《专使》中的伦理选择与伦理结的生成和解构

Ethical Choice and the Formation and Deconstruction of Ethical Complex in Henry James's The Ambassadors

本文运用文学伦理学批评方法,分析了亨利·詹姆斯《专使》中薇欧娜特夫人和查德·纽瑟姆的斯芬克斯因子及刘易斯·兰伯特·斯特莱瑟的伦理选择,揭示了作品中伦理线及伦理结的形成和解构过程,旨在探讨主人公的伦理道德变化、这些变化所带来的伦理拯救以及欧洲和美国伦理意识冲突和融合的社会原因。詹姆斯通过对以斯特莱瑟为代表的美国和以薇欧娜特等为代表的巴黎这两大对立群体的描写,表现了欧美文化冲突的主题;通过展现笔下人物的伦理困境、艰难的伦理选择和觉醒的伦理意识,表达了对文明和谐伦理秩序的理想社会的向往。

This paper applied the method of ethical literary criticism advanced by Professor Nie Zhenzhao to analyze Madame de Vionnet and Chad Newsome＇s Sphinx factor and Lewis Lambert Strether＇s ethical choice, to reveal the process of forming and reconstructing ethical lines and ethical complex in the works, aiming to explore protagonists＇ ethical and moral changes, the ethical salvation brought about by those changes and the social causes of conflict and integration of ethical consciousness between Europe and America. James manifested the theme of cultural conflict between Europe and America by describing the two opposing groups of Paris and America represented by Strether and Vionnet respectively. By displaying the characters＇ ethical dilemma, difficult ethical choice and awakening ethical consciousness, James expressed his own moral choice and value judgment, and his yearning for an ideal society with a civilized and harmonious ethical order.