西方文学中的“恶”与青春期成长——以黑塞小说为例

“Evil”and Adolescent Growth in Western Literature:Take the Novelsof Hermann Hessefor example

西方文学中的"恶"是对传统道德和集体利益的反叛,是推动善发展的动力。黑塞小说的主人公并非恶人,而是成长中追求自我的青春期少年,他们的"恶"主要体现在对父亲的反叛和参与世俗生活中,这是他们成长的必要手段和途径,是他们认识自我、确证自我的方式。

The“evil”in western literature is rebellious to traditional morality and collective interests,and the evil is also the driving force for the development of virtue.The protagonists of Hesse’s novelsarenot villains,rather they are all the adolescents pursuing self-fulfillment in their own life.Their“evil”is mainly reflected in the rebellion against their father and their involvement in the mediocre life,which are the necessary means for them to grow up,tobe self-aware andidentify themselves.