在赎罪中成长——解读伊恩·麦克尤恩《赎罪》的成长主题pdf
借鉴与比较作家杂志Writer Magazine 2009No.1一伊恩·麦克尤恩(Ian M cEwan ,1948-)是英国当代文坛最优秀、最具影响力的作家之一,他创作领域甚广,作品多次获布克奖提名。
继1998年小说《阿姆斯特丹》获该奖后,2001年出版的《赎罪》(Atonement )再次入围,虽然最终落选,但得到了评论界的一致好评,约翰·厄普代克在《纽约客》书评中称它展现了“一副壮丽的全景画卷”。
而由这部小说改编的同名电影也成为2007年度最受关注的影片之一,甚至被称为“完美的原著衍生出来的完美的电影”。
《赎罪》以二战前夕的英国乡村为背景开场。
年仅13岁的女孩布里奥尼充满想象力并极富文学天赋,她误会了姐姐塞西莉亚和仆人的儿子罗比之间的爱情,进而诬陷罗比为庄园强奸案的施暴者。
她的糊涂指证断送了姐姐的爱情,也使无辜者蒙冤入狱。
成年后的布里奥尼认识到自己当年的错误,并试图通过严格、卑微的护士工作来赎罪,而此时的罗比也被充军而远走他乡。
当罗比回到英国与塞西莉亚团聚时,布里奥尼前来负荆请罪,并承诺说出真相以洗刷他的不白之冤。
小说的主体叙述到此结束,尾声部分跳到了1999年的伦敦。
此时的布里奥尼已是位年岁已高的成功作家,她的自述揭露了前面的完美结局实则是她虚构的小说中的一部分,事实上塞西莉亚和罗比皆在战争中死去。
永远没有发生的美好结局,是布里奥尼良心的弥补,也见证了她一生都无法完成的赎罪。
作品引起了评论界的各种评论,有人赞扬其宏大的战争叙事,有人分析其中的赎罪之路,也有人评论其结尾的元小说技巧,但是很少有人注意到小说的成长主题。
总体而言,《赎罪》讲述的是一个13岁的女孩如何通过赎罪而步入成熟的故事,可称得上是一部成长小说。
然而小说对布里奥尼的成长叙述并不是线性的,而是呈现板块式的结构,几个突出的人生经历便构建了她的整个成长历程。
从一个充满幻想和嫉妒的说谎的小孩,到苦心忏悔的年轻护士,再到用写作来自我救赎的作家,布里奥尼在漫长而痛苦的赎罪之路上认识了自我,也认识了人生。
本文就从成长小说这一文学体裁的视角出发,结合小说的叙事特点,分析年轻主人公布里奥尼在赎罪过程中的成长变化,以更好地理解小说的内涵。
二“成长小说”一词译自德语“Bildungsroman ”,又译作“教育小说”、“发展小说”和“塑造小说”等等。
作为小说的一种形式,成长小说在欧洲有源远流长的历史,其中歌德的《威廉·迈斯特的学年时代》被认为是以成长为主题的第一部小说,也是这类题材中的经典作品。
顾名思义,成长小说就是以成长为主题,以青少年为描写对象,讲述他们从幼稚到成熟的发展过程的小说。
在这个概念的定义上,众多理论家给出了不同角度的理解。
莫迪凯·马科斯在《什么是成长小说》中综合了各种定义给出的解释是:“成长小说展示的是年轻主人公经历了某种切肤之痛的事件之后,或改变了原有的世界观,或改变了自己的性格,或两者兼有。
这种改变使他摆脱了童年的天真,并最终把他引向一个真实而复杂的成人世界。
”巴赫金在其著作《小说理论》中指出,在成长小说出现以前,长篇小说塑造的主人公的形象是静态的,人物性格从一开始就已经设定好了,小说叙述的不是人的成长,而是人的命运。
但在成长小说中,主人公的性格是小说公式中的变数,主人公本身的变化也就具有了情节意义。
巴赫金指出了成长小说的特征,即主人公动态的成长。
年轻主人公在经历生活的磨练或考验的过程中,形成了自己的人格,也达到了道德观念、情感和心理上的成熟,对这个过程的叙事包括这样一些主题:出走,教育,考验,爱情,顿悟,认识人生和自我等等。
三为了表现成长的变化,成长小说的叙事往往起始于主人公对成人世界的幼稚无知的状态,《赎罪》的第一部分中小布里奥尼就是这样的一个女孩。
年仅13岁的布里奥尼刚刚踏在青春期的门槛上,她热衷文学创作,有着丰富的想象力,敏感而又神经质。
为了迎接兄长及其朋友的到来,她完成了处女作品《阿拉贝拉的磨难》(The Trials of Arabella),并执意要把剧本搬上舞台。
当表姐弟都不与之合作的时候,百无聊赖的布里奥尼透过窗台,看见了姐姐塞西莉亚和仆人的儿子罗比在喷水池边上演的一幕尴尬场面:彼此倾慕又执拗不肯说话的两个年轻人在水池旁边起了争执,古瓶的把手被扯断掉进了池中,塞西莉亚脱掉外衣跳入水里,而后又湿漉漉地近乎赤身裸体地站在罗比面前。
小说先用了第三人称视角客观地呈现了事情的始末,以及两人内心的情感变化,紧接着又从布里奥尼的视角出发把这一幕情景进行重新描述,同一情景的两个叙述版本恰恰反衬出小布里奥尼视角的偏见。
原本是暗生情愫的男女间的口角在一个13岁的早熟又敏感的少女眼中,便有了一番截然不同的意味。
塞西莉亚和罗比间的复杂感情超出了年幼的布里奥尼的理解,她有着的更多的是近乎疯狂的想象以及作家的敏感。
她开始浮想联翩,把自己想象成救世主,而两个年轻恋人间的争执则变成了好人与坏人之间的较量。
如果说水池旁的一幕让布里奥尼对罗比产生了误会,那么她偷看罗比的道歉信则让她肯定了自己的猜测。
罗比写了封言辞得体的信欲向塞西莉亚道歉,却错拿了另外一个条子,上面是他信手涂鸦写下的对塞西莉亚的性渴望。
布在赎罪中成长———解读伊恩·麦克尤恩《赎罪》的成长主题蔡晓燕摘要《赎罪》讲述了一个13岁的女孩如何通过赎罪而步入成熟的故事,可称得上是一部成长小说,但批评界对其成长主题却鲜有评论。
本文从成长小说这一文学体裁的视角出发,结合小说的叙事特点,分析《赎罪》中年轻主人公布里奥尼在赎罪过程中的成长变化,以便更好地理解小说的内涵。
关键词:《赎罪》成长小说叙事角度成长历程中图分类号:I106文献标识码:A 065作家杂志Writer Magazine2009No.1借鉴与比较里奥尼在帮罗比传递的时候偷看了信的内容,她很快就认定罗比是色情狂、罪犯和疯子。
