英国伊丽莎白一世时期的海上私掠:《西部美少女》中的海盗、英西海战与贸易帝国构建
陶久胜1
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摘要
16世纪是英国海盗盛行和海上贸易迅猛发展的时期,国家海外扩张的远大抱负促成海盗形象的转变.海盗成为构建英国海上贸易帝国的中坚力量,曾受谴责的海上私掠得到正义化书写,转变为获取国家财富和权力的重要途径.本文从海上贸易引发海盗形象转变的语境出发,发现托马斯·海伍德的戏剧《西部美少女》中海盗和海上私掠的含混性质:海上私掠之合法性备受质疑,同时海盗被视为海上探险和贸易的民族英雄.该剧与伊丽莎白一世时期的特定语境互动,将海盗形象与贸易帝国构建相联系,呈现海盗有助于英国民族身份构建与海洋帝国扩张的历史逻辑.
Abstract
England in the 16th century features thriving piracy and rapid development of marine trade.The country's ambition of oversea expansion promotes the transformation of pirate identity.Pirates become the backbone of England and play a significant role in constructing maritime commercial empire.Once condemned piracy is justified in the texts as an important way to acquire wealth and power.In this context,this paper finds out the ambiguity of pirate identity and the functions of privateering in Thomas Heywood's play The Fair Maid of the West.The pirates in this play are regarded as national heroes of maritime exploration and commerce,whose contributions matter more than the legality of their actions.And the play interacts with the specific context of the Elizabethan period,linking the pirates with the construction of a commercial empire and national identity which is manifested in their contributions to not only oversea expansion but patriotic Englishness.
关键词
托马斯·海伍德/《西部美少女》/海盗/海上私掠/贸易帝国Key words
Thomas Heywood/The Fair Maid of the West/pirates/privateering/commercial empire引用本文复制引用
基金项目
国家社科基金重大项目(22&ZD289)
国家社科基金重点项目(21AWW008)
出版年
2024
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