《雨王汉德森》与贝娄的犹太文化意识

Henderson the Rain King and Saul Bellow's Jewish Cultural Consciousness

《雨王汉德森》是贝娄一部比较特殊的小说,评论家对它的理解与阐释也莫衷一是,但作者本人却一再表示对主人公具有最强的认同感。这部小说虽然与贝娄其他作品有着许多不同,但同样反映出了作者的犹太文化意识对其艺术创作的深刻影响,这一影响在《雨王汉德森》中尤其表现为作者对现实社会的批判、对人道主义的信仰与歌颂、对社会伦理价值的肯定这三个方面。

Among Bellow＇s literary works, Henderson the Rain King occupies a unique position with whose protagonist the author identifies most. For all its apparent differences from his other novels, this one also reveals the subtle influence of traditional Jewish cultural consciousness upon Bellow＇ s artistic creation as is substantially demonstrated by his trenchant social criticism, his unshakable belief in humanism and his passionate emphasis on social ethics which are unequivocally exhibited in Henderson the Rain King.