Novo branje Lorda Alfreda Tennysona: Pogled od blizu na zgodbi »Žena njegove mladosti« in »Cecilijine sanje« Charlesa W. Chesnutta
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3986/pkn.v44.i3.09Ključne besede:
angleška poezija, Tennyson, Alfred, afroameriška literatura, medbesedilnost, Chesnutt, Charles W., legende o kralju Arthurju, viteštvo, dvorna ljubezenPovzetek
Članek preučuje, kako se je revizije del znanega angleškega pesnika Lorda Alfreda Tennysona (1809–1892), ki je v verzih upesnil srednjeveško Arturjevo legendo (Idila kralja in druge pesmi), lotil afroameriški pisatelj Charles W. Chesnutt (1858–1932). Chesnuttova pripovedna zbirka Žena njegove mladosti in druge zgodbe iz barvne serije (1899) obravnava različne parametre v kontekstu posledic, ki jih je povzročilo suženjstvo, denimo estetske pojme lepote, vezane na kvaliteto belega in znotrajrasne neenakosti. Končni poraz protagonistov, moškega in ženske, pri uresničevanju njunih romantičnih prizadevanj povezuje naslovno zgodbo zbirke z zgodbo »Cecilijine sanje«. Poleg tematike obarvanosti Chesnutta za sklicevanje na Tennysonovo poezijo motivirajo tudi trenutki, v katerih so idealizirani viteški kodeks časti, belost in nepopolna dvorska ljubezen. Tennysonove parabole nudijo Chesnuttu medbesedilno shemo, s pomočjo katere vključuje implicitnega bralca tako, da prenavlja, preoblikuje in tudi podreja motiv dvorske ljubezni v teh idiličnih arturskih legendah.
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