论赛珍珠小说《大地》的跨时代性

On The Temporal Spanning Feature of The Good Earth by Pearl Buck

赛珍珠小说《大地》写作于上个世纪30年代,作品反映的是旧中国动荡不安、瞬息万变的社会画卷。《大地》在问世之时遭到中外文坛的普遍非议,这部作品超越了作者所处的时代,显示出跨时代的特征。《大地》无论从写作视角还是从文化意义上都明显带有超越作者所处时代特征的跨时代性,《大地》的跨时代性表现在作者用艺术和哲学的眼光和东西文化比较的方法来审视当时中国社会特征和精神图景。作者赛珍珠独特的文化身份是造成小说跨时代性的主要原因,她对中美两种文化充分了解,中美文化的互补性使这部小说天然超越了同时代的作品。《大地》在文学艺术理念上采用的中外艺术兼容并包的手法也是造成小说跨时代性的又一个主要原因。《大地》的跨时代性对于今天考察当下社会现实以及开拓文学创作的国际视野具有一定的借鉴意义。

The Good Earth was written by Pearl Buck in 1930s,describes the turbulent and changeable society in China.The novel spans the historical age the author lived,that is,the author scrutinizes China′s social and spiritual world in terms of artistic,philosophical and comparative views,all of which are illustrated in the writing and cultural meaning.The temporal spanning is firstly due to Pearl Buck′s cultural identity-familarity of Chinese and American culture and their complementariness,and secondly due to the inclusiveness of Chinese and foreign artistry.Research on the novel and its feature plays an important role on the study of the contemporary society and on the breakthrough of literature composition.