在感到震惊的同时,她也油然生起保护姐姐的责任感。
因此,当她撞见姐姐和罗比在书房亲热而打断他们时,她以为自己拯救了姐姐。
小说先通过布里奥尼的视角描述了她撞见的“性侵犯”情景,接着又用从塞西莉亚和罗比的视角出发,再次讲述了他们缠绵温存的经过,两者的比较让读者清楚地看到一个13的小孩的无知和幼稚。
事实上,小布里奥尼的错误认识背后还有另外一个原因,那就是她对罗比的暗恋。
年仅10岁的布里奥尼有一次当着罗比的面故意跳进河中以表达自己爱意:“你知道我为什么要你救我吗?因为我爱你。
”也就是说,虽然布里奥尼此时的性意识仍处于朦胧阶段,但是她已经开始了对罗比的暗恋并且把这种暗恋变成一种幻想,所以当她看到姐姐和罗比的爱欲接触时,她内心压抑已久的性意识被释放出来并成为极具破坏性的嫉妒心理。
因此,当庄园附近发生了强奸案,警长来调查案件的时候,布里奥尼在幻想和嫉妒的指使下认定罗比就是强奸者,她的证词也从“我知道”改成了“我看见”。
布里奥尼以为自己正在伸张正义,实际上她正一步步地走向犯罪。
她的糊涂指证断送了两个年轻人的爱情,姐姐从此跟家里断绝了来往,无辜的罗比也因此锒铛入狱,大好前途毁于一旦。
这一切都证明了她的无知和幼稚,这是她罪过的开始,也是其成长的开端。
四根据马科斯的定义,成长小说的主人公要经历一场重大的生活转折,方能摆脱童真,认识自我,走向成熟,也就是说小说要给人物提供这一转变的契机。
《赎罪》的第三部分就是关于布里奥尼离家后如何认识自我、重建自我身份的叙述,它记录了布里奥尼在工作中的所见所闻以及她对自我和世界新的认识。
可以说这部分是小说重要的情节构建,是她步入成人世界的第一次生活体验,也是她成长历程中的一个重要的转折契机,表现了她从幼稚到成熟的转变过程。
渐渐长大的布里奥尼逐渐认识到自己当年犯下的罪行,并因此而深感愧疚。
伦敦遭轰炸期间,她放弃了进入剑桥深造的机会,选择在一家医院当一名护士,欲通过救死扶伤的方式来赎罪。
医院实行的是军事化的管理,护士长也严苛得近乎绝情,护理工作肮脏并丝毫不得松懈,但就是在这样一种卑微辛苦的工作中,布里奥尼感到了内心的片刻宁静。
她从不回家,也极少跟家人联系,而是“把自己放到一种总在责难、命令、顺从、工作和不断的担心中度过的生活之中……除了实习护士的身份外,她什么也不是。
”小说多次提到“身份”的问题,布里奥尼一再强调自己见习护士的新身份,而刻意模糊自己的出身,这表明了她欲告别过去,重新构建自我身份的态度。
另外,布里奥尼还强调断绝与家人的联系也是为了锻炼自己的独立性,这正是她走向真正的成熟的象征性成长仪式。
这一部分对战争的描写都是非正面的,但是伤员的惨状却更好地反映了战争的残酷。
医院里的伤员突然增加,病房里总是充斥着痛苦的呻吟、叫喊甚至哭泣。
布里奥尼和其他医生护士没日没夜地护理病患,给他们清理伤口,换尿盘,换药,注射,甚至陪他们静静死去。
这一段经历对布里奥尼来说,是磨难也是考验。
这是她第一次接触如此恐怖的伤痛和死亡,一方面,她深深地感受到战争的残酷和严峻,也感慨生命的脆弱:“人和其他任何东西一样,是个物质的存在,容易毁坏而不易修复。
”另一方面,她为自己的罪孽感到更深的自责。
因为她的指控罗比走上战场,他有可能遭遇了跟这些伤员一样的伤痛甚至死亡。
战争让她对自己过去的错误有了新的认识,当然也让她的赎罪之路越发显得艰辛。
芮渝萍认为,认知发展是青少年成长的内涵,也是推动成长小说叙事发展的内在动力。
在《赎罪》中,布里奥尼的认知除了道德认知和社会认知以外,还有她的自我认知,表现在她对写作和自我的思考之中。
伴随着医院工作的历程的,还有她为成为作家的奋斗。
布里奥尼在繁忙的工作中坚持写作,她秘密潜藏的另外一个自我其实是一名作家。
在写作过程中,她获得了认识自我的空间。
布里奥尼寄去编辑部的小小说遭到拒绝,来信肯定了她的写作技巧和其中精确的人物心理剖析,却指出了她的小说缺乏故事主干这一缺点。
编辑部的来信让她一次次地陷入对写作甚至是自我的思考之中,她渐渐意识到她写作上的缺陷正是她人格中的缺陷:小说中缺乏故事的主心骨,正好对应了生活中缺乏面对错误的勇气。
正是这个对自我的重新认识让她最终鼓起勇气,直面过去,她决定找到姐姐,负荆请罪。
五成长小说往往结束于主人公对自我和世界的重新认识,但是《赎罪》却没有到此打住。
小说的结尾跳到了1999年的伦敦,以第一人称“我”的口吻,记叙了暮年的布里奥尼在77岁生日那天的见闻感受。
麦克尤恩再一次运用叙事角度的转换,记叙了实际的成长过程。
原来布里奥尼的在医院的赎罪是真,姐姐和罗比的美好结局是假,他们实际上皆在战争中死去,布里奥尼没来得及道歉,更没有像她说的准备出庭指证真凶。
既然现实中的赎罪已经变得不可能,布里奥尼决定用写作来忏悔,一生都在孤寂和思考中度过。
从1940年开始,她就开始把这个经历原原本本地付诸笔端,试图用小说创作来揭露真相。
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麦克尤恩《赎罪》中的写作主题的发展方式内容摘要:《赎罪》是英国当代作家伊恩·麦克尤恩的代表性作品之一,在历史时空的框架之下为读者讲述了一个跨越60年的忏悔故事。
《赎罪》是一部具有自反性的小说,写作是小说中最为重要的主题之一。
关键词:《赎罪》麦克尤恩写作自反性主题一.引言《赎罪》是英国当代小说家伊恩·麦克尤恩的代表性作品之一,被普遍认为是麦克尤恩最好的作品[1],也被越来越多的评论家看作是一部当代的经典作品。
麦克尤恩的写作生涯迄今所受到的最高的评价往往来自于这部作品,同时也反映出他正处于其创作的鼎盛时期。
小说的主人公和叙述者是布里奥尼·塔利斯,直到小说第三部分的结尾读者才发现原来整部小说其实是布里奥尼的作品,其写作的目的是为她童年时期所犯下的罪行赎罪,她一生中的大部分时间都用于对所发生的事情进行书写和重写,因此《赎罪》是一部具有自反性的小说,小说的写作也是小说本身的主题之一。
