善恶之网的挣扎:斯坦贝克《烦恼的冬天》的美德伦理研究  

A Study of Virtue Ethics in John Steinbeck's The Winter of Our Discontent

作　　者：郑丽[1] 

机构地区：[1]北京航空航天大学外国语学院

出　　处：《当代外国文学》2014年第3期120-131,共12页Contemporary Foreign Literature

摘　　要：本文运用弗洛姆的人道主义伦理学,对诺贝尔文学奖获得者斯坦贝克的最后一部小说《烦恼的冬天》进行全新的解读,指出主人公伊桑因为受到社会环境所奉行的道德价值观的影响,具有善良本性的第一潜能的发展受到阻碍,个人向善能力的发展和实现在病态的社会制度和文化的腐蚀下转化为人性中所潜含的破坏性潜能即"人的第二潜能"。不过,伊桑最终在纯洁的女儿爱伦的感召下幡然悔悟,理解了自爱的重要性,克服了孤独焦虑的疏离感,决心实现积极的自由。斯坦贝克对主人公心理发展和成长的细腻刻画表现了这位伟大作家贯穿其作品始终的伦理关怀。This paper analyzes The Winter of Our Discontent, John Steinbeck＇s last novel, from the perspective of humanistic ethics as advocated by American psychologist Erich Fromm. Aftected by corrupt social values, the protagonist Ethan fails to realize his primary potentiality for goodness at first. Touched by his untainted daughter Alan, however, Ethan eventually experiences an epiphany, gradually recognizes the importance of self-love, and overcomes alienation in his realization of active freedom. By tracking Ethan＇s moral development, Steinbeck gives voice to his own ethical concerns.

关 键 词：约翰·斯坦贝克 《烦恼的冬天》 美德伦理 第一潜能 第二潜能 

分 类 号：I712.074[文学—其他各国文学]