08 |
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地理想像与文学明喻——近代西方地理学对弥尔顿的影响 |
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黄嘉音 |
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（中国文化大学英文系，台北，11114） |
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| 摘 要： 地理学是弥尔顿所关心的新兴学问之一，他认为地理学是博雅教育中重要的一环，并且长期关注地图的出版。他对地理学的兴趣也反映在诗歌作品如《失乐园》及《复乐园》当中。特别是在《失乐园》中，他透过明喻将撒旦的行动或经验比拟为欧洲远洋贸易的商船船队，这些商船船队穿过好望角，来往于大西洋与印度洋之间，在香料的交易上获得巨额利润。弥尔顿透过这样的明喻，制造出一种互文批判的效果：一方面由商船来批判撒旦，一方面也由撒旦来批判商船。这证明了地理知识对弥尔顿的思想及作品有相当程度的影响。 |
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| 关键词： 地理学；弥尔顿；《失乐园》；欧洲远洋贸易；香料；撒旦；明喻 |
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The influence of early modern geography on John Milton: a preliminary study |
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HUANG ChiaYin |
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（Department of English Language & Literature, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 11114, China） |
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| Abstract: Geography is one of the newly-emerged fields of knowledge Milton has taken interest in. Milton considers geography as an essential part of the liberal education and continues to track the latest development of map publications. His concern of geography is also reflected in his poetic works such as Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. In Paradise Lost, Milton compares Satan’s expedition and experience to those of a European fleet traveling between the Spice Islands and the European Continent through the Cape of Good Hope in the hope of gaining profits from the space trade. Such a comparison in the similes produces an intertextual criticism that goes both ways: from the trade fleet to Satan and from Satan to the trade fleet. This shows that geography has played an important part in Milton’s thoughts and works and therefore deserves our further attention. |
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Key words: geography; Milton; Paradise Lost; European fleet trade; spices; Satan; simile |
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