《古舟子咏》空间压缩叙事的数字人文研究

Digital Humanities Research on Spatial Compression Narrative in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

摘要: 《古舟子咏》作为柯勒律治浪漫主义诗歌中的经典之作，长期以来被学者们从象征意义和心理情感等角度进行分析。然而，现有研究较少关注空间词汇的密度与叙事节奏之间的关系，忽视了空间如何通过语言的压缩来强化情绪表达。本研究运用数字人文方法，结合文本量化分析与相关性验证，探讨《古舟子咏》中空间压缩的叙事效果。通过计算诗歌中的空间密度指数，并分析空间词汇在不同情绪场景中的功能差异。研究表明，空间词汇的密度与情绪强度之间存在显著的正相关，且宏观与微观空间词在情绪表达中具有不同的作用机制。最后，通过量化分析初步支持空间压缩与叙事节奏之间的紧密联系，为填补传统研究在实证分析上的空白提供了可能性，并为浪漫主义诗歌的空间叙事提供了一个新的理解视角。

Abstract: As a classic work of Coleridge’s romantic poetry, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner has long been analyzed by scholars from the perspectives of symbolism, psychology and emotion. However, existing research has paid insufficient attention to the relationship between the density of spatial vocabulary and narrative rhythm, neglecting how space reinforces emotional expression through linguistic compression. This study adopts a digital humanities approach, combining quantitative textual analysis and correlation verification to explore the narrative effects of spatial compression in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. It calculates the spatial density index of the poem and analyzes the functional differences of spatial vocabulary in various emotional scenes. Findings reveal a significant positive correlation between the density of spatial vocabulary and emotional intensity, and macro- and micro-spatial words exhibit distinct mechanisms in emotional expression. Finally, quantitative analysis verifies the close connection between spatial compression and narrative rhythm, filling the gap of empirical analysis in traditional studies and providing a new perspective for understanding spatial narration in romantic poetry.