“希望中的绝望”和“绝望中的希望”——《等待戈多》与《过客》中的两种生命哲学

Despair in Hope and Hope in Despair

贝克特荒诞派戏剧《等待戈多》中的流浪汉和鲁迅戏剧化散文《过客》中的过客在生存背景、生存状态等诸多方面有着惊人的相似之处,而折射出的对人生意义的思考却又大相径庭。《等待戈多》荒诞的背后,深刻表现了现代文明中的人生处境,表现了人在荒诞世界里束手无策的悲哀和绝望。从某种程度上看,《过客》更多的是鲁迅自我处境的形象写照,甚至可以说是自画像,过客是鲁迅反抗绝望的生命哲学的形象写照。

Although there are some striking similarities in the living backgrounds and conditions of the tramp in Beckett’s absurd drama Waiting for Godot and the passer-by in Lu Xun’s dramatic prose Passer-by,their reflection on the meaning of life are quite different.Behind the absurdity of Waiting for Godot,it profoundly depicts people’s life situations in modern civilization,expressing people’s helpless sorrow and despair in the absurd world.To some extent,Passer-by is Lu Xun’s self mirror image,and even can be said to be a self-portrait,i.e.Lu Xun’s life philosophy against despair.