失落文化,两种歌吟——哈代与路遥乡土小说思想基调之比较

哈代和路遥是中西乡土文学的代表作家,他们同处乡土文化被工业文明侵蚀的社会变迁时期,各自创造了属于自己的艺术世界——威塞克斯和陕北黄土地. 然而,由于中西方文化传统的差异,两位作家在思想基调上表现出各自的特性. 哈代小说深受古希腊悲剧宿命论的影响,他笔下的农民面对变化无所适从,听凭命运的摆布和捉弄,通常陷入毁灭的结局. 路遥小说中的农民则对儒家思想做出了现代性的诠释,他们在改革浪潮的冲击下,勇于摸索拼搏,不畏坎坷多舛的命运,始终力求掌控自己的人生. 哈代和路遥为生存逆境中的农民描绘出一幅社会全景图,尽管基调不同,但均关切大时代里小人物的命运浮沉,思索探寻了他们的生存状态和价值秩序,映射出当代人在社会转型时期的迷茫和困境.

Comparative Study of Hardy and Lu Yao' s Local Color Novels

Hardy and Lu Yao , the most remarkable local novelists in Britain and in China , are both concerned about the bleak fate of rural peasants in turbulent times .Yet, they differ in tones.Hardy, under the influence of Greek fa-talism, composes in his novels an elegy for the country life intruded by industrialization .The characters in Hardy ' s novel act passively and helplessly in the face of social riots .While Lu Yao, imbued with Confucian doctrines , takes the social change with enthusiasm .Hence, the characters in his novels , instead of resigning themselves to the fate , strive to adjust themselves to the social change and to fit in the new age .