通过布里奥尼,麦克尤恩警告读者不能够轻易信任作者,同时也提出了对于文学想象的危险性的警告[2]。
所谓自反性是指叙述者对于小说所采用的一系列手法、惯例、程式等成规具有清醒的意识,并且不时地将它们暴露出来。
在某种意义上说,一个具有自我意识的叙述者的叙述,就可能表现出自反性,因为在叙述中,他经常向读者表明自己是在设计一部虚构的作品,并且向读者透露各类有关疑难的秘密,或在某种程度上,夸示作品所描绘的真实与叙述的技巧之间的矛盾。
哈琴将这种朝向自反性的努力概述为一种包含三个步骤的过程,作为一种“新的需求,首先去创作小说,然后去承认小说的虚构性,接下来以批评的眼光去审视这种冲动”[3]。
这一观点将小说作品中“艺术”和“生活”的同时存在看作是在反思小说创作过程及其产生的模仿本质。
二.对于小说写作过程的反思作为一部自我反省式的小说,《赎罪》的中心主题之一正是其写作过程。
尽管反思自身写作过程的小说作品并不算罕见,但阅读它们对于读者来说都形成了一定的挑战。
《赎罪》读后感
《赎罪》:关于爱情、罪恶与救赎的深沉探索伊恩·麦克尤恩的长篇小说《赎罪》不仅是一部引人入胜的小说,更是一部关于人性、爱情、罪恶和救赎的哲学探索。
故事以布里奥妮幼年时的一个错误决定为起点,这一决定导致了姐姐塞西莉亚与恋人罗比的分离,并最终导致了两人的死亡。
布里奥妮用她的一生来创作小说《赎罪》,试图为自己早年的错误赎罪。
读完这部小说,我被其中复杂的人物关系和深刻的主题深深吸引。
布里奥妮的愧疚和救赎之心贯穿整个故事,她的内心冲突和挣扎让我深感同情。
她不仅为自己的错误付出了巨大的代价,更是在余生中不断地寻找赎罪的方法。
这种对罪恶的深刻反思和对救赎的执着追求,让我对人性有了更深入的理解。
同时,《赎罪》也展示了战争对人性的摧残和破坏。
在战争中,人们不得不面对生死、离别和绝望,这些经历让他们的心灵遭受巨大的创伤。
塞西莉亚和罗比的爱情故事就是这样一个悲剧,他们的命运被战争无情地拆散,最终导致了悲剧的发生。
这让我深刻体会到战争的残酷和无情,也让我更加珍惜和平与安宁。
此外,小说中的叙述策略也非常值得称道。
作者采用了多元繁复的叙述策略,通过不同历史片段的交织,展现了一个关于爱与赎罪的故事。
这种叙述方式不仅增加了故事的复杂性和趣味性,也让读者更加深入地了解人物的内心世界和历史背景。
总的来说,《赎罪》是一部非常出色的小说,它不仅让我沉浸在引人入胜的故事情节中,更让我对人性、爱情、罪恶和救赎有了更深刻的理解。
读完这部小说后,我更加珍惜身边的人和事,也更加明白救赎的重要性。
我相信,这部小说将会在我的心中留下深刻的印记,并影响我对生活和人性的看法。
麦克尤恩《赎-罪》中的叙事特色
麦克尤恩《赎,罪》中的叙事特色麦克尤恩《赎,罪》中的叙事特色摘要:伊恩·麦克尤恩的小说《赎罪》以四个不同的历史片段为叙述内容,以多元繁复的叙述策略讲述一个关于爱与赎罪的故事。
麦克尤恩通过主人公布里奥妮的心灵历史重塑,从个人历史的微观层面窥探长达60余年的20世纪历史图景。
小说中所采取的叙述策略契合了当代英美小说经历后现代主义洗礼后的现实主义回潮。
关键词:《赎罪》麦克尤恩叙事特色伊恩·麦克尤恩(1948—)是20世纪70年代英国文坛涌现出来的新秀,也是至今活跃在当代世界文坛的英籍作家,他的小说创作因优雅克制的笔触、极具戏剧张力的情节设置及独特新颖的审美特征和伦理面貌吸引了世人的广泛关注。
《赎罪》是麦克尤恩20XX年出版的一部小说。
小说出版后在评论届引起较大反响,好评如潮,被认为是麦克尤恩最出色的一部小说,也被《时代周刊》评选为有史以来最伟大的100部小说之一。
由这部小说改编的同名电影于20XX年9月上映,成为批评家眼中20XX年最值得关注的影片之一。
《赎罪》故事开始于1935年,13岁的布里奥妮误会了姐姐塞西莉娅和仆人的儿子罗比·特纳间的爱情,以为姐姐受到了罗比的欺侮,于是诬陷指控罗比是发生在庄园的一起强奸案中的强奸犯,致使罗比被捕入狱。
五年后,罗比刑满释放,参加了英军,见证了敦刻尔克的溃败。
此刻,布里奥妮没有去剑桥读大学,而是选择当医院里的护士,她认识到了自己当年的错误,在清教徒似的苦行生活中赎罪。
当罗比回到英国和一直等着他的塞西莉娅团聚时,布里奥妮也赶来相见。
她承诺将要出庭作证,还罗比一个清白,小说的主干叙述自此结束。
然而,在这个350页长的小说后面,却附有一个20页长度的尾声:布里奥妮此刻已是一位七十七岁的知名作家。
她告诉读者,罗比和塞西莉娅的重逢,是布里奥妮一厢情愿的编造。
前面以皆大欢喜为结局的主干叙述,其实是作者布里奥妮耗时五十九年、数易其稿所完成的一部小说。
《赎罪》女主人公的成长浅析
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在赎罪中成长——解读伊恩·麦克尤恩《赎罪》的成长主题pdf
借鉴与比较作家杂志Writer Magazine 2009No.1一伊恩·麦克尤恩(Ian M cEwan ,1948-)是英国当代文坛最优秀、最具影响力的作家之一,他创作领域甚广,作品多次获布克奖提名。
继1998年小说《阿姆斯特丹》获该奖后,2001年出版的《赎罪》(Atonement )再次入围,虽然最终落选,但得到了评论界的一致好评,约翰·厄普代克在《纽约客》书评中称它展现了“一副壮丽的全景画卷”。
而由这部小说改编的同名电影也成为2007年度最受关注的影片之一,甚至被称为“完美的原著衍生出来的完美的电影”。
《赎罪》以二战前夕的英国乡村为背景开场。
年仅13岁的女孩布里奥尼充满想象力并极富文学天赋,她误会了姐姐塞西莉亚和仆人的儿子罗比之间的爱情,进而诬陷罗比为庄园强奸案的施暴者。
她的糊涂指证断送了姐姐的爱情,也使无辜者蒙冤入狱。
