《儒林外史》的主题思想及人物形象塑造

Theme and Image-shaping in The Scholars

清朝小说家吴敬梓的《儒林外史》是一部现实主义的长篇讽刺小说。该小说对人生和社会进行了理性的探索和批判性的观察与思考。大多数学者认为,《儒林外史》是对古代的科举制度和封建社会黑暗面进行批判和讽刺。而小说对人物的刻画也是至关重要的,吴敬梓将社会环境作为背景,从整体构思出发,对人物性格进行展示,人物特有的性格被淋漓尽致地表现出来,通过对人物形象的刻画反映了小说所要表达的主题思想。

The Scholars,written by the Qing dynasty novelist Wu Jingzi,is a long satirical novel of realism.In the novel,the writer makes a rational exploration and critical observation and thinking on life and society.Most scholars believe that The Scholars satirizes and criticizes the ancient imperial examination system and the dark side of the feudal society.The depiction of the character is crucial in the novel,and Wu Jingzi incisively and vividly presents the distinctive character from perspective of the overall creating conception and by taking the social environment as the background,and reflects the theme expressed by the novel through the depiction of characters.