“我们人是多么小,多么小!”——社会学和心理学视野中的张爱玲与奥斯丁

“How Petty We Human Beings Appear!” —— A Comparatiwe Study of Zhang Ailing and Jane Austen

从社会学角度观察张爱玲与简·奥斯丁作品中的婚恋描写,会发现作家在自己情感之外,都把实用主义的婚恋当作社会常态而接受下来,因而无论是张爱玲还是奥斯丁,均拒绝了爱情的浪漫性。但从心理学的角度看,其一“悲剧”一“喜剧”的表现方式,则通向两位作家不同的心灵世界,并折射出各自所处的不同的时空背景。

From the sociological point of view, both Zhang Ailing and Jane Austen described practical rather than romantic marriage in their works, taking it as a normal pattern of marriage. But from the psychological point of view, Zhang tended to depict with a tragic tone love affairs and marriages of insincere minds, while Austen liked to describe marriages permeated with a kind of comic atmosphere.