《红楼梦》与《德伯家的苔丝》女性人物肖像刻画的对比分析

Study on the Portrait of Female Characters in "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Tess of the d'Urbervilles

《红楼梦》的女性人物肖像是一种静态的类型刻画而不太具备明晰的个性化特征,类似于京剧的脸谱化装饰,但它特别重视人物由内而外的神韵的展现;而《德伯家的苔丝》对人物外在感官乃至局部细微处进行逼真的个型描摹,并随着时间和环境的变化,予以动态的呈现,特别重视女性不同于男性性别特征的含有性意味的肉体美的显现。这种区别一方面是由于两个文本受到了源自不同艺术观特别是绘画艺术的影响,另一方面也反映了中西不同的审美观及性学观。

Female characters are statically depicted without clearcut personality in 'Dream of Red Mansions', which seems the facial makeup in Beijing opera. But in 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' Hardy dynamically and realistically describe the characters with the change of time and setting. The former also especially pays much attention to the verve of characters, while the latter attaches importance to the fleshy beauty with emphasis on sex. These differences show that the writers are respectively influenced by the traditional Chinese painting or the western painting. On the other hand, they also reflect the distinctive aesthetics about beauty and sex in China and in the west.