曼斯菲尔德与徐志摩之比较

Comparison between Mansfield and Xu Zhimo

凯瑟琳·曼斯菲尔德和徐志摩虽然处在不同的文化圈 ,但他们的作品在叙事角度、文体风格方面有着惊人的相合之处。曼斯菲尔德的作品主要通过人物的有限视角进行叙事 ,《幸福》就是通过女主人公贝萨的有限视角再现了她对人生的幻灭。徐志摩的短篇《浓得化不开》(新加坡 )也是通过人物廉枫的有限视角透视了他孤独悲哀的心境。曼斯菲尔德和徐志摩的作品在文体风格方面也极为相似 ,他们的作品都以含蓄为主要特征。其实 ,二位作家创作的异曲同工之妙有着坚实的基础 ,因为早在 192 2年徐志摩就拜访过曼斯菲尔德 ,且他是中国翻译这位女作家作品的第一人。

Mansfield and Xu Zhimo were in the different cultural atmospheres, but theirworks are surprisingly similar in both narrative point of view and styles. Stories by Mansfield are mainly told by thecharacter's limited point of view, especially in 'Bliss' themain character Bertha's disillusion is represented through her own point of view. In Xu Zhimo's story 'Too Strong to Dissolve (Singapore)'the character LianFeng's loneliness and sorrow are represented through his own point of view. Styles in both writers'works are similar because theirworks are noted for implication. Indeed, the similarities between the two writers have a solid foundation in that Xu Zhimo has visited Mansfield in 1922, and he is the first who has translated Mansfield's works.