从沃斯与劳拉的镜像关系看《沃斯》的精神价值

The moral value of Voss reflected in the mirror images of Voss and Laura

怀特的小说《沃斯》发表以来,西方文学批评家从各个角度深入分析过主人公沃斯的形象,但是专门涉及沃斯与劳拉之间关系的研究却很有限。本文试图从沃斯与劳拉的镜像关系探讨《沃斯》这部作品的精神价值:在物质文明中渐渐迷失方向的现代人必须重新认识自我,摆脱困境,不断进取。

Since Patrick White’s Voss was published, the Western literary critics have made a penetrating analysis of the hero Voss from various angles. But the specific research into the relationship between Voss and Laura seems limited. This essay attempts to study the mirror images of Voss and Laura and probe into the moral value of the work. The modern men who have gradually lost their way in the material civilization must have a new understanding of themselves. They must extricate themselves from the predicament ...