“圣女”形象的演变——小说文本对比阅读系列之三

The Evolution of the Images of“Saints”:Contrastive Reading Series of Novel Texts(Ⅲ)

在中国现代小说中,“圣女”形象的塑造是一种值得关注的现象。在不同时期的作家笔下,对于“圣女”的描写各有侧重,体现出不同的思想、文化、美学内涵与色彩。不过,“圣女”形象无论是作为彼岸理想的寄托,还是神性、魔性的呈现,抑或心灵家园的皈依,都折射出作家对于人类生存更为美好的祈愿。

In modern Chinese novels,the creation of the images of“saints”is a phenomenon worthy of attention.In different periods of writers,the description of“saints”has different emphasis,reflecting different thoughts,cultures,aesthetic connotations and idealism.However,as for the images of the“saints”,whether as the sustenance of the ideal of the other side,or the presentation of the divinity and demonization,or the conversion of the spiritual home,all reflects the writer’s wish for a better human existence.