以小说《暮光之城》探讨西方“永恒”文化

Exploration on the Western“Eternal”Culture through the Novel“Twilight”

《暮光之城》是美国作家斯蒂芬妮·梅尔创作的吸血鬼爱情小说。以往吸血鬼题材小说主要以惊悚恐怖或血腥暴力为主,描写吸血鬼、狼人如何残害人类,人类如何反抗并战胜它们。但是《暮光之城》系列小说中的吸血鬼形象帅气、内心善良,以主角爱德华·卡伦和贝拉·斯旺的爱情故事为线索,加入狼人角色,展开对生命、青春、爱情“永恒”的思考。本文以小说重点内容为载体,探讨西方“永恒”思想文化特色。

“Twilight”is a vampire romance novel written by American author Stephenie Meyer.In the past,vampire novels were mainly thrillers or bloody violence,describing how vampires and werewolves harmed human beings,and how human beings resisted and conquered them.However,the Vampire in the“Twilight”series is handsome and kind-hearted.It takes the love story of Edward Cullen and Bella Swan as a clue,and adds werewolf characters to reflect on the“eternity”of life,youth and love.This paper takes the key content of the novel as the carrier to explore the characteristics of western“eternal”ideology and culture.