《超越的可能:作為知識分子的喬叟》從“知識分子”的視角,以知識分子的社會功能和智慧品質為線索,將“英國詩歌之父”喬叟置于古今中外各種參照系里,結合文學文本分析和對中世紀英國社會、政治、性別和文化狀況的追溯,探討喬叟文學創(chuàng)作與歷史語境的互動關系,解讀詩人文本策略的社會意義,揭示喬叟不僅具備廣義知識分子的博學和智慧,更在某種程度上,扮演了現(xiàn)代知識分子的社會批評者和大眾啟蒙者的角色,藉此論證喬叟具有超越其時代的現(xiàn)代性,反觀當代知識分子研究的局限性。
丁建寧 1967年生,華東師范大學文學博士,F(xiàn)為南京師范大學外國語學院英語系副主任,副教授,碩士研究生導師。主要研究興趣為中世紀英語文學、英國現(xiàn)當代文學和英語教育。
introduction the problem and the possibility
chaucer as an intellectual man: a review
possibility of chaucer as an intellectual
the layout of the book
chapter one counselor or critic?
court poet as prince-pleaser, counselor, or critic?
chaucers counseling: the tale of melihee
between counsel and critique: mirror for prince
chapter two chaucer as a social commentator
chaucers position: in and on the society
writing as social practice: the nuns priests tale
women in chaucers society: criseydo and wife of bath
portraying of clerics: prioress, pardoner, and parson
chapter three entertainer, edifier and enlightener
the role of enlightener: authority negotiated
literary authority and chaucers poetic innovation
masculine authority vs. feminine experience
chapter four wisdom and/or weakness
wisdom in art: commenting with strategies
wisdom in life: chaucer and chinese shi
weakness or not?
conclusion possibility of transcending
selected bibliography
primary sources
secondary sources