| 英文摘要 |
In the West, in addition to being a rhetorical figure, allegory is understood to be a mode of organizing an extended text as well as comprehending a text. The fluid use of the term is the first major hindrance to an intelligent discussion of the concept. The classical definition of allegory is by Heracleitus (first century A.D.) in Quaestiones Homericae: 'That is called allegory which, as the name implies, says one thing but means something other than what it says.' It tells us what allegory at the most general level is but fails to specify how alleogory is produced. More seriously, it bypasses the complex problem of asymmetry between allegory as writing and as reading. It is very tempting to view allegorical writing and allegorical reading as two sides of an issue or different ways of stating one single phenomenon, for in theory allegorical writing - and only allegorical writing - provokes allegorical response in readers. In practice, a reading habit informed by what might be called an allegorical mentality often brings to light a 'contextual' meaning (for example, socio-political or theological meaning) independent of 'intratextual' structure. |
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