144 KB0 KB200420252007Braček, Tadejštevilka:1/2letnik:4str. 99-106ISSN:1581-8918COBISSID:36996962URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-BM5YNPTUenSlovensko društvo za angleške študijeELOPE (Ljubljana)angleška književnostangleška poezijaArnold, Matthew: Westminster Abbeyviktorjanska poezijaFact, myth and legend in Matthew Arnold's Westminister Abbey|The paper deals with the multilayered elegy "Westminster Abbey," which was not given a lot of attention by Matthew Arnold's critics. The poem is dedicated to Arnold's life-long friend Dean Stanley, who was, like Arnold himself, "a child of light." The term refers to their common fight against Philistinism in the English society of the time. As the poem is about a real person, it contains real data, such as excerpts from Stanley's life, described in the form of praise. However, the poem also introduces the old Saxon legend of consecration of the Abbey, namely the consecration by the light, performed by the First Apostle (St Peter) himself. In addition to the legend, Arnold also used some classical Greek allusions to depict the late Dean's character. In one of the allusions, Stanley is associated with Demophon, whose immortality was never achieved due to the fault of another human, and in the second he is transformed into an everlasting oracle of the Abbey using the Trophonius, a builder of Delphi, metaphor. All elements of the poem form a homogenous eulogy, making it worthwhile reading for English scholars and students, and possibly a candidate for the English poetic canonČlanek obravnava večplastno elegijo "Westminstrska opatija", ki ji kritiki Matthewa Arnolda niso posvečali kaj dosti pozornosti. Posvečena je Arnoldovemu dolgoletnemu prijatelju dekanu Stanleyju, ki je bil, kot Arnold sam, "otrok luči". Ta termin se nanaša na njun skupni boj proti filistrstvu, ki je bilo prisotno v takratni angleški družbi. Ker pesem govori o resnični osebi, vsebuje tudi resnične podatke, kot so na primer dejstva iz Stanleyjevega življenja, ki so predstavljena v obliki hvalnice. Poleg tega pa pesem bralcu predstavi staro saksonsko legendo o posvetitvi Westminstrske opatije, ki bi jo naj posvetil sam Prvi apostol (Sv. Peter). Poleg te legende Arnold v pesmi uporabi tudi klasične oz. grške aluzije, ki služijo opisovanju dekanove osebnosti. V eni izmed njih je Stanley poistoveten z Demofonom, spet v drugi pa se spremeni v večni orakelj Westminstrske opatije, pri čemer Arnold uporabi metaforo grškega arhitekta Trofonija. Vsi ti elementi tvorijo homogeni slavospev pokojnemu, ki je literarno delo, vredno branja tako za študente kot proučevalce angleške literature. Potrebno bi bilo razmisliti o uvrstitvi pesnitve v angleški poetični kanonTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta, Znanstvena založba