不同的社会态度 相同的悲惨命运——对比《红与黑》主人公于连与《局外人》主人公默尔索

Different Attitudes towards the Society,Same Misery Fate——Compare the two heroes of Le Rouge et le Noir and L' étranger

司汤达小说《红与黑》的主人公于连·索海尔和加缪小说《局外人》主人公默尔索对社会有着截然不同的态度。前者为了实现其抱负和英雄美梦积极地介入社会;后者却抱着消极避世的态度,对一切都无所谓。两人最终都因犯下一宗命案而被判死刑。通过对比这两位主人公的社会态度,以及两人所处的社会,来解析造成这两位人物悲惨命运的原因,并进一步探讨社会对个人命运所起的作用。

Julien Sorel, the hero of Stendhal's Le Rouge et le Noir, and Meursault, the hero of Camus' L'é tranger, have different attitudes towards the society. The former gets involved in the society positively, whereas the latter shows a negative attitude. Both of them are sentenced to death because of a homicide case. This article analyzes the misery fate of the two heroes by contrasting their attitudes towards the society and their own social backgrounds. It conducts a further probe into the impact of society on individual fate.