成年后的布里奥尼认识到自己当年的错误,并试图通过严格、卑微的护士工作来赎罪,而此时的罗比也被充军而远走他乡。
当罗比回到英国与塞西莉亚团聚时,布里奥尼前来负荆请罪,并承诺说出真相以洗刷他的不白之冤。
小说的主体叙述到此结束,尾声部分跳到了1999年的伦敦。
此时的布里奥尼已是位年岁已高的成功作家,她的自述揭露了前面的完美结局实则是她虚构的小说中的一部分,事实上塞西莉亚和罗比皆在战争中死去。
永远没有发生的美好结局,是布里奥尼良心的弥补,也见证了她一生都无法完成的赎罪。
作品引起了评论界的各种评论,有人赞扬其宏大的战争叙事,有人分析其中的赎罪之路,也有人评论其结尾的元小说技巧,但是很少有人注意到小说的成长主题。
总体而言,《赎罪》讲述的是一个13岁的女孩如何通过赎罪而步入成熟的故事,可称得上是一部成长小说。
然而小说对布里奥尼的成长叙述并不是线性的,而是呈现板块式的结构,几个突出的人生经历便构建了她的整个成长历程。
从一个充满幻想和嫉妒的说谎的小孩,到苦心忏悔的年轻护士,再到用写作来自我救赎的作家,布里奥尼在漫长而痛苦的赎罪之路上认识了自我,也认识了人生。
论英国作家麦克尤恩《赎罪》中主人公的忏悔与救赎
论英国作家麦克尤恩《赎罪》中主人公的忏悔与救赎作者:李宾来源:《语文建设·下半月》2014年第12期摘要:忏悔与救赎是西方文学的永恒主题之一,英国作家伊恩·麦克尤恩的小说《赎罪》再次深化并重新诠释了这一主题,文中三位主人公分别以自己独特的方式进行忏悔与救赎,但他们却始终难以完成自我救赎从而走向新生。
关键词:《赎罪》麦克尤恩忏悔救赎善恶一、罪的产生人生在世,犯错在所难免,有时一瞬间的错会酿成一生的罪,影响甚至改变自己和身边人的一生。
英国作家麦克尤恩的小说《赎罪》讲述的正是这样一个故事。
故事围绕着三个主要人物展开:罗比是塔利斯家佣人的儿子,这是一个有理想有抱负的青年,刚从剑桥大学的文学院毕业,并打算暑假过后去攻读医学。
塞西莉亚是塔利斯家的大女儿,也是刚从剑桥大学的文学院毕业,她和罗比青梅竹马,又是同学,彼此互相倾慕,但由于阶级地位的不平等使他们都压抑着对彼此的爱恋,谁也不愿意打破那一层微妙的关系。
13岁的布里奥妮是塔利斯家的二女儿,她拥有十分丰富的想象力,颇具有作家的天分,也梦想着有一天能成为一位作家。
在她13岁的这个暑假,她就自己创作了喜剧《阿拉贝拉的磨难》,并准备把它当做欢迎哥哥利昂回家的礼物。
但由于排演时间的仓促而最终未能上演。
然而悲剧就从利昂回到家的这个晚上上演了。
在晚饭期间,突然发现来家里寄宿的双胞胎表弟失踪了,于是大家就急忙分头去找。
悲剧就此发生。
黑暗的湖边,布里奥妮听到有动静,顺着微弱的灯光望去,她发现原来是表姐罗拉被人强暴了,紧急之下,凶手匆忙逃走,但布里奥妮一口咬定凶手就是罗比。
以卫道士和救世主自居的布里奥妮,面对警察,她坚定地说:“是他干的,我看见他了,我亲眼看见了他。
”[1]作为受害者的罗拉,不能确定是谁。
但是“每当表姐显示出自我怀疑之时,布里奥妮的自信就日渐高涨。
”[2]布里奥妮的自以为是,罗拉表姐的犹疑不定,警察的武断执法葬送了罗比的青春和爱情,断送了他们三个人的未来和梦想,也断送了他们各自的自由心灵,打破了她们那个原本看似幸福和平静的家庭。
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道德冲突:布里奥妮的错误指控导致 罗比和塞西莉亚的命运发生巨变
作品背景:《赎罪》是一部关于道德 选择的小说
解决方式:布里奥妮通过写作来赎罪, 试图弥补自己的过错
主要人物:布里奥妮、罗比、塞西莉亚 等
道德启示:面对道德冲突,我们应该 如何选择,如何承担责任,如何救赎 自己。
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道德困境:在《赎罪》中,主人公面临着道德上的困境,如爱情与亲情的冲突、正义与邪恶的抉 择等。
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《赎罪》的赎罪主题分析
《赎罪》的赎罪主题分析毕业论文论文题目学生姓名:专业班级:英语2011级1班指导教师:教授学院:外国语学院2017年6月《赎罪》的赎罪主题分析摘要伊恩·麦克尤恩是英国当代最负盛名且最具影响力的作家之一。
自上世纪70年代踏入文坛,麦克尤恩笔耕不断,佳作迭出。
他先后四次获得布克奖提名,并最终于1998年以《阿姆斯特丹》折桂。
其代表作《赎罪》(Atonement)自2001年出版问世以来,广受好评,赢得了包括美国国家书评奖在内的多项殊荣。
它不仅成为麦克尤恩最受欢迎的小说,而且被评为近年来最畅销最成功的小说之一。
青少年经常以主人公身份出现在麦克尤恩的小说中,并且青少年的成长也是麦克尤恩作品关注的焦点。
麦克尤恩的第九部小说《赎罪》讲述了一个13岁的小女孩如何通过赎罪而步入成熟的故事。
许多文学评论家从主题、内容、人物和叙述手法等不同角度对小说《赎罪》进行了剖析。
但是综观这些研究成果,至今还没有从成长小说这一独特视角对作品中女主人公进行系统、深入的研究。
因此,本文将运用成长小说理论来研究《赎罪》这部作品,使得对这部作品的研究有了新的探索。
