伦理选择·伦理身份·伦理意识——《黑猫》与《白猫》的文学伦理学批评解读

Ethical Selection·Ethical Identity·Ethical Conscious——An Interpretation of “The Black Cat” and “The White Cat” From the Perspective of Ethical Literary Criticism

美国作家埃德加·爱伦·坡的《黑猫》和乔伊斯·卡罗尔·欧茨的《白猫》都通过猫意象折射出家庭中失衡的夫妻关系,有深刻的伦理内涵。叙事中,丈夫对猫的恨和妻子对猫的爱,及其失衡的夫妻关系形成难以解开的伦理结。主人公伦理选择的错乱、伦理身份的移位令人警醒,引人反思,表现出作家强烈的伦理意识。

American writer Edgar Allen Poe＇ s ＂ The Black Cat＂ and Joyce Carol Oates＇ ＂The White Cat＂ both use the image of cats to reflect the imbalanced relationship of husband and wife with profound ethical connotation. The husband＇s hatred to the cate and the wife＇ s love to the cat make a dead ethical knot in husband and wife relation. The char- acters＇ chaotic choice and ethical identity are alarming, which shows the writer＇ s strong sense of ethics.