试论《红楼梦》中嬷嬷的形象及其审美价值

A Preliminary Study of Artistic Image and Aesthetic Value of Wet Nurse in Dreams of Red Mansion

红楼人物历来就是读者和评论家们关注的对象,但对小说中的嬷嬷们,研究者却较少涉猎。在《红楼梦》的女性世界中,嬷嬷是一个别有意义的群体,她们地位特殊,阅历丰富,精于算计,惟利是命,其审美价值在于她们的形象既揭示了这类人物独特的生命内涵,丰富了我国古代小说人物宝库,又是全书展开矛盾冲突、推动情节发展的重要艺术手段。

The characters of Dreams of Red Mansion have been attached great importance to by readers and critics, but few researchers pay attention to Wet Nurses in the novel. In fact, Wet Nurses in Dreams of Red Mansion are a group of particular women, they have special position, plentiful experience and skills in reckoning. The aesthetic value of Wet Nurse in Dreams of Red Mansion not only can subtly delineate the special life intension, enrich characters of ancient Chinese novels but also is a very important art means of characterizing contradiction and propelling the plot to develop.