道德与欲望冲突下的凡人——论张爱玲小说的叙事伦理

Mortals in the Conflicts between Moral and Desire ——On the Narrative Ethics of Zhang Ailing’s Novels

张爱玲是一个善于以小人物的平凡生活为题材的作家,在她的作品当中,有着道德伦理与个人自由伦理的强烈冲突。在这些冲突当中,作品中的人物或疯狂变态,或走向死亡,或走上毁灭之路,或已然在生活的道路上渐趋平淡。在小说中,张爱玲从叙事伦理学的角度出发写出了一个个模糊的、不确定的小人物在平淡生活中的抉择与徘徊,她以个人自由伦理的个体叙事方式抱慰和伸展个人的生命感觉,从而引起我们对生活的思考。

Zhang Ailing was a writer good at writing about the life of small potatoes. In her works, there are conflicts between moral ethics and personal freedom. In the conflicts, the characters are either abnormally crazy, or going to rack and ruin, or leading an insipid life. From the perspective of narrative ethics, Zhang Ailing created small potatoes one after another who wander and make choices in their ordinary life. She extends her feeling of life through the individual narration and personal freedom, which causes a feeling of life among us and makes us reflect on life.