成为你自己——《觉醒》中的爱得娜与《无名的裘德》中苏的对比研究

Be Yourself:Comparative Study of Edna in the "Awakening" and Sue in the "Jude the Obscure"

本文从存在主义视角分析了《觉醒》中的爱得娜和《无名的裘德》中的苏。爱得娜从沉沦到独立,以选择死亡而最终成为她自己。而苏从独立到沉沦,放弃成为真正的自己。两位作家截然不同的结局安排,造成了事实上的殊途同归。她们的人生悲剧不是个人的原因,而是生存环境的原因,从而完成了文学的社会批判功能。

This paper analyzes Edna in ＂Awakening＂ and Sue in ＂Jude the Obscure＂ from the perspective of existentialism. Edna becomes herself from lostness to independence, while Sue gives up becoming herself from independence to lostness. The contrastive arrangement for the two novels makes the same effect： The causes of the two ladies＂ life tragedy are not personal, but social. Whereby finishes the social criticism of literature.