ABSTRACT

The evidence argued herein belies the notion that the early Tudor laureate John Skelton (d. 1529) was a traditionalist or conservative in respect of the humanist educational movement. For a section of his obscure Speke Parott participates in the controversies over Hellenism occurring in England and elsewhere in northern Europe at the time. In the poem, Skelton's ”Parott” mocks scholastic Greek usage and advocates in favor of the novel humanist Greek philology, in precise parallel with the better-understood polemics of such international humanist luminaries as his familiars Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More.

摘要

本文争论的证据掩盖了这样一种观念，即早期都铎王朝获奖者约翰·斯凯尔顿（John Skelton，卒于 1529 年）在人文主义教育运动方面是传统主义者或保守主义者。斯皮克·帕洛特（Speke Parott）在其晦涩难懂的作品中，有一部分参与了当时在英格兰和北欧其他地方发生的有关希腊化的争论。在这首诗中，斯克尔顿的“帕洛特”嘲笑了学术希腊语的用法，并主张支持新颖的人文主义希腊语文学，这与他的熟人德西德里乌斯·伊拉斯谟和托马斯·莫尔等国际人文主义杰出人物的更容易理解的论战完全平行。