战火中的巾帼英姿——赛珍珠抗战小说《游击队的母亲》与《犹滴传》的比较研究

The heroine charm during the war——A comparative study of Pearl S. Buck's Anti-Japanese War novel Mother of the Guerrillas and The Book of Judith in Deuterocanonical Books

系统接受过西方教育的赛珍珠,即使在进行中国题材创作时,仍会不自觉地将西方文化或文学传统化用在其作品中。其抗战题材短篇小说《游击队的母亲》在主题、情节和人物塑造上与《圣经次经》中的《犹滴传》有高度的相似性。但对基督教持怀疑态度、对海外传教持否定立场的赛珍珠有意略去作品中浓厚的宗教色彩而代之以人的智性光辉,同时,以对个人心路历程和人生轨迹的细腻描摹,代替对波澜壮阔的历史背景勾画和对人物的传奇性叙述,体现出作者不同的关注视角和价值取向。

Pear S. Buck, who received the western education systematically, unconsciously fuses western culture or literary tradition into her works with the Chinese subjects. Her Anti-Japanese War short story ＂ Mother of the Guer- rillas＂ is quite similar to ＂The Book of Judith＂ in Deuterocanonical Books in theme, plot and characters. Being skeptical about Christianity, having a negative attitude towards missionary activities abroad, she intentionally omits the strong religious flavor in her works and replaces it with intellectual brilliance. Meanwhile, she exquisitely de- picts individual psychological journey and life trajectory instead of picturing the mammoth historical background and legendarily narrating the characters, which reflects her different points of view and value orientations.