赛珍珠笔下母亲形象及其伦理价值研究

An Analysis of the Chinese Mothers and Their Ethical Values in Pearl S Buck's Works

美国作家赛珍珠擅长刻画中国女性形象,尤其是众多母亲形象。她通过长期观察中国各类母亲的生活和境遇,塑造了一系列鲜活的、承载丰富历史和文化内涵的母亲形象,并以其跨文化的独特视角,在呈现母亲所处历史文化语境的同时,反映了中国女性在封建男权社会中的生存困境。作者在极力赞颂中国母亲的优秀品质的同时,揭示了男权社会对女性尤其是母亲的压抑、束缚和剥夺,她呼唤女性自我意识觉醒,争取在婚姻中男女平等,探索崭新的人生之路。

American writer Pearl S.Buck is good at portraying Chinese women,especially many mothers.She has created a series of vivid and rich historical and cultural images of mothers through long-term observation of the lives and circumstances of various types of mothers in China.With her unique cross-cultural perspective,her novels not only present the historical and cultural context in which Chinese mothers live,but also reflect the survival difficulties of Chinese women in the feudal patriarchal society.The author praises the excellent qualities of Chinese mothers while revealing the oppression,restraint,and deprivation of women,especially of mothers,in a patriarchal society.She called for women to awaken their self-awareness,strive for gender equality in marriage,and explore a new path in life.