论白先勇短篇小说的悲凉意蕴

On the Sad and Dreary Implication ofBai Xian-yong's Short Stories

白先勇惯于描写一群被时代所遗弃的流放之人,写他们在社会变迁中的寂寞情怀、人生晚景以及在中西文化冲突中的困惑,从而表现历史的沧桑和人生的无常,赋予小说悲凉意蕴;白先勇的人生经历和对传统文化的偏爱是他小说的悲凉之源,对传统文化的过分沉迷使其小说未能达到悲剧的高度;他善于运用多种艺术手法来渲染小说的悲美。

Bai tends to describe a group of people deserted by the time,writing about their lonely feelings in the changes of society,the circumstances in their old age and their perplexity in the ChineseWestern cultural conflicts so as to show the vicissitudes of history and life and give the dismal implication to his short stories.Bais life experiences and love for traditional culture in particular are the sources of his sad stories and his indulgence in traditional culture has prevented his stories from reaching the tragedy height though he is good at playing up the sadness and beauty of his stories with various artistic ways.