在自我和他者之间——老舍作品中的英国人形象

迄今为止,学界对老舍创作中的异国影响有了较为深入的探讨,但对老舍作品中的另一异国因素:异国人形象的塑造仍关注不多。而作为一位旅居英国近五年并在英国生活期间走上文坛的作家,老舍塑造的英国人形象就很值得关注。从老舍的整个创作背景看,老舍是以一种通过他者反观自我的文化思路来塑造英国人形象的;而且在不同时期的文字中他笔下的英国人形象是有所变化的。可以说,这种异国形象的塑造不仅折射出自我与他者的现实关系,也反映了作家对自我的认识。

老舍笔下的英国人形象——以《四世同堂》为中心

迄今为止,学界对老舍创作中的异国影响有了较为深入的探讨,但对老舍作品中的另一异国因素:异国人形象的塑造仍关注不多。作者以《四世同堂》为核心,分析作品中英国人富善先生这一他者形象如何从不同角度引发了对“自我”的反思;进而指出老舍赋予英国人富善形象的情感认同以及对其缺陷的分析,不仅使富善在老舍笔下的英国人中具有了独特性,并透射出老舍对殖民主义的警惕以及对异国文化的反思态度。

老舍的英国人书写与国民性观照

老舍作品中的英国人形象描写并不是一般小说意义上的人物形象,其深层所表达的文化信息非常丰富,作家有很强的忧患意识和爱国热情,通过英国人文学形象,反映了当时中国知识界对域外的想象,并且以外国人形象观照中国人的劣根性,旨在改造国民性。

Chinese Image in American and British Literature from the Perspective of＂Otherness＂

In the US and British literature, there are many works using China or the Chinese people as depict objects. With the development of American and British literature, the shape of the image of China is diverse. Currently, the research of the image of China or Chinese people in the US and British literature has yielded fruitful results, the majority concentrated on the study before the new century writers and representative works. In the new century, the causes and significance of the image of China and the Chinese people in American literature have the positive impact on self-awareness and self-construction of the China＇ s image.

Tess - A Pure but Tragic Woman

Thomas Hardy had a developing conception of tragedy in the process of his novel creation. When he wrote Tess of D'Urbervilles, he became fully aware that the human tragedy resulted far more from society than characters themselves. The article is to elaborate how society imposes on Tess the tragedy in a planned way.