痛苦的巡礼 价值的延续 诗性的表达——读《20世纪西方文学主题研究》

Spiritual Pilgrimage, Continuation of Value and Poetic Expression: Review of A Thematic Exploration of 20th Century Western Literature

蒋承勇与武跃速教授等合著的《20世纪西方文学主题研究》是国内第一部直接从主题角度来审视20世纪西方文学的专著。论著通过六大主题场域的设置,并配以两位经典大师的主题性个案分析,对整个20世纪西方文学进行了巡礼,展现了一个世纪精神文化的痛苦裂变和人类的救赎渴望。论者在著作中既表达了现代与传统文学主题之间的延续性,又突出其独特的裂变特征,在沉思与追问中肯定大师们对于精神价值的坚守,凸显了文学的理想性品格。论著超越了传统的两分法,将思想内蕴与艺术手法交叉杂糅,注重个案选择与精神探索的水乳交融,运用了丰富的新理论、新方法,将20世纪西方文学的研究推向了一个新的高度。

A Thematic Exploration of 20th Century Western Literature, written by Jiang Chengyong, Wu Yuesu and others, is the first monograph in China that studies the 20th century Western literature from the perspective of theme. Taking two literary masters＇ works as cases for its study, the book studies six major types of theme, and pays pilgrimage to the whole 20th century Western literature by exhibiting the century＇s painful fission in spirit and culture and man＇s yearning for salvation. It reveals the continuity between the traditional and the modern themes as well as foregrounds their discrepancy. It affirms the literary masters＇ faith in spiritual values and emphasizes the idealistic quality of literature. It goes beyond the traditional dichotomy by combining studies of form and content, and, incorporating new theories and methods, pushes 20th century Western literature study to a new height.