冲突、解构与重塑:成长主题视角下的《纯真年代》

Contradiction,deconstruction and remodeling:a study of The Age of Innocence from the perspective of initiation

美国作家伊迪丝·华顿的代表作《纯真年代》塑造了一系列重要形象,其中以男主人公纽兰·阿切尔最为突出。以成长的视角来审视男主人公的人生经历,发现他与两位女主人公以及自身所处的纽约上层社会之间存在着尖锐的矛盾冲突,这让他在自我中形成了一个矛盾体。探究男主人公在成长过程中遇到的一系列问题,为进一步了解其如何实现自我突破、进而产生价值观的变化和心灵的成长提供全新的视野。

In her masterpiece The Age of Inocence, American writer Edith Wharton created a series of important images, with Newland Archer as the most prominent hero. A study of the growth process of the hero from the perspective of initiation, can help find that there are sharp contradictions be- tween Archer and the two heroines as well as the New York upper class, which together create a contradiction in Archer＇ s mind. An exploration of the series of problems the hero comes across in the process of his growth provides a new vision for further understanding how the protagonist achieved a self-breakthrough of himself, and then had a change in values and spiritual growth.