《伤心咖啡馆之歌》的审丑探析

麦卡勒斯的《伤心咖啡馆之歌》，描写了丑人畸人畸恋，这是她所处社会文化与美学观念转向的体现，传统审美不再适应社会的需求，文学转而向审丑寻求帮助。审丑能激发读者心中的批判意识，使读者清醒地认识到世相真实。这种审丑打破了人们对性别、爱情及人物外形的刻板印象，将人们从同一性桎梏中解放出来，突破同一性思维从而达到救赎艺术、还原真相的作用，促使人们认真思考，寻求真理，实现自我拯救。麦卡勒斯的审丑取向在客观上拓展了美学的内涵与外延，是顺应时代发展的文学体现。

On Ugliness Presentation in The Ballad of the Sad Caf é

Unlike the traditional literature , The Ballad of the Sad Caf étells a grotesquely love triangle between a lonely masculine woman , a feminine evil hunchback and a handsome demon .The ugliness preference in the art field is a necessity of the time .It is a phenomenon resulted from the historical changes and philosophical development in modern time .Ugliness presentation can distance the readers from the novel and awaken the reader to quest for truths . By presenting ugliness McCullers reveals the maladies of modern society and breaks up the sex stereotypes , romance stereotypes and physical appearance stereotypes .Her inclination to present ugliness is a big breakthrough in novel writing and has greatly expanded the aesthetic area of modern fiction .