'A speaking picture': the impact and influence of visual culture on the poetry and prose of Sir Philip Sidney (1554-86)

本文将关注文艺复兴时期的诗人菲利普·西德尼爵士(1554-86年)，他的主要作品有散文浪漫小说《彭布罗克伯爵夫人的阿卡迪亚》、十四行诗《星际与丝黛拉》和诗集《为诗歌辩护》，这些作品塑造了伊丽莎白时代的文学世界。西德尼反复将绘画和诗歌进行比较，将早期现代时期的视觉文化与他的写作联系起来。在他的辩护中，西德尼将诗歌定义为隐喻地说，一幅会说话的图画。本文将从文艺学、艺术史和比较文学的角度来探讨为什么席德尼反复强调诗与画之间的这种联系，认为席德尼意识到了近现代绘画艺术中发生的理论和实践上的变化，并对他的作品产生了深刻的影响。本文将分主题展开，首先探讨近代早期绘画与诗歌的理论框架。然后将进入关于西德尼与英国视觉文化的接触；关于他在广泛的旅行中遇到欧洲大陆视觉文化的章节；以及关于那个时期视觉文化与宗教的关系的章节。

This thesis will focus on the Renaissance poet Sir Philip Sidney (1554-86), whose major works such as the prose romance The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, the sonnet sequence Astrophil and Stella and the poetic treatise The Defence of Poesy shaped the world of Elizabethan literature. Sidney repeatedly draws comparisons between painting and poetry, connecting the visual culture of the early modern period with his writing. In his Defence, Sidney defines poetry as metaphorically, a speaking picture. This thesis will investigate the question of why Sidney repeatedly emphasises these links between poetry and painting by drawing on current critical work from literary studies, art history and comparative literature.It will argue that Sidney was aware of the theoretical and practical changes occurring within the pictorial arts in the early modern period and that these changes deeply influenced his work. The thesis will be structured thematically, firstly focusing on the theoretical framework between painting and poetry in the early modern period. It will then progress to chapters concerning Sidney's engagement with visual culture in England; on his encounters with continental visual culture during his extensive travels; and on the relationship between visual culture and religion in the period.