摘要
《弗洛斯河上的磨坊》中的音乐场景是小说第六部的重要内容,为我们提供了理解麦琪的爱情及最终选择的线索。根据达尔文的性选择理论,音乐起源于求爱中取悦异性的需要,与鸟类鲜艳的羽毛和动听的鸣叫功能相似。斯蒂芬与费利浦争相用音乐向麦琪表达爱慕之情,使麦琪陷入了激情和责任的两难境地。麦琪不由自主地被斯蒂芬的歌声所吸引,然而她同时也努力坚守道德,不背叛承诺,不辜负信任。麦琪的选择是艰难而又痛苦的,但却体现出人性的光辉,也表明了爱略特的道德立场。
The musical scenes abound in book sixth of The Mill on the Floss and provide a discernible clue for the understanding of Maggie's aspiration for love and her final decision.According to Darwin's theory of sexual selection,music,just like the flashy plume and intoxicating songs of birds,originates from the need to please opposite sex in courting.In Eliot's novel,both Stephen and Philip resort to music to win the amorous favor from Maggie and Maggie is forced to choose between the gratification of passion and fulfillment of duty.Maggie can't help being lured by Stephen's enchanting song,but at the same time, she manages to stand firm for her moral principle.Her decision is both difficult and painful,yet it attests to the nobility of her mind and shows the moral choice of her creator,George Eliot.
出处
《外国文学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2011年第6期55-60,158,共6页
Foreign Literature
基金
中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金资助项目(项目编号RW2011-32)
