不同的文化 相似的命运——《孔雀东南飞》与《潜水鸟》对比阅读

Comparison between Southeast the Peacock Flies and the Diving Birds

《孔雀东南飞》中以孔雀为起兴,叙述了主人公刘兰芝被逐出夫家,最终投水自尽的悲剧命运。《潜水鸟》中以潜水鸟为象征,讲述了皮格特不被主流社会接受,在经历了迷茫、寻觅、无奈、幻灭之后葬身火海的悲剧。加拿大作家玛格利特.劳伦斯的小说《潜水鸟》与中国古代长篇叙述诗《孔雀东南飞》之间有许多的类似,从比较文学的视角出发,对两部作品的叙事风格、人物性格刻画、象征意蕴以及语言特色等方面进行了探讨。

Southeast the Peacock Flies, with the peacock as the symbolic image, tells us the miserable fate of heroine Liu Lanzhi who was expelled from her husband＇s house and killed herself by jumping into the river. The Diving Birds, with the diving birds as the sym- bol, narrates the tragedy of Pigat who was not accepted by the mainstream society and took suicide in fire after experiencing confusion, perplexity and disillusion. These two works have much in common. This paper compares them in the perspectives of the narrative style, description of figures＇personality, symbolic connotation and language features.