普拉东诺夫战争短篇小说中的洗礼主题

Theme of The Baptism in Platonov's Short Stories About War

普拉东诺夫取材于伟大的卫国战争的短篇小说是作家创作的重要组成部分,也是俄罗斯战争文学画廊中浓墨重彩的一笔。作为作家战争小说的重要主题,洗礼一方面指的是战火中肉体的洗礼,即对基督教中受洗仪式和民间文化中的成年礼仪式的现实性置换;另一方面指的则是精神的洗礼,即人在战争的非常时期所经历的心灵的净化和灵魂的拷问。该主题不仅能在托尔斯泰等前辈作家的战争小说文本中,还能在圣经文本中寻找到源头。

Platonov＇s short stories,which are based on the Great Patriotic War,are an important part both in the author＇s creation and the Russian war literature.As an important motif of Platonov＇s war fiction,the baptism on the one hand refers to the baptism of the flesh during the war,that is the realistic replacement of ritual of Christian baptism and the adult ceremony in folk culture;on the other hand refers to the spiritual baptism,that is the experience of spiritual purification and soul torture in war.The source of this motif can be found not only in the texts of war fiction by Tolstoy and other senior writers,but also in Bible.