论曼斯菲尔德短篇小说的异化主题

On the Theme of Alienation in Katherine Mansfield's Short Stories

本文旨在深入探讨英国杰出的短篇小说家凯瑟琳·曼斯菲尔德短篇小说在主题上所表现出的现代主义特征。现代主义文学在思想内容方面的典型特征是它在人与社会、人与人、人与自我、人与自然和人与物五种基本关系上所表现出来的全面扭曲和严重异化。曼斯菲尔德短篇小说的一个基本内容就是表现这种无所不在的异化。本文在文本诠读的基础上,通过分析曼斯菲尔德短篇小说中的异化的主题来证明曼斯菲尔德是一位具有强烈批判精神的现代主义作家。曼斯菲尔德在她的小说中把普通人的生存状态作为背景,以社会批判理论家的尖锐与勇气,以心理分析家的敏感与细致,更以思想家的良知与觉悟,对现代人和现代社会进行了犀利的反省和剖析。

On the basis of close reading, this paper explores the characteristic of modernism that is reflected by the theme of Katherine Mansfield＇ s short stories. What modern literature expresses is the alienation existing in the relations between man and man, between man and society, between man and himself, between man and nature and between man and material life. This paper shows that Mansfield＇ s short stories reflect her focus on modern men＇ s alienation. With the courage of a social critic, the sensitivity of a psychologist, and the conscience of a thinker, Mansfield made a thorough analysis of modern men and modern society.