《犹太人的改宗》的神话原型解读

Myth-archetypal Criticism on The Conversion of the Jew

菲利普·罗斯是近年来引起国内外评论家热烈议论的一位美国犹太作家。1959年,他因一部短篇小说集《再见吧,哥伦布》而声名鹊起。《犹太人的改宗》便是其中一篇。历来对其评论多集中于作品的犹太性、作家的反叛等方面。而从神话原型批评理论来解读这部作品,我们会更加清晰地看到作者反叛的背后对自己民族文化的深切关怀。

Philip Roth is a well - known American Jewish writer who gets more and more attention either at home or abroad. He began to gain a high reputation because of his first short story anthology Goodbye, Columbus published in 1959. And The Conversion of the Jew is one from the anthology. The comments on the short story mainly focus on its Jewish ness, the author＇s counter to his culture, etc. However, this paper tries to interpret it using the myth- archetypal eritieism; which can let us know Roth＇ s deep care to his own culture under the surface of counter.