从美人鱼的象征看现代人的精神幻灭——析《阿·普鲁弗洛克的情歌》中美人鱼的象征内涵

Looking at the Spiritual Disillusion of Modern Men from the Symbol of Mermaid

特·思·艾略特作为20世纪西方后期象征主义诗人,其诗歌继承了前期象征主义的传统,既反对浪漫主义的直抒胸臆,又抗议现实主义和自然主义对客观世界的准确临摹。文章追溯了美人鱼的象征渊源,探讨艾略特作为现代主义诗人将阿普鲁弗洛克的主体潜意识暗流汇聚在美人鱼的象征客体之中,折射出现代人的矛盾,彷徨,永远处于生和死的临界边缘。

As a famous poet of post-symbolism, T· S· Eliot inherits the pre-symbolisln＇s tradition. On the one hand, he dose not prefer to express emotion directly as the romanticists do. On the other hand, he does not like the realism and naturalism＇s way to exactly represent the objective world. This article is focusing on the discussion of the sub-consciousness condensed into the symbol of mennaid in Eliot＇s poem The Love Song of J·Alfred.Prufrock. The new meaning of mermaid＇s symbol reflects the spiritual disillusion of modem men.