论《摘果人》的道德寓意

On the Moral in The Cone-Gatherers

道德是文学创作的永恒主题之一,也是文学创作由个别上升至普遍从而超越社会现实的重要表现。然而,苏格兰小说家罗宾·詹金斯的成名作《摘果人》则将具有普遍性的人类道德问题,置于具体的历史和自然背景之中,将道德问题与纳粹、阶级与宗教等联系起来,从道德的视角反观社会现实。本文在探析主要人物杜勒尔莫名厌恶残疾人卡鲁姆的基础上,挖掘杜勒尔与纳粹思想之间的联系,探讨小说中阶级与宗教元素对善恶行为选择的影响,及其显示的对人类自身和自然的认知,以此揭示出小说道德寓意的张力所在。

Morality,one of the eternal motifs in literature,is also an important aspect for the writers to transcend social reality,thus elevating literary creation from the level of individuality to that of universality. However,in The Cone-G atherers,the highly-acclaimed novel written by the Scottish novelist Robin Jenkins,the universal moral issue of humanity is pushed into the foreground under specific historical contexts and natural backgrounds. By correlating morality with issues like Nazism,class and religion,Jenkins strives to reviewsocial reality from a moral angle. Thus,this article,based on an exploration of Duror's unnamed hatred of Calum,aims to showthe intensity of morality in this novel through exploring the correlation between Nazism and Duror's choice,the influence of class and religion on people's conscience,as well as its revelation about self and nature.