卡佛台尔:霍桑反思现代性的载体

Coverdale: The Agent of Hawthorne's Ref lection on Modernity

现代性的社会学概念与现代化过程如城市化、工业化等密不可分,其心理学概念与人的体验、意识和身份等紧密相连,而科学技术的进步伴随着人类欲望的膨胀又催生了超越边界和限制的世界主义。《福谷传奇》中,霍桑对现代性的思考正是利用卡佛台尔对城市化、工业化的旁观从而表达他对环境问题、公众利益和生存条件的关注,对孤独异化与人性恶的揭露;通过卡佛台尔对趋于短暂化、表面化的社会交往的叙述以剖析人们认识现实、认识他人之意识,批判人们日益模糊之身份;依靠展示卡佛台尔所处的超越限制、追求自由的文化背景表达他对世界主义生活方式的怀疑,对女性生存状态的关怀。

The sociological concept of modernity is inexorably associated with modernization （i.e. urbanization, industrialization etc.）,while its psychological concept is closely related to the experiences, identity and consciousness of human beings. The advancement of science and technology with the expansion of human desires precipitates cosmopolitanism, the feature of which is transcending borders and limitations. In The Blithedale Romance, by means of the spectatorial perspective of Coverdale, Hawthorne＇s reflection on modernity shows his attention to environmental problems, to the interests and living conditions of the public, to the alienation and evilness of human beings; his investigation into people＇s consciousness and the change of identity in the context of superficial and immediate social interaction; his doubt towards cosmopolitan transcendence and freedom, and his care for women＇s state of being.