从《亚当夏娃日记》解读马克·吐温的宗教观

An Interpretation of Mark Twain's Religious Ideas through The Diary of Adam and Eve

马克·吐温在其短篇小说《亚当夏娃日记》中根据圣经故事的相关内容,描绘了人类第一对夫妻的日常生活,用相辅相成的两部日记诠释了亚当和夏娃这一古老传说。但他的描绘并非完全忠实于圣经内容,有时加入自己的想象,有时改变一些细节。是什么促使他这样处理圣经故事的?他究竟有着怎样的宗教观?通过剖析《亚当夏娃日记》,可以解读马克·吐温的宗教观,从而为上述问题提供些许答案。

In his short story The Diary of Adam and Eve, Mark Twain depicts the life of the first human couple based on the Biblical story and interprets the Biblical story of Adam and Eve in his own way. However, his writing does not quite faithfully conform to the original record of the Bible. He sometimes adds his imagination and sometimes changes the details of the Bible. What accounts for his treatment of the Bible story and what is Twain＇s viewpoint of religion？ This paper puts forward an analysis of the short story to grasp Twain＇s viewpoint of rehgion, and provides some answers to the above-mentioned questions.