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Title:	衰敗的預言 : 論《亞瑟王之死》中行使暴力與掌控命運之聯繫 The Intrinsic Failure of Chivalry: Violence and Fate in Le Morte d'Arthur
Authors:	謝丞璋 Hsieh, Cheng-Jang
Contributors:	施堂模 Thomas J. Sellari 謝丞璋 Hsieh, Cheng-Jang
Keywords:	亞瑟王之死暴力預言命運喻象 Le Morte d'Arthur Violence Prophecy Fate Figura
Date:	2024
Issue Date:	2024-08-05 15:00:30 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	《亞瑟王之死》纂於紛亂不息的動盪年代，然書中仍充滿著騎士行俠仗義的高貴情操。在不詳預言與悲劇收尾間，圓桌武士遊歷犯險的奇幻與血腥使隱約滾動的歷史與四散各處的命運交織。本文聚焦解析騎士承受強烈傷痛的鮮明軀體與蒙昧未來時壟時散的徵候，探索兩者是否有尚未釐清的連結引導此中古傳奇的發展。首先以Erich Auerbach和Roland Barthes的觀點分別檢視角色面對預兆和暴力展演的百態，解讀其於注定限制下的挑戰與釋然；並以Walter Benjamin對暴力本質的探討及Jacques Derrida和Giorgio Agamben的衍生評判，將人類對純粹秩序的追求與否應用於亞瑟王傳奇，從而雖猶見勢力抗衡傾軋的世俗輪迴，亦有投身現實專注行動構建理想之思冀，使騎士劍下或宿命掌中之暴力，無復僅係嚴守定數的規矩，而係在完滿轉瞬即逝下持續前進、最終形塑出命定之途的人本之氣。 Le Morte d’Arthur features gory violence and ominous prophecies within knights’ adventures, and this thesis tries to answer whether violence of characters or fate has any connection with the seemingly unavoidable tragedy in the end of the story. By consulting Erich Auerbach’s argument on figura and Roland Barthes’ discussion on violent spectacle, we recognize how prophetic events and knightly violence work respectively in the prophecies-shrouded Logres, and how characters can attain autonomy within these extant restrictions imposed by divinity or humans. Meanwhile, based on Walter Benjamin’s Critique of Violence and Jacques Derrida’s and Giorgio Agamben’s derivative arguments, the application of their dissection on humans’ pursuit of absolute order to the story enlightens our view on the inevitable course of the decadent legend, pointing out that the irreversible history and inexorable fate are fulfilled only by human agency. Since the temporal cycle of initiation and termination are the inherent part of humans’ struggle towards eternal truth, our urge for perfection both dooms us to corruption before unreachable ideals while prompting further breakthrough in extant boundaries.
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