19世纪英国现实主义小说的迥异之作——论《卡斯特桥市长》的创作风格

An Unusual One of the Nineteenth Century English Realistic Novels ——On the Style of The Mayor of Casterbridge

现实主义是 19世纪英国小说的主要创作手法。托马斯·哈代作为当时的重要作家 ,则竭力避免采用现实主义手法 ,其作品表现出一种迥异的风格 ,这种风格在《卡斯特桥市长》中表现得尤为显著 :他利用偶然、巧合、突变作为阐释自己哲学思想的重要手段 ;用象征和暗示 ,用寓言性的描述创造一种由必然性所决定的悲剧。《卡斯特桥市长》与英国其他现实主义小说的种种不同 。

Realism was the leading writing style of the nineteenth century English novel. Thomas Hardy, one of the major novelists, however, made efforts not to follow it but to create a unique one of his own, which illustrates itself clearly in Mayor of Casterbridge :Coincidence, sudden change is an important method to interprete his philosophy; Symbol, hint, allegorical description is used to create a tragedy determined by certainty..., on which the special status and effect of Mayor of Casterbridge in the history of English novels is based.