摘要
《福尔赛世家》中最突出的主题是对爱德华时期中产阶级物质欲望的批判,高尔斯华绥通过创造福尔赛家族人物群相来揭示中产阶级的财产意识以及整个社会的物化价值取向。这些人物在作家的犹豫和妥协下周转于物质交换、占有与继承之间,受到物质世界的裹挟,无法从艺术上产生突破。小说人物与作家所共同陷入的物质困境,反映出爱德华时期中产阶级在面对帝国衰退时的保守和内缩倾向,高尔斯华绥的人物创作方式表现出作家在剖析本阶级状况时的矛盾心理和绥靖策略。
One of the most prominent themes in The Forsyte Saga is its critique of the material desires held by the Edwardian middle class. Through the characterization of the Forsytes, Galsworthy discloses the middle-class sense of property and the overall orientation towards material wealth in the Edwardian society. However, impacted by Galsworthy＇s hesitation and compromises, these characters are preoccupied with the exchange, possession and inheritance of material things, and thus become overwhelmed by the material world. This hampers a breakthrough in the art of characterization. The material predicament, by which the characters and the writer are beset, reflects themiddle class＇s inclination of conservatism and its wish to withdraw from the outside world when the Empire was decaying. Galsworthy＇s way of characterization gives away his ambivalence and appeasement in the diagnosis of his own class.
出处
《英美文学研究论丛》
CSSCI
2017年第2期382-395,共14页
English and American Literary Studies
基金
国家社科基金项目“英国小说人物美学沿革与社会主体困境表征研究”(项目编号:16BWW038)的阶段性成果
