谁是第三者?——《第三者》的象征寓意

Who is the Third One ——On the symbolic meaning in Singer's "The Third One"

美国犹太裔作家辛格的短篇小说《第三者》讲述的绝不仅仅是世俗意义的第三者,"第三者"极具象征意蕴:不仅指游离于两种文化和传统的菲格贝恩夫妇等犹太人,更指孤独、异化了的现代人。他们是失却了信仰、身份,找不到归属的充满矛盾和悖论的"第三者"。

Singer's short story 'The Third One' tells a story more than the third one Max. 'The third one' is symbolic in meaning: It is referred to the Jewish couple Zelig and Genia and other Jews alike, and more to the lonely, desperate and alienated modern man. They have been lost in belief, identity and full of contradictions.