从“家庭主义”到“民族主义”——赛珍珠抗战题材小说《龙子》中的家国情怀

From “Familism” to “Natioalism”:National Identity in Pearl S. Buck's Dragon Seed

《龙子》是赛珍珠抗战题材小说中的扛鼎之作。在这部作品中,作者不仅基于人道主义立场声援和支持中国抗战,更是透过人文主义视角挖掘出千百年来中国农民"土地情结"背后所孕育出的文化品格和民族精神。尽管民族主义并非中国文化的传统特征,而是近现代中国社会和历史发展的产物,但在赛珍珠充满理想主义色彩的笔下,中国根深蒂固的家族制度所构建出的道德准则和价值体系使中国完成了从"家庭主义"向"民族主义"的转变,传统意义上的家国情怀在民族危难时刻得到了进一步诠释和升华。

Pearl S. Buck,in her masterpiece Dragon Seed that is set against the turbulent background of the Anti-Japanese War,not only voiced her support to the Chinese people from the humanitarian perspective,but also excavated the national character and ethos embodied by Chinese peasants. Although nationalism derived from societal and historical development of modern China and therefore was not characteristic of the traditional Chinese culture,she nevertheless delivered an idealistic message that the deeply-ingrained patriarchal system in ancient China which generated ethical principles and moral codes allowed the country to make the transition from familism to nationalism.