畸变中有异趣 荒诞里寓灼见——《变形记》《促织》“人变虫”艺术符码解读

Difference in Distortion and Insight in Absurdity—The Artistic Interpretation Code of the Human-Changing Insect in The Metamorphosis and The Cricket

“人变虫”的艺术符码在《变形记》中指涉的是现代西方社会的荒诞以及主人公强烈的生命主体意识,在《促织》中则揭示了中国封建社会吏治黑暗和人的主体意识的缺失。两篇小说同处于美学发展进程的人态审美场,但关涉不同的文化语境,显示出了东西方文化的差异。

The human-changing insect described in The Cricket differs clearly from that in The Metamorphosis, which ,ending up with a tragedy, relates directly the out and inner of the leading character and his human nature after he metamorphosed into a cockroach, while The Cricket, ending up with a comedy, is a fairy tale about a deified soul changing into an insect, in which human nature is independent. The artistic form of expression in The Metamorphosis aims at telling readers the fantastic society of modern west world and the strong subject of the leading character, while that in The Cricket indicates the dark rule of the government officials in feudal China and the lack of the whole nation＇s subject. These two stories, having something in common-the human-changing insect, concerns the different cultural backgrounds and shows the differences between the eastern and western culture.