自我与他者的困域——《麦田里的守望者》与《钟形罩》的比较解读

The Dilemma between Self and Others——Comparison between "The Catchers in the Rye" and "The Bell Jar"

《麦田里的守望者》与《钟形罩》同属成长小说,小说中的主人公都陷于"自我/他者"两极关系失衡的困境。尽管主题相同,两位作者却是从截然相反的方向逼近这一人格成长难题的。塞林格笔下的霍尔顿困于自我一极,普拉斯笔下的埃丝特困于他者一极。比较与探讨两部小说在同一主题上的不同处理方式,并联系两位作者各自极端的人生选择,对思考人在"自我与他者"二元性关系中发展自身这一命题具有启示意义。

The ＂Catchers in the Rye＂ and ＂The Bell Jar＂ are both initiation stories,whose characters both fall into the dilemma of unbalanced bipolar relationships.Although with the same topic,the two writers approached the problem of personality growing from opposite directions.Holton in Salinger＇s story is stranded on the Self-pole,whereas Esther in Sylvia＇s story on Others-pole.To compare and explore the different modes of process on the same subject by the two novels,and with the consideration of the extreme life choices by the two writers,it is of enlightenment significance for the topic of self develop in the relations of duality in the thinking of man in ＂Self and Others＂.