关键词:《赎罪》;伊恩·麦克尤恩;主题分析An Analysis of the Atonement of AtonementAbstractIan McEwan is one of the most prestigious and influential writers of the British contemporary. Since the 1970s into the literary world, Mike Y ouan pen farming constantly, masterpiece again and again. He has four times won the Booker nomination, and finally in 1998 to "Amsterdam" Gui Gui. Its representative "Atonement" (Atonement) since the publication of the year since 2001, widely acclaimed, including the United States won the National Book Review Award, including a number of awards. It has not only become one of the most popular novels of McEwan, but has been named one of the best-selling novels in recent years.Adolescents often appear in the novel as a hero in the story of McEwan, and the growth of young people is also the focus of the work of McEwan. McEwan's ninth novel, Atonement, tells how a 13-year-old girl goes into a mature story through atonement. Many literary critics have analyzed the novel "atonement" from the different perspectives of subject, content, characters and narrative techniques. But an overview of these research results, so far has not from the growth of this unique perspective on the heroine in the work system, in-depth study. Therefore, this article will use the theory of growing fiction to study the "atonement" of this work, making the study of this work has a new exploration. Keywords"atonement"; Ian McEwan; theme analysisContents摘要Abstract1 Introduction 01.1 Author introduction 01.2 Studies by Overseas and Chinese Scholars 0Studies by Overseas Scholars 0Studies by Chinese Scholars (1)2 Theoretical basis (2)2.1 Multi-perspective narrative (2)2.2 Multi-perspective narrative ethical significance (2)3 An Analysis of the Theme of Atonement (4)3.1 The reason for atonement (4)Atonement opens (4)Reason for atonement (5)3.2 The process of atonement (6)Brion View (7)Robbie perspective (8)3.3 The Ethical Value of Atonement (9)Conclusion (11)Bibliography (12)Acknowledgements (16)1 Introduction1.1 Author introductionAs one of the outstanding British novelists, Ian McEwan (1948) in 1975 by virtue of short stories "initial love and the final ceremony" in the British literary world cut a striking figure. In 2001, Mike Youan published the novel "Atonement". This novel not only won the critics of the widely recognized, but also won the favor of many ordinary readers. To achieve such a result, Ian McEwan has his own unique. The purpose of this paper is to explore the interaction between the author and the reader in the famous novel "Atonement" of McEwan, with the help of James Fellen's theory of narrative judgment and the narrative technique of multi-perspective narrative To analyze.1.2 