雾里看花 亦幻亦真——简评乔伊斯长篇小说《尤利西斯》

On Joyce's Novel Ulysses

《尤利西斯》是意识流小说的经典之作。作品摒弃了精心编造故事情节、塑造典型形象的传统,通过将现代都柏林凡人与古希腊英雄的比照,通过对人物活动的细节描写和人物潜意识的挖掘,深刻揭示了现代西方人的生活和精神状态,也塑造出有血有肉的“非英雄化”人物形象。作品的意识流手法独特精湛,语言生动活泼,文体灵活多变,人物的意识流动欢快酣畅,情感活动热烈而奔放、复杂而微妙,使读者能真正走入人物心灵,触幽探微,把握人性。

Ulysses is a classic novel in the technique of stream of consciousness.This novel abandoned the traditional technique of making up plots and creating typical characters.Instead, it unveiled the living ways and mental status of the people in Western countries through a contrast of the ordinary people in modern Dublin with the heroes in ancient Greece and through a detailed description of the behaviors of characters and the excavation of their sub-consciousness.The technique of stream of consciousness in the novel was perfectly used,with a vivid description and versatile writing styles.The characters'flows of consciousness were smooth and convivial;their internal feelings were warm,unrestrained,complicated but subtle.Readers can actually enter the characters'minds to experience their feelings and learn their personalities.