一自从塞巴斯蒂安·布兰特的《愚人船》(Dns Narrenschiff)在十五世纪末问世后,一个新的意象便出现在文艺复兴时期的想象图景里——世界之舟驶向永恒的意象。也许它不算是新的,在布兰特使用它时即已十分古老,但英、法、荷诸国的“愚人文学热”倒是直接源于这部德国诗体叙事作品。福柯在《疯癫与文明》中认为,激发文艺复兴早期想象力的“愚人船”很可能是 Since the advent of Sebastian Brandt’s Dns Narrenschiff in the late 15th century, a new image has emerged in the Renaissance imagination - the world’s boat is heading for the eternal Imagery. Perhaps it is not new. It was already very ancient when Brent used it, but the “fool’s literature” in Britain, France and the Netherlands was derived directly from this German poetic narrative. Foucault believes in Madness and Civilization that the Fool’s Boat that inspired the early Renaissance’s imagination is likely to be