摘要
普鲁塔克《平行列传》存世22篇传记多采用“四体结构”书写,由序论、第一传、第二传、合论四部分构成。序论统摄全篇意旨,介绍传主并阐明配对缘由和道德主题;第一传多为希腊人,通过开头、结尾的主题性议论以及中间的历时性叙事呈现传主生平;第二传多为罗马人,叙述结构类似于第一传,但开头和结尾更为简略;合论则依序论、正文中的主题对传主进行比较与评判。四体虽然相互独立,各具笔法,却又通过转承句、小品词承转关联,合为一体。四体结构的独立性和一体性,也凸显出当下著作通行校勘本中存在的一些章节划分问题。
Most of the 22 extant volumes of Plutarch’s Parallel Lives were written in a four-body structure consisting of four distinct parts,namely,prologue,first Life,second Life,and synkrisis.Prologues usually introduce both Lives about the outstanding figures to be described including their similarities,and point out the moral themes of the related volumes.First Life usually writes about a Greek figure in chronological order in addition to comments made in the opening and closing sections of a volume.Second Life usually writes about a Roman figure in the similar structure with relatively shorter opening and closing sections.Synkrisis compares and judges the described figures.Each part has its own structural consistence.The unity of this four-body structure highlights some problems existing in the modern editions of Parallel Lives concerning its chapter/section partition.
作者
张元伟
Zhang Yuanwei(Department of History,Sun Yet-Sen University(Zhuhai Campus),Zhuhai,Guangzhou,China)
出处
《古代文明》
CSSCI
2021年第1期25-38,M0003,M0004,共16页
The Journal of Ancient Civilizations
基金
国家社会科学基金青年项目“古罗马帝王传记叙事研究”(项目批号:19CSS005)阶段性成果。
