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1、从语言到思想:英语文学中时间观念探究----英语文学论文dEnglishliterature"and"conceptsoftime”,havedefinedthescopeofthepresentdissertation.Studyingtheconceptsoftimeinanycultureorcivilizationisnosmalltask,yetfortheconceptsoftimeinOldEnglishliterature,thetaskisevenmorechallenging.Thischallengeispart
2、lyduetotheconceptualambiguityindefining"OldEnglishliterature".Itisnecessary,beforeproceedingtothemainbusiness,formetospecifythecontexts.First,Iusetiieterm"literature"toiuse"OldEnglishliterature"asaconvenientcategorytocoverdifferentgenresofOldEnglishphasisetheconversionc
3、ontextinAnglo-SaxonEngland.AccordingtoBede'saccountinHE,inAD592,theRomanpopeGregorysentAugustinetoEnglande",IstresstheplexityoftimeintheAnglo-Saxoncontext.Timeisaplexconceptanylayersofmeanings.Inthisdissertation,Ionlyattempttocoversomeaspectsratherthanallaspectsoftheple
4、xmeaningsassociatede.Theissueoftimehasreceivedonlylimitedtreatmentfromstudiesthatusuallyfocusonothertopics.InthethreemajorbibliographicaltoolsofAnglo-Saxonstudies-ABibliographyofPublicationsonOldEnglishLiteraturetotheEndof1972,theASEBibliography,andtheOENBibliography,ti
5、meisonlyasporadictopic,Inthesection“SpecialVocabularyandSemanticFieldStudies’’ofABibliographyofPublicationsonOldEnglishLiteraturetotheEndof1912,onlyoneentryisrelatedtotime/TheOEHBibliographyrecords59relevantentriesfrom1973to2006.8The83entriesrangingfrom1971to2009recorde
6、dintheASEBibliographyoverlapberofliteratureavailable,thenumberofentriesrelevanttotimeonlyoccupiesasmallpercentageintheofdeterminingitsdivisions,,,andexami-->ned"theCanonicalHoursthebasisofadetailedstudyoftheAnglo-Saxondivisionsoftime...toshoeanttoclerkandlayman.,,uoreov
7、er,TupperearerelatedtothefoilrangeofcognitioninacultuyandIdentity2.1.TheConceptoftheFuture:TranslationandSemanticIssuesTheconceptofthefuturehasaplexintensionandabroadextension.AsoneofthegreatestChristianscholarsinthelateRomanEmpire,St.Augustine'sinterpretationofthethree
8、variationsof"time"inChristianityexertsitsinfluencethroughouttheMiddleAges?Accordingtohisinterpretation,thefiit