苦难家运的深沉描摹,顽强民族的生存史诗——赛珍珠《母亲》与余华《活着》的平行比较

A Description of a Family's Misfortune and an Epic of the Survival of a Misfortune-stricken Nation—A Parallel Comparison between P.S.Buck's The Mother and Yu Hua's Be Alive

赛珍珠的《母亲》与余华的《活着》在艺术特征与审美价值等方面虽存有个体差异,但皆具有"苦难家运的深沉描摹,顽强民族的生存史诗"的特点,而它们的成功皆"因中国之情,立小说之体;即小说之体,成畅销之势"。

P.S.Buck＇s The Mother and Yu Hua＇s Be Alive are common in ＂their description of a family＇s misfortune＂ and ＂as an epic of the survival of a misfortune-stricken nation＂ though they differ in artistic merits and aesthetic value.The success result from ＂their use of the literary form,novel,which helps them become bestsellers,to portray the misfortune of China＂.