“二拍”中的深情男性形象析论

An Analysis of the Affectionate Male Characters in Er Pai(二拍)

明中后期,尚情成为一种具有时代属性的社会思潮。俗文学作为折射时代发展和社会变迁的一面镜子,最为敏感和迅速地抓住了这一特征。与众多侧重刻画女性情感表现的相关作品不同,凌濛初在“二拍”中摹写出了一批情意深重的男性形象。作者对传统负心汉故事模式的颠覆,既是明中后期风行于世的尚情思潮在文学文本中的一次典型映射,也清晰地反映出凌濛初本人在大时代变局下对情之真挚的深刻体察。

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, there..s an ideological trend that advocates affection. As a mirror that could reflect the development and social vicissitude, it ..s easy for popular literature to capture this trend. In contrast to other literary works that usually focused on depicting the emotional expressions of female, Ling Mengchu portrayed lots of affectionate male characters in Er Pai. By overthrowing a traditional story mode in which the male characters generally acted like unfaithful lovers, Ling Mengchu ..s creation could not be only regarded as a typical reflection of the prevailing advocation of affection in literary texts during that period, but also clearly expressed the author..s deep feeling and understanding of affection in the variable age.