盲聋女作家的快乐之源——评海伦·凯勒自传《我的生活故事》

Sources of Helen Keller’s Happiness:Reading Helen Keller’s Autobiography The Story of My Life

美国盲聋女作家、活动家和演说家海伦·凯勒从小失去听力和视力,此后87年一直生活在寂静漆黑的世界里,但其自传《我的生活故事》中表达快乐、幸福、满足、爱心等积极情绪的词汇集却明显占上风,可见凯勒的叙事基调乐观积极,生活快乐幸福。而在'失衡'的词汇突出背后,是凯勒快乐生活的内外在四大源泉:对大自然的无限热爱,对知识的无尽渴求,对亲朋好友的感恩之情,以及知足常乐的积极心态。

Helen Keller,a famous American female writer,activist and speaker,was stricken blind and deaf as a baby,and lived for 87 years in a silent and dark world.But in her autobiography The Story of My Life,the"common language mode"consists of joy,happiness,love,pleasure and other words of positive emotions,which indicate that Keller’s tone of narration is positive and optimistic,and her life colorful and happy.Love for nature,pursuit of knowledge,gratitude for the people around her,and content for whatever life offers her,are the four main sources of Keller’s happiness.