以柯尔伯格的道德发展阶段理论分析哈克的道德成长

An Analysis on Huckleberry Finn's Moral Growth on the Basis of Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development

马克·吐温的小说《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》中主人公哈克,常被读者看作一个没有教养的无知孩子,他下定决心救出黑奴吉姆的原因,往往被认为是仅凭一腔热情的哥儿们义气,其实不然。借助劳伦斯·柯尔伯格的道德发展阶段理论,从道德发展的前习俗、习俗、后习俗三个水平六个阶段分析哈克的行为和心理,可以揭示出哈克是如何实现高尚道德的心路历程的。

Huckleberry Finn in Mark Twain＇s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has usually been taken as an ungra- ciously innocent boy, and his courage and determination of rescuing the Negro slave Jim has also been considered merely as a burst of passion from personal loyalty. However, it is not really the case. With the theoretical frame of Laurence Kohlberg＇s stages of moral development, Huck＇s behavior and psychology can be analyzed all through the six stages at the three levels as Pre-conventional Level, Conventional Level and Post-conventional Level, and the boy＇s mental process for his moral growth to nobility can be revealed.