摘要
司各特的代表作《威弗利》反映作者在苏格兰民族文化与英国现代社会间平衡立场的良苦用心。前者通过其浪漫主义因素表达,后者由其相对理性的结局体现。在二者之间,司各特并未做出明确的高下判断,而是在美学层面上疏导、释放因主人公追随叛首而积聚的颠覆能量,并以"家庭纠纷"来解释双方冲突,用爱情与亲情来化解双方矛盾。司各特的情节安排实际上是对政治对立的一种回避。
Walter Scott＇s Waverley is an attempt to strike a balance between Scottish traditional culture and modem English society, the former represented by romantic elements in the novel, the latter signified by its rational ending. Instead of making a choice between the two, Scott evades it by turning to aesthetics as a means of redirecting and releasing the subversive energy generated by the hero＇ s act of rebellion. The political conflict that backgrounds Waverley＇ s north-bound travel is interpreted in familial terms, and ＂resolved＂ through a marriage between young people from the two opposing camps and nations.
出处
《国外文学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2013年第4期105-111,共7页
Foreign Literatures
关键词
司各特
《威弗利》
小说
美学
Walter Scott
Waverley
fiction
aesthetics
