静水深流:《克兰福德》的宁静世界

Deep River with a Tranquil Surface:The Tranquil World in Cranford

盖斯凯尔夫人在小说《克兰福德》中营造的"宁静"氛围,展现给读者的不仅是一幅缺乏变化的社会生活图景,更蕴涵了一种宽容无私的人格力量与精神深度。作者在塑造生活节奏缓慢的人物和社区环境的同时,配以迂回平淡的故事情节和松散随意的轶事性叙述结构,潜移默化地解构了一些传统观念的禁锢,勾勒出蕴涵在平凡生活之中"宁静的英雄主义"的鲜活形象。

Elizabeth Gaskell produces the ＂tranquil＂ atmosphere in her novel Cranford,which not only un-folds a social panorama inactive to changes but also uncovers the strength and depth of forgiveness,toler-ance and selflessness.The author adopts relatively flat and repetitive plot and loose and casual anecdotal narrative based on the slowly-paced characters and quiet environment of the fictional community.In this way,the thematic ＂quiet heroism＂ emerges from the deconstruction of some traditional modes of thought im-perceptibly.