文学与政治的变奏——论奥威尔的文学观及其政治性写作

Variation between Literature and Politics——On Orwell’s Literary Views and His Political Novels

奥维尔的文学观和他的反乌托邦小说创作在20世纪西方文学世界里都是独树一帜的。奥威尔以其致力于"介入"的政治性写作的文学价值选择、反乌托邦文学图景的描绘和对极权主义的深刻揭示与批判,构建了一个独属奥威尔、却为人类社会的健全发展带来深刻启示的思想与文学世界。奥威尔书写着政治的文学,表达着文学的政治。在这文学与政治的变奏中,彰显的正是富于人文情怀的知识分子对于现代性建构自身危机的忧虑与对于救赎之路的探求。

Orwell＇s literary views and his anti-utopia novels are unique in the western literature of the 20^th century. He builds a world of thought and literature peculiar to himself, which brings deep enlightenment for the sound development of the human society with his literary value of political novels, his depiction of anti-utopia prospect and his profound exposure and criticism to totalitarianism. In his novels literature and politics are interwoven. In this variation between literature and politics, it reveals the humanistic writers＇ worries for the crisis of modernity construction and their pursuit for salvation.