超越经典:《押沙龙,押沙龙!》与《撒母耳记(下)》之比较研究

Beyond the Bible: A comparative study of Absalom, Absalom ! and Samuel (Ⅱ)

在以往研究的基础上,通过对《押沙龙,押沙龙！》与《撒母耳记(下)》予以进一步分析比较,论证了这一小说与相关《圣经》故事的关联及其对后者的超越,并强调在《押沙龙,押沙龙！》中所展现的萨氏家庭悲剧的表层主题之后,还蕴含着更为广阔、更为深刻的社会主题,那便是美国南方在内战前后特定的地域文化、经济状况、生活方式、社会观念、心理状态的内在矛盾和冲突。小说对《圣经》中大卫王家族古老故事的参照,是完全服务于这一崭新的、重新建构的主题的。

Based on previous studies and through further comparative analyses of Absalom, Absalom! and Samuel (Ⅱ ) in The Bible, this article tries to expound and prove that the former both connects with and surpasses the latter. It places emphasis on the point that under the surface theme of Sutpen's family tragedy, there lies a deeper and vaster social theme, that is, the inner contradictions and the conflicts of the economy, culture, way of life, and psychological state of the South before and after the Civil War. Reference from The Bible is actually used to serve this new and rebuilt theme.