温和的法国型写实主义者阿诺德·贝内特

在２０世纪初叶的英国文坛上，深受法国写实主义和自然主义小说影响、较为＂先锋＂的贝内特在其小说创作中引进了一些道德上敏感的主题，这使他同较为传统的英国公众发生了冲突。在贝内特看来，忠于艺术还是向公众妥协是作一个艺术家还是仅仅当一个讲故事者的大问题，但尽管如此，他还是对公众作了很大的妥协。本文拟结合法国文学对英国文坛和社会的影响对这时期贝内特的小说创作作一分析与评述。

Amold Bennett, a Mild French-Style Realist Writer

On the British literary arena at the turn of the century, profoundly influenced by the Frenchrealism and naturalism, a rather Avant-Garde novelist, Amold Bennett, introduced into hisworks some morally sensitive subjects, which exposed him to conflicts with the comparativelytraditional British public.In Bennett's view, for an artist, it is a question of great haringwhether to be loyal to art or to compromise whit the public, for the former leads to an artistwhile the latter reduces to merely a story-teller. Nevertheless,he made substantial compromises tothe public. This essay is an analySis of his fiction writing during the period in combination theFrench literature's influence on the British literature and society.