“老无所依”:奥康纳小说中的老人形象再探  

"No Country for Old Men": a further study of the image of old people in O'Connor's fictions

作　　者：肖明文[1] 

机构地区：[1]南昌大学外国语学院,江西南昌330031

出　　处：《南昌工程学院学报》2013年第2期54-58,共5页Journal of Nanchang Institute of Technology

基　　金：教育部人文社会科学研究项目(11YJC752032)

摘　　要：奥康纳小说刻画了一群在社会转型中丧失财产和地位的南方老白人,他们的物质生活每况愈下,精神上经历着错位和失落,终日沉醉在过往的幸福时光之中,对当下世风大加批评。这种美化过去生活、消极反抗现实的处世态度使得他们的生存日益边缘化,甚至还会引发极为惨重的后果。对那些固守传统、恋旧讽今的长者,奥康纳在善意嘲讽的同时,也表达出真挚的理解和同情。Flannery O＇ Connor portrays in her fiction a group of old Southerners who have lost their property and po- sition in the process of social transformation. While their material lives become from bad to worse, their mentality is occupied with a strong sense of loss and dislocation. Indulging themselves in the good old days, the senior citizens voice their strident criticism on the contemporary society by Contrasting the past with the present. Their outlook on life which privileges the past and undervalues the present leads them to a more marginalized status of existence, and sometimes even brings about an extremely horrific consequence. In treating such anachronistic and nostalgic people, O＇ Connor satirizes them in a kind manner,and at the same time expresses her sincere sympathy for them.

关 键 词：弗兰纳里·奥康纳 社会转型 守旧 劝讽 

分 类 号：TS941.717[轻工技术与工程—服装设计与工程]