出刊年月/Date of Publishing

2015.06

所屬卷期/Vol. & No.   第45卷第2期 Vol. 45, No. 2

類型/Type                 研究論文 Research Article

篇名/Title
抒情敘事詩與濟慈之詩人本體的認同：以〈賽姬頌〉及〈夜鶯頌〉為例
Lyric Narrative and Keats’s Poetic Identity—“Ode to Psyche” and “Ode to a Nightingale”

作者/Author
姚惠芬 Huey-fen Fay Yao

頁碼/Pagination
pp. 227-278

摘要
濟慈是個敘事型的詩人：說故事是濟慈寫詩的主要創作方式及成就。在其詩〈睡與詩〉，他有如下的詩行：「閱讀一個永遠在改變的故事」(第91行)。此詩句表明了濟慈對敘事與人生經驗的密切關係。而濟慈用敘事手法探討詩人角色的本質，與其對該身分的認同和自我呈現。職此，本文將以裘蒂．樂忒 (Judy Little) 及當代敘事學家詹姆士．斐倫 (James Phelan) 闡揚的「抒情敘事詩」來研讀〈賽姬頌〉及〈夜鶯頌〉。

於研究濟慈之詩人特質時，〈賽姬頌〉及〈夜鶯頌〉是兩首關鍵詩；但其表現的詩人本體卻迥異，甚或矛盾。亦即，本文將探究這二首抒情詩中的敘事成分，俾膫解濟慈的詩人身分。

Abstract
Keats is a narrative poet: storytelling is a mode central to the practices and achievements of John Keats. In “Sleep and Poetry,” he refers to life as “The reading of an ever-changing tale” (line 91). This line suggests his sense of the centrality of narrative to human experiences. Yet the Keatsian narrative is a medium for Keats to explore the nature and development of his poetic identity. In this context, through the application of the theory of “lyric narrative”—a theory first applied by Keats scholar Judy Little and promoted by narratologist James Phelan: similarities and overlaps found between narrative and lyric poetry, this paper will read “Ode to Psyche” and “Ode to a Nightingale” in the light of this theory to discuss Keats’s narrative skills in these two lyrics.

These two poems are indispensable in examining Keats’s poetic identity because each poem presents a different side of Keats. This paper investigates two aspects of “Ode to Psyche”: the figuration of Psyche and Keats as a modern poet. While striving for his poetic identity, the figure of Psyche reflects Keats’s anxiety and ambition. Keats’s personal and expressive stance shown in celebrating Psyche makes him an unconventional poet. At the same time, he demonstrates his growing consciousness and confidence in his poetic voice as he transforms from a self-doubting poet to one who says, “I see, and sing, by my own eyes inspired” (line 43). In “Ode to a Nightingale,” the poet-narrator exhibits a differing outlook. Here the narrator’s attitude is initially ambivalent while meditating on the nightingale’s song. He shifts his stance three times and, at the end of the poem, the narrating poet cannot clearly say whether he prefers the bird’s realm to his mundane world or not. Keats’s indeterminacy displays an ambivalent poetic identity.

關鍵字/Key Word
濟慈、抒情敘事詩、詩人本體、〈賽姬頌〉、〈夜鶯頌〉
Keats, lyric narrative, poetic identity, “Ode to Psyche”, “Ode to a Nightingale”

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.7015/JEAS.201506_45(2).0002

學門分類/Subject
文學 Literature