东西方文化融合与文化隔阂——《印度之行》的“唯有沟通”文化意义解读

Integration and Estrangement of Eastern and Western Culture——The Cultural Meanings of "Only Connection" in The Trip to India

爱.摩.福斯特《印度之行》中对东西方文化融合进行了探索与尝试。分析了英印之间建立友谊的可能性与沟通的艰难性。福斯特希望以"唯有沟通"的方式实现东西方文化的融合,然而由于英印双方在种族、社会和宗教上所体现出来的文化隔阂以及双方在政治地位上的不平等性,最终导致东西方文化融合的失败,证明福斯特"唯有沟通"的人文主义思想在当时无法实现。

In The Trip to India by E·M·Forster which attempted to explore integration between Eastern and Western cultures and analyzed the possibility of establishing friendships between the English and the Indians,and the difficulty to communicate between them.Forster pinned his hopes by the means of ＂Only Connection＂ to achieve the integration of Eastern and Western cultures.Eventually,however,due to such cultural estrangements as racial,social and religious differences as well as political inequality between the the two sides, neither could the British culture integrate the Indian culture, nor could the English and the Indians establish friendship. All this proved that Forster＇s idea of ＂Only Connection＂ could not be realized.