生命的真实与超越——劳伦斯在小说《虹》中表达的生命观

Truth and Transcendence of Life——Lawrence's View of Life as Expressed in Rainbow

劳伦斯的代表作《虹》以一个家族的精神历程为线索,展现了在西方文明中人类生命逐渐走向衰亡的过程,进而表达了劳伦斯独特的生命观:一、生命的本质是具有先验性质的生命力量,即"非人类因素";二、人类生命过程的本质意义就在于不断实现超越;三、生命超越的目标是回归生命的本真状态,但这个状态并不仅指为诸多学者所注意并反复讨论的"和谐的性爱"、"血性的张扬"及"本能的复位",而是具有更深广的内涵。

Most scholars have been attracted and misled by D. H. Lawrence＇s astounding viewpoints and ignored his deeper thoughts. His representative work,Rainbow, describes the the Brangwens＇ family history and reveals how human life has been gradually losing its vigor in the surrounding of Western Civilization. In this novel, Lawrence＇s view of life can be seen： first, the essence of human life is a transcendent energy, the so-called ＂non-human element＂; second, the meaning of human life lies in its ability to transcend itself consistently; third, the aim of this transcendence is the return to the organic,vigorous state of life,which has a much richer and broader meaning than so-called ＂consummative sex＂,＂blood consciousness＂ or the ＂awakening of instincts＂.