Studies by Overseas and Chinese Scholars1.2.1 Studies by Overseas ScholarsIan McEwan's works have been in great graces of the critics since the very publication of his first story collection First Love, Last Rite. After almost twenty-years systematical study, British scholars have gained extraordinary progress in the studies of Ian McEwan himself and all his world-astonishing works. Atonement, published in 2001, is regarded as the most prominent and successful novel in the literature time of Ian McEwan. Therefore, abundant and exhaustive studies and researches have been launched by many eminent literary critics, scholars and book reviewers in the light of different methodologies on various subjects. All things considered, it's more helpful for us to understand the researches that have been done on Atonement from the following four aspects, namely thematic study, theoretical study, stylistic study and artistic study.Thematic study refers to those studies with respect to different subjects, creative motives and topics in a novel. Atonement is defined by Elke D'Hoker (2006) as a literary confessional fiction which is distinct from the religious confession and he insists that sheer atonement is impossible to realize merely through literary creation. What can on earth counts for redemption in his view are the endeavor and the process of atonement. Peter Mathews (2006) holds the idea in The Impression of a Deeper Darkness: Ian McEwan's Atonement that there are perhaps no absolute answers to the ambiguous questions and1.2.2 Studies by Chinese ScholarsCompared with the abroad studies, Ian McEwan's works were warmly sought after by readers and literary critics in China owing to the abundant emergence of translation and dissemination of his great works. Scholars at home started the preliminary studies on Ian McEwan himself and Atonement in the late 1990s and then pervasive researches on his literary creation were carried out increasingly. Apart from the conventional thematic exploration, Chinese scholars expound elaborately on many other research orientations with multiple critical approaches to literature for the more detailed studies. The studies on Atonement at home can be divided into the following four aspects:First is the overall introduction and summarization to Ian McEwan and his literary creation began with Lan Chun's (1998) general introduction to his literary creation and early works in an article Ian McEwan