戴维·洛奇天主教小说的“拯救”内涵

On the Connotations of Salvation in David Lodge's Catholic Novels

戴维.洛奇天主教小说在人性欲望与宗教信仰之间并非非此即彼的单向度取舍,由于时代语境的变迁,其拯救内容在情节序列层面呈现出一定的演变轨迹,有时体现为对现世人生的推崇、推崇人的欲望的合理满足;有时则体现为对天主教信仰的某种认同。欲望与理性这两者表面上互相排斥、相背相离,但又互为表里,共同构筑了人性的立体存在,戴维.洛奇体现在天主教小说中的拯救情怀事实上正是拯救人性自我。

The connotations of salvation in David Lodge＇ s Catholic novels are not one-sided alternatives between the human desire and the religious faith, which either respect the human desire, or reveal somewhat religious identity, or take the two attitudes with a development track in the plot sequence due to the times context. It is human nature itself that is composed by desire and reason, which is sometimes mutually exclusive, contrary on the surface, and sometimes complementary to each other, essentially harmonious. For this, the connotation of salvation in David lodge＇s Catholic novels is to save the human nature itself.