简论《曼斯菲尔德庄园》中的道德价值判断

On Judging Moral Value in Mansfield Park

简·奥斯丁的小说《曼斯菲尔德庄园》是一部引起了极大争议的作品,争议的焦点问题是小说所反映的道德问题。小说用大量词语在自足的文本小世界里构建了一个道德价值判断体系。曼斯菲尔德庄园里家庭业余演戏一节是构建这一体系至关重要的部分,最能反映各个人物的道德价值观。本文将从文本中找到支撑整个文本自足小世界的道德标准,并以奥斯丁给出的社会道德规范标准对各个男女主人公进行分析。

The vocabulary of judgment gets its meaning from human behavior to which it is applied. Human behavior becomes intelligible by being articulated in this vocabulary. The subtle and untiring employment of judging vocabulary in Mansfield Park has a rhetorical effect.