and His Works. And then Zhou Zhipeng (2006)presents the main plot and little literature review on Atonement in his article Ian McEwan's Atonement.Then it comes to the thematic studies which sprout in the early period, such as the theme of crime and atonement in professor Ding Jianning's (2004) article How Can Atonement be Possible A Review on lan McEwan's Atonement and initiation theme appeared in Cai Xiaoyan's (2009) article Growing up in Atonement An interpretation of the Initiation Theme in Ian McEwan's Atonement. Ruan Xiaojing (2010) in her master's thesis analyzes the image of Briony from two perspectives: Briony as a Freudian heroine and Briony as an initiation story heroine relatively. However, thematic studies generally emerged in the original stu即and are gradually overlapped by theoretical studies or the others which put variable narrative techniques as the focuses of study.2 Theoretical basis2.1 Multi-perspective narrativeJames Fellen once proposed that the narrative of literary works exists at two levels: the narrative level of the author and the reader's reading level. These two levels in the dynamic development of mutual influence, mutual guidance. The narrative of literary works leads to two kinds of behavior: observation and judgment. Therefore, the judgment is not only present in the narrative level of the author (ie, the judgment of the author and each character), but also at the reader's reading level (ie, the judgment made by the reader during the reading process). Whether it is the judgment of the author's narrative level or the judgment of the reader's reading level, it plays a vital role in the reader's understanding of the literary works. Recognizing this, the author can use the narrative process in the narrative process, such as multi-perspective narrative, to guide the reader to make the desired narrative judgment, so that the final narrative purpose of the work can be achieved.2.2 Multi-perspective narrative ethical significanceOn the basis of the theory of narrative judgment in literary works, the author of the paper points out that in the novel "Atonement", the author's use of multi-angle narration is mainly embodied in two aspect. First, in the first three parts of the novel, the author continues to use the internal perspective conversion method, the same event from the different characters from the perspective of repeated description. So that the reader in the grasp of the truth of the