麦尔维尔海洋小说到悲剧小说转变的成因分析

美国作家麦尔维尔在文学创作上从前期海洋小说到后期悲剧小说的转变是显而易见的,不论在风格体裁,艺术特色还是创作主题,尤其是创作的深度和广度等方面都存在巨大差异.研究发现,麦尔维尔思想的二次成长最终促成了这一转变.本文从麦尔维尔在好那陆陆的生活经历,与霍桑短暂却火热的友谊,以及对莎士比亚和卡莱尔作品的广泛阅读三个方面研究麦尔维尔思想的二次成长,从而说明麦尔维尔思想的二次成长从根本上促成了其从前期海洋小说到后期悲剧小说的巨大转变,把麦尔维尔的创作从深度和广度上都大大向前推进了一步.

The Analysis of Melville's Change from Sea Novels to Tragic Novels

American novelist Melville evidently changed from writing early sea novels to later tragic novels stylistically,artistically and thematically,especially in the aspect of depth and breadth.Research revealed that this change largely resulted from Melville's second growth in mind.This paper analyzes Melville's second growth in mind which contributed to his change from writing early sea novels to later tragic novels,that is,his life experience in Honolulu,his brief but intense friendship with Hawthorne and extensive reading of Shakespeare and Carlyle. Finally the paper concludes that it is the second growth in mind that brings about the change for Melville to write later tragic novels from early sea novels and promotes Melville's literary creation in terms of depth and breadth.