《中国佬》的战争伦理与和平诉求主题

The Ethics of Force and Peace Pursuit in Maxine Hong Kingston's China Men

当代美国华裔女作家汤亭亭的小说《中国佬》聚焦表达有关华裔美国人的历史事件蕴含的现实意义。其中"在越南的弟弟"一章不惜笔墨地详述了近代美越战争和美日战争对人们和平生活希望的扼杀。从文学伦理学的视阈解读作品中有关战争的残暴画面、民众逃避战争的千方百计和越南弟弟的从军经历,战争伦理与和平诉求亦是作品的主题之一,进而作家和平主义者的立场也得以阐明。

China Men is one of Chinese American writer Maxine Hong Kingston＇s masterpieces,which weaves the modern significance of Chinese American history. The chapter of The Brother in Vietnam depicts vividly that the wars pitilessly put peaceful life to an end. This essay,combined ethical literary criticism,makes an attempt to interpret the brutality of war,the desperation for escaping of war and the brother＇s military experience. Thus,the ethics of force and peace pursuit also serves one of themes what the novel actually conveys; meanwhile,the writer＇s pacifist stance has been elucidated.