浅析皮考特《家规》中的规则和选择

On Rules and Choices in Picoult's House Rules

当代美国畅销书作家"金牌得主"朱迪·皮考特2010年出版的小说《家规》描述了患有高功能自闭症的雅各布与母亲、弟弟一家人卷入重案的事件。文章分别从"家规"的伦理学意义、母子关系和兄弟关系的视角分析了人物间的伦理关系及人物在面临家庭和社会种种潜在规则或显性规则时陷入的伦理困境、作出的伦理选择。这部小说深刻揭示了家庭规则和社会规则,引发人们思考当代社会众多关系到弱势群体的伦理问题。

Jodi Picoult is a distinguished writer in contemporary America,crowned as a＂gold medalist＂of bestseller.Her House Rules（2010）describes the story of Jacob,an Asperger＇s Syndrome sufferer,his mother Emma and his brother Theo,who are involved in a homicide case.The paper,from the perspective of＂house rule＇s＂ethical significance,mother-child relationship and brotherhood,analyzes the ethical relationship between characters and their different ethical dilemmas and ethical choices on confronting explicit rules and hidden rules in and outside house.House Rulesdiscloses the house rules and social rules so profoundly as to trigger reflection on ethical issues related with the vulnerable groups in present society.