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The World behind the Wardrobe 纳尼亚传奇．魔幻再现

详细资料: 创建于 2010年12月28日; 最后更新于 2024年5月25日; 发布于 2013年9月10日; 作者：Mike Lee; 点击数：236

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Narnia holds a place in the heart of any child who has turned the well-worn pages of C.S. Lewis’s beloved books and joined Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy as they journey to the magical land. Fans of The Chronicles of Narnia probably have enjoyed the film adaptations of the stories, and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, released in Taiwan on December 24th, will certainly captivate these loyal readers again.

对于那些将他们最爱的C.S.刘易斯的书翻了又翻，并跟着彼得、苏珊、爱德蒙和露西一起进入魔幻世界的小孩而言，纳尼亚在他们的心中占有一席之地。《纳尼亚传奇》的书迷们可能已经看过了由故事所改编的电影，而在12月24日于台湾上映的《纳尼亚传奇：黎明行者号》绝对会再度吸引这些忠实的读者。

On November 29th, 1898, Albert and Flora Lewis welcomed their son Clive Staples into the world. The boy, who liked to be called Jack, and his brother Warren had a happy childhood, spending many an hour exploring the disordered gardens and dark corridors of their Belfast family home. Lewis took advantage of his father’s vast library, later noting how he could be as sure of finding a new book to read as “finding a new blade of grass” when walking in a field.

1898年11月29日，艾伯特．刘易斯与佛劳拉．刘易斯欢迎他们的儿子克利夫．斯特普尔斯来到这个世界。这个喜欢人们称他为杰克的男孩与哥哥华伦有个非常快乐的童年，他们许多时候都在探索贝尔法斯特家中凌乱的花园和黑暗的回廊。刘易斯充分地善用父亲藏书丰富的图书馆。他后来曾提到过他有把握找得到一本新书来阅读，就像他能确信走过田野时能「找到一片新草」一般。

Lewis’s carefree boyhood ended in 1908 with the untimely death of his mother. From then on, he spent the majority of his schooldays at boarding school in England. He became passionate about poetry and went on to study at Oxford University. With first-class honors in Greek and Latin Literature, Philosophy and Ancient History, and English Literature, it’s little surprise Oxford asked him to stay on as a professor.

刘易斯无忧无虑的童年在1908年因母亲早逝而结束。从那时候开始，他大部分的学生时光便在英国的寄宿学校里度过。他变得对诗歌很感兴趣，并于牛津大学继续深造。他毕业时在希腊与拉丁文学、哲学与古代历史以及英国文学这3门课获得优异成绩。所以当牛津大学要求他继续留下来当教授时，可是一点都不令人讶异。

C.S. Lewis began his career in academia, and he also began to publish books. With his broad spectrum of knowledge and wide interests, he wrote scholarly works, popular novels, and discussions of Christianity. His Allegory of Love (1936) discusses love literature from the Middle Ages through to Shakespeare, and is still regarded as a masterpiece.

之后，刘易斯开始了他的学术生涯，并开始出版书籍。以渊博知识为底子，再加上本身的广泛兴趣，他写了学术性文章、流行小说以及关于基督教的讨论。他的著作《爱情的寓言》（1936）则讨论了从中古世纪以降到莎士比亚的爱情文学，至今仍被认为是佳作。

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hold a place in the heart 在心中占有位子

beloved [bɪˋlʌvɪd] adj. 受钟爱的，被喜爱的

adaptation [͵ædæpˋteʃən] n. 改编

disordered [dɪsˋɔrdɚd] adj. 混乱的，杂乱的

take advantage of 利用, 善用

carefree [ˋkɛr͵fri] adj. 无忧无虑的；轻松愉快的

untimely [ʌnˋtaɪmlɪ] adj. 过早死亡的/结束的等

majority [məˋdʒɔrətɪ] n. 大多数

academia [͵ækəˋdimɪə] n. 学术界

spectrum [ˋspɛktrəm] n. 范围；幅度

scholarly [ˋskɑlɚlɪ] adj. 学术性的

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wardrobe [ˋwɔrd͵rob] n. 衣橱，衣柜，藏衣室

well-worn 穿旧了的; 使用了长时间的 showing signs of much wear or use

captivate [ˋkæptə͵vet] v. 使着迷; 迷住﹐吸引

corridor [ˋkɔrɪdɚ] n. 走廊，回廊

blade [bled] n. 叶片，叶身

passionate [ˋpæʃənɪt] adj. 热情的

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When Lewis decided he wanted to write children’s literature, he was met with skepticism, and his publisher and friends, not wanting his reputation to be damaged, tried to talk him out of it. Lewis went ahead anyway. He’d gotten the idea for The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe about ten years before he began writing it. It came to him in 1939, when child evacuees were staying with Lewis to escape the bombings during WWII. A little evacuee was entranced by one of the house’s wardrobes, and said that he imagined there was another way out of it, around the other side. Thus, Narnia was born.

