都市人精神生活探析——以《子夜》为视角

Study on Spiritual Life of Urbanites——From the Perspective of Midnight

近代,作为国际性大都市的上海,随着社会结构商业化,人们的精神生活也在朝商业化的方向发展。在普遍的重商主义影响下,金钱控制、支配了伦理和情感,功利价值观取代传统伦理价值观成为都市人精神生活的核心和指导都市人行为的风向标。都市人以理性至上和冷漠的心态来应对复杂多变的时势和激烈残酷的商业竞争。《子夜》真实地折射出都市人的精神生活。小说中描写了各色被金钱俘虏的都市人,表现了他们的理智和冷漠,也表现了近代都市人自由平等的精神。

In modem times, with the commercializing of social structure, people＇s spiritual life was also commercialized in Shanghai, the Cosmopolis of China. With the popularity of mercantilism, money controlled ethics and emotion, and utility values, in place of traditional ethical values, became the core of urbanites＇ spiritual life and the guide of urbanites＇ behaviors. By means of rational supremacy and implacability, urbanites dealt with complex and volatile social situations and cruel commercial competitions. The novel of Midnight truly reflects the spiritual life of the urbanites. It describes different urbanites captured by money, shows their reason and indifference, and displays their spirits of freedom and equality.