赛珍珠小说中—西救赎模式的转变

The Change of Chinese—Western Salvation Mode in Pearl S. Buck's Novels

在赛珍珠关于中国的诸多作品中,其中的救赎情结一以贯之,看似雷同,但表面的相似不能掩盖内层根本性的变异。从早期到晚期的作品中,她构建的中-西救赎模式发生了巨大的变化:首先,西方的宗教救赎由缺席到被直接否定;其次是中西双方救赎者和被救赎者在性别上的颠覆;最后是由西方文化救赎到中国文化救赎的变化。这样,由于后期赛珍珠中国文化身份和女性性别身份的觉醒,在表面和美国主流文化"救赎情结"保持一致的表象下,她颠覆了当时美国文化中最核心的基石:宗教救赎和男权中心,代之以中国文化的核心:土地崇拜和儒家的"仁爱"思想。

There is a common salvation complex in most of Pearl S. Buck＇s works which are related to China, and it looks like never be changed. But the resemblance of the surface can not conceal the fundamental variation of the inner layer. From the early works to the later works, the Chinese-estern salvation pattern constructed by Pearl S. Buck changed greatly because of the awakening of her gender identity and Chinese cultural identity. First, the religious redemption is denied from being absent; second, the gender of the Redeemer and the Redeemed is reversed; finally, Western cultures salvation changes to Chinese culture salvation. Thus, it seems that Pearl Buck stays in step with the ＂salvation complex＂ of American mainstream culture, but the truth is that she replaces almost all the cores of American culture： religious salvation and male center by the worship of land and ＂benevolence＂ which come from Chi- nese culture.