영어로 읽는 고전 _ 앤드류 랭의 아라비안나이트 즐기기
"아라비안 나이트 엔터테인먼트"(앤드류 랭 저)는 19세기 후반에 편찬된 동화와 민담 모음집입니다. 이 작품은 "아라비안 나이트"의 고전 이야기들을 영어로 번역한 것으로, 모험, 사랑, 그리고 도덕적 교훈을 다루는 다양한 매혹적인 이야기들을 선보입니다.
도입부 장들은 술탄 샤흐리아르와 그의 영리한 아내 세헤라자데와 같은 중요한 인물들을 소개하는데, 세헤라자데는 여성들에 대한 술탄의 치명적인 칙령에서 살아남기 위해 이야기들을 들려줍니다. 책의 도입부는 세헤라자데의 이야기하기가 자신의 생명과 다른 여성들의 생명을 구하는 수단이 되는 흥미로운 틀을 마련합니다.
그녀가 매일 신부들을 처형하는 술탄 샤흐리아르와의 결혼을 자원하면서, 그녀는 자신의 운명을 미루기 위한 영리한 계획을 고안합니다. 매일 밤, 그녀는 미완성된 이야기로 술탄의 관심을 사로잡아, 그가 더 많은 이야기를 듣고 싶어하게 만듭니다.
그녀가 처음 들려주는 이야기는 상인과 복수심에 불타는 정령에 관한 것으로, 결국 더 큰 서사의 태피스트리로 엮여지는 일련의 이야기들로 펼쳐지며, 각각의 이야기는 인간 본성의 복잡성과 운명의 기발함을 드러냅니다.
Classics Read in English _ The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang
"The Arabian Nights Entertainments" by Andrew Lang is a collection of fairy tales and folk stories compiled during the late 19th century. This work serves as an English translation of the classic tales of "The Arabian Nights," showcasing a variety of enchanting narratives that often involve themes of adventure, love, and moral lessons. The opening chapters introduce significant characters such as Sultan Schahriar and his clever wife, Scheherazade, who narrates the stories to survive the Sultan's deadly decree against women. The opening of the book sets the stage for the intriguing framework of Scheherazade's storytelling as a means of saving her own life and the lives of other women. As she volunteers to marry Sultan Schahriar, who has been executing his brides each day, she devises a clever plan to postpone her fate. Each night, she captivates the Sultan’s attention with an incomplete tale, leaving him curious for more. The first story she tells involves a merchant and a vengeful genius, unfolding into a sequence of stories that eventually weave into a larger narrative tapestry, each revealing the complexity of human nature and the whimsicality of fate.
Among the contents
In the chronicles of the ancient dynasty of the Sassanidae, who reigned for about four hundred years, from Persia to the borders of China, beyond the great river Ganges itself, we read the praises of one of the kings of this race, who was said to be the best monarch of his time. His subjects loved him, and his neighbors feared him, and when he died he left his kingdom in a more prosperous and powerful condition than any king had done before him.
The two sons who survived him loved each other tenderly, and it was a real grief to the elder, Schahriar, that the laws of the empire forbade him to share his dominions with his brother Schahzeman. Indeed, after ten years, during which this state of things had not ceased to trouble him, Schahriar cut off the country of Great Tartary from the Persian Empire and made his brother king.
