名利场中的堕落沦丧:论《儒林外史》中的匡超人形象

The Fall of Vanity Fair:On the Image of Kuang Chaoren in“the Scholars”

梳理《儒林外史》中匡超人的人生履历发现,其间经历了从初始之善到人性泯灭的蜕变过程。在封建科举制度的茶毒下,一个原本朴实善良的农家子弟逐渐变成一个唯利是图、忘恩负义、反复无耻的市井无赖。通过对比匡超人堕落前后的性格表征,分析其蜕变的多重原因,期待可以为人物形象的研究提供启示。

Combing the life history of Kuang Chaoren in “the Scholars”,it is found that he experienced a transformation process from the initial goodness to the annihilation of human nature.Under the poisoning of the feudal imperial examination system,a simple and kind peasant child gradually became a mercenary,ungrateful,and repeatedly shameless scoundrel.By comparing Kuangchao's personality before and after his depravity,and analyzing the multiple reasons for his degeneration,it is expected to provide inspiration for the study of character images.