张爱玲小说创作得失论

On the Achievements and Defects of Zhang Ailing's Novels

张爱玲的小说以《传奇》《十八春》为代表,大多写世俗生活中的凡人小事,表现衰败封建大家庭中太太、小姐们的爱情生活等,人物鲜活,描写细腻,手法多样,但在中华民族生死存亡的年代,作者仅仅沉迷于一己的悲欢,甚至丧失自己的立场,这是她创作的局限性。

＂Tales＂ and ＂Eighteen Years＂ are the representative novels of Zhang Ailing＇s. Most of her stories were about the common things and love affairs which happened in big declining feudal families, their charac- ters including madams, girls, women, men, etc. They have the merits of vivid characters, detailed depicting and diversified techniques. But during the hard times of Chinese nation she indulged in her own happiness and sorrow, even forfeiting her stand, which brought about the defects in her creation.