当刘易斯决定要写儿童文学时，他面对许多人的怀疑。他的出版商和朋友并不希望刘易斯的名誉因此受损，所以试着劝他不要这么做，但刘易斯还是这么做了。早在写《狮子．女巫．魔衣橱》的10年前，他就得到了写作灵感。1939年时，避难的孩童们为了逃避第二次世界大战的炮火攻击待在刘易斯的家中。一位年幼的逃难者深深受到房子内一个衣橱的吸引，并幻想着衣橱的另一边有路可以出去──纳尼亚就这样诞生了。

Narnia is a magical parallel universe to which the four children gain access. There, they meet dwarves, talking animals, mythological creatures, Aslan the lion, and the wicked White Witch. The Chronicles of Narnia consists of seven novels which follow the adventures of the children and Narnia’s unforgettable characters. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first book in series, was published in 1950. Reviewers were not crazy about the tale, and even Lewis’s good friend, J.R.R. Tolkien, had strong criticism of the wild assortment of characters. But word of mouth was enough to help the story gain popularity with the public, and Lewis swiftly went on to complete the set of books, publishing the final one, The Last Battle, in 1956.

纳尼亚是一个魔幻、与我们世界相似的平行宇宙，故事中的4位主人翁可以进入这个世界。在那里，他们遇到了小矮人、会说话的动物、神话中的生物、狮子亚斯蓝以及邪恶的白女巫。《纳尼亚传奇》一共7册，这些小说诉说着这4位主角以及纳尼亚国度中令人难忘的角色们的冒险故事。纳尼亚系列中的第一部《狮子．女巫．魔衣橱》于1950年出版。书评家对此故事并不感到特别兴奋，就连刘易斯的好友托尔金也对故事中杂七杂八的众多角色有所批评。然而单单靠着口耳相传，它就获得大众喜爱。刘易斯很快地完成这套书，并于1956年出版最后一集《最后的战役》。

Since then, over 120 million Narnia books have been sold, placing C.S. Lewis permanently amongst the most beloved children’s authors of all time. The classic stories now occupy a place on the bookshelves of children all around the world.

自从那时起，纳尼亚丛书已卖出超过1亿2千万本，这让刘易斯成为有史以来最被喜爱的儿童文学作家之一。现在这些经典故事占据了全世界小孩的书架。

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skepticism [ˋskɛptəsɪzəm] n. 怀疑的态度

go ahead 继续下去 to start or continue

escape [əˋskep] v. 避免; 逃走; 逃离

parallel [ˋpærə͵lɛl] adj. 平行的

wicked [ˋwɪkɪd] adj. 邪恶的

consist of 由某事物组成或构成

unforgettable [͵ʌnfɚˋgɛtəb!] adj. 难忘的，永远记得的

criticism [ˋkrɪtə͵sɪzəm] n. 批评；评论

word of mouth 口碑

swiftly [ˋswɪftlɪ] adv. 迅速地，敏捷地

occupy [ˋɑkjə͵paɪ] v. 占领，占据; 占用

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evacuee [ɪ͵vækjʊˋi] n. 被后撤者；被疏散者

entrance [ˋɛntrəns] v. 令（人）出神，使陶醉 to fill with delight, wonder, or enchantment

dwarf [dwɔrf] n. 矮子；侏儒

reviewer [rɪˋvjuɚ] n. 评论者；评论家

assortment [əˋsɔrtmənt] n. 各色各样的搭配

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Lewis’s enthusiasm for Greek and Roman mythology, traditional fairy tales, Irish and Germanic folklore, and medieval literature is evident, and pervades Narnia. Alongside this, many people also believe religion is also a key element in these stories.

刘易斯对于希腊罗马神话、传统的童话故事、爱尔兰和德国的民间传说以及中古文学的热忱非常明显，且纳尼亚充斥着这些元素。除此之外，许多人也相信宗教在这些故事中也是重要的元素。

Christian messages are the most controversial aspect of the chronicles. Of those who do see Christian allegory – Aslan as a Jesus Christ figure who is sacrificed and rises from the dead – there are some who have no problem with it, others who praise it, and still others who object that Lewis is, distastefully, forcing his faith on children. On the other hand, there are Christians themselves who are offended by the representation of Jesus as a talking lion, and attack the pagan themes they see in the stories. Lewis commented that he did not originally set out to incorporate Christianity into the Narnia chronicles.

基督教讯息是这部编年史中最具有争议性的层面。对于那些看出基督教寓言的人当中（亚斯蓝为耶稣基督，牺牲自己并死而复活），有些人并无异议，有些人称赞，但也有些人抗议，认为刘易斯很没有品味地将自己的信仰加诸在小孩身上。另一方面，有基督徒对于以一只会说话的狮子代表耶稣而感到生气，并且攻击他们在故事中所看到的异教主题。刘易斯的评论是：他原先一开始并没有打算将基督教元素融入《纳尼亚传奇》的故事中。

Whatever your religious interpretation of Lewis’s work, there is still far more to the stories. The beautiful, magical world of Narnia captures the imaginations of children and in many ways, is quite simply just a tale of good against evil.

不管你对刘易斯的作品有何宗教上的解读，他所写的故事并不单止于此。纳尼亚王国的美丽魔幻世界启发了小孩子的想象力，且就许多方面而言，它单纯地只是善与恶之间的斗争。

The recent movies have, for many people, brought back fond memories of reading C.S. Lewis’s storytelling. And for those who have never entered the world of Narnia, or feel they are too old to read the books now, don’t fret. “Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again,” wrote Lewis, and what better place to start than Narnia.

对于许多人而言，最近的电影唤回了许多有关阅读刘易斯故事的回忆。而对于那些从未进入纳尼亚世界的人，或是觉得自己年纪太大而不适合再读这些书的人，不必紧张。就像刘易斯写道：「有一天你的年纪会够大，大到可再开始阅读童话故事。」还有什么故事比纳尼亚更适合的呢？

－by Alice Davis

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