关键词: 英国—爱尔兰文学传统; 重构; 语言观; 古英语; 《贝奥武甫》

Abstract: The  problem  of  language  and  literary  tradition  has  always  been  a  central  concern  in Seamus Heaney’s  poetry． Through  investigating  the complex and entangled history of English and Irish  languages，the paper shows  the way  in which Heaney has developed an open and dynamic view of  languages  instead of a parochial one．This new gained  insight broadens and blurs  the boundary of English literary tradition，revealing a possibility for English literary tradition and Irish literary tradition to merge．In the light of this possibility，Heaney  successfully  incorporates old Celtic words  into his  translation of Beowulf as well as detects  in his own poetry an intrinsic Old English poetic  rhythm，which  this paper holds  to be Heaney’s conscious effort  to  reconstruct a more  inclusive Anglo-Irish literary tradition．

Keywords: Anglo-Irish literary tradition; reconstruction; view of language; Old English; Beowulf