关于文学作品中“魂与身”模式故事的文化阐释

在中国古代的文学作品中有许多关于"魂与身"的故事。细加区分,可以将这些故事概括为两种类型:一是人死后灵魂脱体的故事;二是生魂离开活体的故事。文章对这两类有原型结构模式的故事的发展作出简要概括,并试图从文化学批评中的宗教批评和原型批评两种视角对其形成背景作不同的阐释。

Cultural Interpretation of the Tales in "Spirit and Body" Pattern in Literary Works

In ancient Chinese literary works,there are many tales about "spirit and body",which can be divided into two types: tales of spirit leaving body after the hero's death and tales of spirit breaking away from body while the hero is still alive.In this article,it briefs these two types of tales and interprets their forming backgrounds from religious criticism and archetypal criticism respectively.