看破不点破--菲茨杰拉德穿越时代伦理之殇的慈悲与真心

Seeing through Without Disclosure:Fitzgerald’s Benevolence and Sincerity for the Ethical Decadence in His Era

菲茨杰拉德是美国“迷惘的一代”的代表作家。他的小说描写了20世纪20年代美国道德关系中各种矛盾的表现形式,带有浓郁的伦理色彩。通过作品,作者表达了对社会的伦理关怀以及重建社会伦理秩序的强烈诉求。文学的伦理学批评是一项悠久的历史传统,但中西文化差异必然导致对文学理解的差异,因此他的作品在东西方文化中呈现出多重的伦理意识和声音。由于作者与书中人物所处的伦理环境特殊,使小说中的伦理关系、小说人物所作的伦理选择,以及为读者提供的道德警示和教诲均具有重要的伦理意义。其不仅能让我们认识当时的社会,还能使我们从中得到更多的启发和思考,为我们的时代提供借鉴。

F.Scott Fitzgerald is the representative writer of the so-called“lost generation”,i.e.,concentrating on the defeat of innocence in society after the First World War.With a strong sense of ethics,his novels describe various forms of con-tradictions in American moral relationships during the 1920s.Through his works,the author expresses his strong appeal for the ethical concern of the society and the recon-struction of the social ethical order.Ethical criticism of literature is a long historical tradition,but the differences between Chinese and Western cultures will also lead to the differences in the understanding of literature.Therefore,his works,in different cultures,present the multiple ethical consciousnesses and voices.Due to the special ethical environment of the author and the characters in the novel,the ethical relation-ships,the ethical choices made by characters,and the moral warning and teachings for readers have important ethical significance,which enables us not only to picture and interpret the society at that time,but also to get more inspiration and consideration,providing our own era with references.