Abstract

Jane Ellen Harrison’s early work giving tours and lectures in London’s museums offers an unusual window on visitor experience in the late nineteenth century. This article examines the composition and motivations of her audience, looking at how Harrison’s lectures addressed gendered and class-based anxieties about their access to education and ability to respond appropriately to prestigious objects. Harrison used Greek vases to tell stories from ancient Greek literature. She made the case for the value of Greek vases as a repository of stories that could be understood through comparisons with literature but which also stood as evidence in their own right, hinting at lost stories and the perspectives of ordinary people. Her museum talks demonstrate a belief that Greek vases offered an alternative to Classical literature, one which had been made by ordinary people in the past and could be ‘read’ by ordinary people in the present.

中文翻译：

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大英博物馆（及以后）中的奥德赛神话：简·埃伦·哈里森（Jane Ellen Harrison）的博物馆演讲和观众

摘要

简·埃伦·哈里森（Jane Ellen Harrison）的早期作品在伦敦的博物馆中进行巡回演出和演讲，为十九世纪后期的游客体验提供了一个不寻常的窗口。本文研究了受众群体的构成和动机，探讨了哈里森的讲座如何解决性别和基于班级的焦虑症，这些焦虑症涉及他们的受教育程度以及对名望人物的适当回应能力。哈里森使用希腊花瓶来讲述古希腊文学的故事。她认为希腊花瓶作为故事的储存库是有价值的，可以通过与文学的比较来理解这些故事，但它们本身也可以作为证据，暗示失落的故事和普通百姓的观点。她在博物馆的演讲证明了一种信念，即希腊花瓶是古典文学的替代品，