摘要
钦努阿·阿契贝在小说《瓦解》中从共情抑制、共情匮乏和共情腐蚀三个方面描写了前殖民时期以及殖民初期非洲社会的共情危机,揭示了共情危机与社会危机之间的内在关联。非洲传统文化过度重视男性气概、父权和神权,忽视对共情力的培养,部落内部产生分化。西方殖民主义的入侵和情境力量刺激下的共情腐蚀进一步恶化了非洲社会的共情环境,最终导致传统社会走向瓦解。阿契贝强调了共情力在非洲社会伦理建设中的重要性。
In his novel Things Fall Apart,Chinua Achebe reveals empathy crisis in African society during the pre-colonial and the early colonial period in terms of empathy suppression,empathy deficiency and empathy erosion.He further investigates the interrelations between empathy crisis and social crisis.The overemphasis on masculinity,patriarchy and theocracy in traditional African culture inhibits the cultivation of empathy and brings about conflicts among clansmen.Moreover,colonial invasion and empathy erosion stimulated by the situational forces worsen the environment for the growth of empathy in African society,which leads to the disintegration of traditional African society.Achebe stresses the role of empathy in ethical construction of African society.
作者
刘敏杰
LIU Minjie(Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology,Luoyang 471023,P.R.China)
出处
《外国语言文学》
2021年第6期620-631,667,共13页
Foreign Language and Literature Studies
