斯蒂芬·茨威格论死亡与激情

On Death and Passion in Stefan Zweig's Life and Works

激情与死亡是贯穿斯蒂芬·茨威格文学创作的重要主题。小说中的"激情受难者"穿梭缠斗于激情的幽暗与人性的善恶之维,多以死亡挣脱激情的宰治告终。在"内心切近者"的人物传记中,茨威格以激越昂扬的笔触谱写出人性与激情角力的命运悲歌,赋予"魔鬼性"的激情毁灭尤其是自杀行为以超人性、超时间的宏大意义。茨威格为抵御战争对心灵的扭曲和精神家园的摧残,以自杀捍卫了内心的自由,具有为理想而殉难的伟大意义,彰显了人性的光辉。

Passion and death are two important themes throughout Stefan Zweig＇ s literary creation. The characters in Zweig＇ s novels, who suffered severely from the overwhelming psychological passion, usually ended up in death as＇ a way of freeing themselves from the domination of passion in their struggles for the good and beautiful side of human nature. In the biographies of the free writers whom he considered to be spiritually connected with him, Zweig wrote a touching elegy on the common destiny Of Holderlin （荷尔德林） , Kleist （克莱斯特） and Nietzsche （尼采）, who burned and sacrificed themselves in their boiling passion for the eternal and infinite. Zweig endowed the destruction of the three literary giants with the great significance of insistent pursuit for timeless and absolute meanings. As for Zweig himself, in order to prevent his heart from being twisted and his humanistic faith from being damaged in the evil passion of the war, he .chose to die freely. His suicide was therefore an act of freedom and martyrdom for great humanity＇ s ideal and manifesto.