Journal of Digital Humanities and Science Fiction Studies
DHSFS, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2026, pp. 94-104.
Print ISSN: 3105-1278; Online ISSN: 3105-1286
Journal homepage: https://www.dhsfs.com
DOI: Https://doi.org/10.64058/DHSFS.26.1.08
宗教符号与神话重构：《沙丘》三部曲的文化解读
江玉梅（Jiang Yumei）
摘要：弗兰克·赫伯特的《沙丘》三部曲（《沙丘》、《沙丘救世主》、《沙丘之子》）作为科幻文学史上的史诗级作品，以遥远未来的星际文明为载体，融合多元宗教文化元素，重构经典神话原型，构建起兼具宗教哲思与文明隐喻的叙事体系。本文以宗教符号学、神话原型批评理论为研究视角，系统拆解作品中核心宗教符号的文化内涵，分析其对东西方神话原型的重构策略，探讨宗教符号与神话叙事在塑造人物、推动情节、传递文明反思中的核心作用，揭示作品背后关于信仰、权力、生态与人类命运的深层思考。研究表明，赫伯特通过对宗教符号的创造性转化和神话原型的现代化重构，既延续了人类文明中宗教与神话的精神内核，又结合科幻语境完成了对传统宗教神话的解构与超越，为科幻文学的文化解读提供了典型范本与全新视角。
关键词：《沙丘》三部曲；宗教符号；神话重构；文化隐喻；科幻文学
作者简介：江玉梅，深圳职业技术大学商务外语学院讲师，研究方向：英美文学、比较文学、文艺理论、科幻文学。电邮：jiangyumei1984@szpu.edu.cn。
Title: Religious Symbols and Myth Reconstruction: A Cultural Interpretation of Dune Trilogy
Abstract: Frank Herbert’s The Great Dune Trilogy (Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune), an epic work in the history of science fiction literature, takes the interstellar civilization in the distant future as the carrier, integrates diverse religious and cultural elements, reconstructs classic mythological archetypes, and builds a narrative system with both religious philosophy and civilizational metaphors. From the perspectives of religious semiotics and mythological archetype criticism, this paper systematically decomposes the cultural connotations of the core religious symbols in the first three volumes of Dune Chronicles, analyzes the reconstruction strategies of Eastern and Western mythological archetypes, explores the core role of religious symbols and mythological narratives in shaping characters, promoting the plot, and conveying reflections on civilization, and reveals the in-depth thinking behind the work on faith, power, ecology and human destiny. The study shows that through the creative transformation of religious symbols and the modern reconstruction of mythological archetypes, Herbert not only inherits the spiritual core of religion and mythology in human civilization, but also completes the deconstruction and transcendence of traditional religious mythology in the context of science fiction, providing a typical model and a new perspective for the cultural interpretation of science fiction literature.
Keywords: The Great Dune Trilogy; religious symbols; myth reconstruction; cultural metaphor; science fiction literature
Author Biography: Jiang Yumei, lecturer at the School of Foreign Languages and Business in Shenzhen Polytechnic University. Research Areas: British and American Literature, Comparative Literature, Literary Theory, and Science Fiction Literature. E-mail: jiangyumei1984@szpu.edu.cn.
Received: 04 Mar 2026 / Revised: 12 Mar 2026 / Accepted: 09 Apr 2026 / Published online: 30 Apr 2026 / Print published: 30 May 2026.
