罪与罚——探析《店员》与《罪与罚》中的信仰回归之路

An Analysis on the Way of Faith in Return in Clerk and Crime and Punishment

马拉默德《店员》中的弗兰克·阿尔拜与陀思妥耶夫斯基《罪与罚》的主人公拉斯科尔尼科夫都经历了人性堕落到精神重生之路。犹太教精神和东正教精神在二者的人性回归之路上分别起着重要作用。从中不难看出,这两位作家对生存意义的理解与宗教信仰不可分割,他们都希望通过宗教信仰实现精神救赎和再生,不断为现代人找寻着救赎干涸灵魂的精神出口。

Frank Albay, the hero of Malamud＇ s Clerk and the hero of Russ Cole in Dostoevsky＇ s Crime and l^mishment, both have undergone the way from degeneration of human nature to spiritual rebirth. Spirit of judaism and Orthodox respectively play an important role in the return of human nature. According to those, it is not hard to learn the two writers have an understanding of survival significance, which is close to religion. Both of them hope to realize redemption and regeneration of spirit by the way of religion, trying to find an export to save withered soul of modern people.