圣经原型批评视角下的《最后一片叶子》

原型批评理论是二十世纪五十年代一种重要的文学批评方法。文章运用原型批评理论分析欧·亨利短篇小说《最后一片叶子》，认为小说从主题到人物及各种意象都可以在《圣经》中找到原型。主人公老画家以自己的生命为代价画了一幅杰作——最后一片叶子，拯救了年轻女画家的生命，表现了《圣经》中的拯救主题；老画家的光辉形象正是基督耶稣的形象；小说中的常青藤象征《圣经》中伊甸园的生命树；肺结核蔓延的小镇象征《圣经》中的地狱。

The Last Leaf from the Perspective of Biblical Archetype

The theory of archetype criticism was an important critical method in literature in 1950s, and it is the theoretical basis on which this article makes an analysis of The Last Leaf by O · Henry. In the novel, either the theme or the characters, even various imageries, have their archetypes in Bible. For example, Old Behrman, the protagonist, painted the last leaf to save the young girl painter＇s life at the cost of his own life;this delineates the biblical theme of salvation. Furthermore, the image of the old painter is just the image of Christ, and the ivy vine in the novel embodies the life tree in Garden of Eden, while the town sricken by pulmonary tuberculosis symbolizes the Hell in Bible.