达尔文主义在《红楼梦》中的体现

A Literary Darwinian Reading of A Dream of Red Mansion

文学达尔文主义是近年来兴起的重要西方文学批评理论之一,主要遵循进化论理论进行文学批评。本文主要借用文学达尔文主义在21世纪的新理论对《红楼梦》文本进行解读,并指出作品中大量人物的心理活动可以从文学达尔文主义理论中寻找其发生基础,大量的重要情节亦可从该理论中寻找其因果关系。

Literary Darwinism,which studies literature in the context of evolution through natural selection,is a new branch of literary criticism rising recently.In this paper,a re-reading of A Dream of Red Mansion in this perspective reveals a new understanding of the novel.