On Comparing View Of Nature Between And Homer

Janggar and Homer are the two great epics respectively in China and Europe。In this thesis, the author mainly compares the epics appeared in different cultural area—China and Greece, wants to explore the speciality of human's early literature style—epic, discloses the different esthetic trend in Mongolian and Greek's literature, and unscrambles the culture differences and culture trait that bears in epic especially from the view of nature reflected in Janggar and Homer。This thesis consists of four parts: (1) The view of nature is human's general view of natural world。The imagination towards the universe is human being's initial recognition of nature。Two epics have biggish differences in their formation time, but they have some common points in historical situation , such as characteristics of the times and social environment。Besides this, they also have similarity in values and aesthetic consciousness, especially in structural view of the universe。In the world of two epics, the universe has three storeys: the super world, the middle world and under layer world。They related closely to each other。The three-storey structural view of universe is appeared in Janggar and Homer, when they have tried to describe history of their own nation。Through this thesis, readers will know western and eastern nation's similar structural view of universe in different area and times, and sum up their similarities in life concept and the way of thinking。(2) In these two epics, there are many dazzling zoomorphism, such as beast, livestock, flying bird, insect and etc。Various and mixed zoomorphism appeared in every part of these epics。It is very significant that simile is a figure of speech which used often to describe the animals in these two epics。Vehicle is often related to the animals that have close relationship with people's life and daily activities。Tenor is usually related to the cruelty of life, bloody war, glory in life, human dignity and glorious feeling。There are many descriptions about nature in these two epics。Although there were some differences in time and area between two nations, they both get along well with their surroundings, such as ocean, jokul, grassland, weald, and desert, and form a heroic, virility, grand and majestic power with nature。This kind of power trains liberality and heroic temperament of the Mongolian and Greek people。To their opinion, the mountain is very holy and spiritual; the grassland and weald are god's holy land; the ocean is the source of all lifespring。So the above feelings help to shape Mongolian and Greek's adorers and eulogists。Nature's majesty and holiness has its social meanings, which entrust the majesty of morality human being are pursuing for。There are many reasons that cause the differences in view of nature between two epics, but the most important thing is the meaning of nation spirit。Under different spirit and soul of nation, the cultural pattern will be surely different。 Finally, the author summarizes her thesis and do further explanation in her study of epics in different cultural area。It not only helps people to know development track of the ancient people's thought and formation of inter-spirit in all nations, but also provides possibilities of spiritual treatment and cultural rescues to the modern people who get caught up in rationality and civilization crisis。...