信仰与道德的分离——从哲学层面透视厄普代克的道德关怀

The Separation between Belief and Morality:Discussing Updike's Moral Concern From the Philosophical Perspective

约翰·厄普代克是二战后美国重要的新现实主义作家,他的小说创作在评论界颇受争议,不少人认为,他的作品过于注重形式,忽略了内容表达,显得"道德空洞"或"道德怠惰"。论文从作家对于世界的认识、人生中的道德困境和哲学层面的反讽等角度,探讨作家采用模糊的道德视角的用意,认为其作品在有意识的留白背后,隐藏着对信仰和道德问题的严肃思考。

John Updike is an important American neo-realism writer after World War II.His novels are marked controversial by critics who believe that his works emphasize too much on form rather than content,which result in'moral void'or'moral sloth'.From the perspective of writer's understand-ing of the world,moral dilemmas in life and irony on the philosophical level,this paper explores the writer's intention of adopting vague moral perspective.What is hidden behind the intentional blankness in his works is the writer's serious thinking of faith and moral issues.