基督教道德和世俗生活的困境与突破——试析《儿子与情人》的宗教意识

Plight and Breakthrough of Christian Moral and Secular Life:Analysis of Moral sense in Sons and Lovers

现代工业社会扭曲人的自然本性,造成人格分裂。保罗的情感被母亲控制,以致宗教信仰动摇、行为失范,在基督教道德和世俗生活中徘徊,在灵与肉的选择中陷入迷茫。为了突破困境,他摆脱母亲的控制,放弃纯粹的精神或肉体之爱,在宗教道德的指引下,构建灵肉统一的新生活。这既是他的自我救赎之路,也是作者在大工业社会背景下,为陷入宗教道德与世俗生活困境的人指出的得救途径。

The nature of human beings is distorted by the modem industrial society, which leads to their split personalities. Paul＇s feeling is under the control of his mother so that his religious belief is shaken and his behavior disobeys the norms. He lingers in the Christian moral and secular life and wonders between the choice of the spirit and flesh. To break through the predicament, he gets free from the control of his mother and abandons the pure love of the spirit or flesh and begins a new harmonious life the under the guidance of religious moralities. This is a way for his self - redemption and a way of redemption for human beings indicated by the writer under the background of the industrial society.