伦理身份、伦理选择与成长:《冬天里的姑娘》解析

On Ethical Identity,Choice and Growth in A Girl in Winter

菲利普·拉金是二十世纪英国杰出的文学家,其小说《冬天里的姑娘》讲述了二战时期一个年轻女性的成长历程。从文学伦理学批评的角度看,小说主人公凯瑟琳作为战争中流亡到英国的难民,能正视自己的伦理身份,在充满敌意的环境中做出艰难的伦理选择,用善良和宽容化解隔阂和疏离;另一方面,凯瑟琳和简基于女性身份以及她们的伦理选择,表现出新一代女性对传统女性观念的颠覆,经历了婚姻观、家庭观乃至人生观的嬗变。小说作者将女性的独特性和普遍性结合起来,揭示出凯瑟琳的成长就是在伦理选择中成长。

Philip Larkin is one of the most distinguished writers in 20th century,whose novel-A Girl in Winter-reveals the growing process of young women during the World War II.From the perspective of Ethical Literary Criticism,this paper first investigates Katherine’s ethical identity as an European refugee to British,and how she makes her ethical choices in the hostile environment.What she chooses is to turn estrangement into reconcilement by kindness and generosity.Furthermore,this paper analyzes the ethical identity of Katherine and Jane as woman,exploring Katherine's subversion of traditional ethical norms on women and her evolving ideas on marriage,family and outlook on life.This paper manifests that it is in the process of making ethical choice that Katherine grows.