试论尤瑟纳尔及其作品《苦炼》在中国的接受

Discussion on Yourcenar and the acceptance of her novel L' Oeuvre au noir in Chine

《苦炼》是法国20世纪著名女作家尤瑟纳尔中期的一部作品,讲述的是身兼医生、炼金师和哲学家三重身份的泽农用尽一生追求真理的故事。该书一经面世即获费米娜奖,堪称其创作巅峰之作。但就以往对该作品的研究来看,国内关于论述该书内容的文献居多,而研究其在中国接受状况的著作却极为罕见。据此,笔者试图结合豆瓣网上中国读者对该作品的评价,运用结合姚斯的接受美学相关理论分析该作品在中国的接受状况。

L'Oeuvre au noir is a novel by Marguerite Yourcenar,a famous female writer of France in the twentieth century. This novel tells a story that Zenon,a doctor,alchemist and philosopher spends all his life to pursuit for truth. Once the book came out,it won the Femina Prize. Therefore,it is worth being called the best work of Yourcenar. However,most of researchers pay more attention to the analysis of the text so that there is few document about the acceptance of this novel. Therefore,I try to discuss the acceptance of this novel in China with the Accepted Aesthetic Theory of Jauss and some responses of Chinese readers.