作为小说主题的道德理性——论詹姆斯对爱略特的评论及其影响  

Moral Intelligence as the Theme of Novel--An Analysis of Henry James’s Critique on George Eliot and Its Influence

作　　者：戴无嫣 Dai Wuyan(College of Humanities,Yangzhou University,Yangzhou 225100)

机构地区：[1]扬州大学文学院 [2]杭州师范大学外国语学院,扬州225100

出　　处：《浙江社会科学》2022年第9期135-141,155,F0003,共9页Zhejiang Social Sciences

摘　　要：詹姆斯通过爱略特评论对小说的主题意涵进行了独到的分析,他认为爱略特的小说具有强烈的道德关怀与道德理想。爱略特小说这一鲜明的主题意涵是她对英国维多利亚时代社会变迁的艺术反映,詹姆斯评论爱略特的道德意涵不是世俗的道德教条,进而提出他著名的视角论。在评论爱略特的基础上,詹姆斯进一步厘清了道德准则和道德感,提出了道德理性与智性的概念,由此确立起他的小说理论与主题意涵具有高度相关性的作者素养、读者接受等问题,并对后人产生了深远影响。Henry James’s critique of George Eliot exemplifies James’s unique perspective of analyzing the theme and unravelling the implication of Eliot’s stories.James believed that the stories by Eliot were brimming with a strong sense of moral care and moral ideal,which was an artistic reflection of how Eliot responded to the social transformation that England underwent in the Victorian era.James first pointed out that the moral implication involved in Eliot’s stories was not equal to moral standards or doctrines set by any particular culture,and based on this premise,James proposed his renowned literary theory of narrative point of view.Grounded in his critique of Eliot,James went forward to clarify the distinction between moral standards and moral sense,proposing the ideas of“moral intelligence”and“intellectual power”.Therefore,James successfully established his theory of fiction and confidently responded to some other highly relevant topics,such as author’s character and reader reception.These ideas by James also exerted far-reaching influence on his successors,like the English novelist and critic Woolf.

关 键 词：詹姆斯 小说主题 道德理性 爱略特 伍尔芙 

分 类 号：I106.4[文学—世界文学]