论《水泥花园》中的乱伦

On the Incest in The Cement Garden

伊恩·麦克尤恩的《水泥花园》讲述了两个正值青春期的青少年杰克和朱莉在父母相继离世后发生姐弟乱伦的故事。造成他们乱伦的因素主要有客观环境因素的影响,以及他们在青春期成长发育过程中情窦初开,缺少父母的教育和引导,导致他们相互渐生情愫,并最终在非理性因子战胜了理性因子的情况下发生了乱伦。他们违反社会伦理的乱伦映射了青少年在成长过程中可能遇到的困惑与烦恼。《水泥花园》通过描写青少年乱伦的悲剧揭示伦理禁忌对于维护社会和家庭稳定的重要性。

Ian Mc Ewan＇s The Cement Garden tells a story of incest between an elder sister and a younger brother—Julie and Jack in their adolescence—after the successive death of their parents. The causes for their incest involve the impact of the objective environment,their mutual attachment due to their puppy love in the process of puberty growth and to the shortage of parental education and guidance,and their ultimate malpractice in the situation of irrational factors prevailing over rational factors. In short,their incest violating social ethics has reflected the confusion and annoyance possibly inevitable to teenagers in their growth process. The Cement Garden has revealed the importance of ethical taboos in maintaining the social and familial stability by picturing the tragedy of teenagers＇ incest.