incident at the same time, but also understand the various characters on the same event of different understanding and complex inner activities, so as to understand the story of the origin of misunderstanding; second, the novel in the fourth part (end) by The third-person narrative transitions to the first-person narrative of the chief man named Rioni as the narrator and reveals the true identity of Brioni as the author of the first three parts of the Atonement and the fact that she has modified the story at the end. This conversion allows the reader to obtain two perspectives: (1) readers of Brioney's novel; (2) the reader of the novel that implied the author. Thus, the reader can from these two perspectives on the novel "atonement" to understand and explain.By analyzing the characteristics of the multi - angle narrative of the novel "atonement", the author realizes that the same information is observed from differentthe novel "Atonement", McEwan is the use of multi-angle narrative of this effect, the "atonement," the original simple story into a huge information base bit by bit to the reader, and then guide Readers make more complex judgments at different stages of reading and ultimately reveal the theme of "atonement": the relationship between reality and fiction. Therefore, with the characteristics of multi-angle narrative in the novel, the narrative judgment of the reader to track and analyze, is to understand the "atonement" key.3 An Analysis of the Theme of Atonement3.1 The reason for atonementBritish contemporary famous writer Mike Aoyin's novel "Atonement" has been published since 2001, that is, in academia and the mass media caused a hot debate, known as the contemporary narrative classic, nominated final nomination list, has won the National Book Review Association Award Los Angeles Times Award. The success of the novel depends on the test of the fictional composition of the novel and the deep thinking of the novel. The postmodern narrative text reflects the strong self-consciousness and self-reflection, boldly improved in narrative techniques, However, it is the open text and the narrative process of the postmodern narrative means to create a variety of links and explanations, on the one hand to enhance the aesthetic effect of the novel, on the other hand makes it difficult for the reader from the traditional The rational perspective of the fictional themes of the novel to make a universal mora l judgments, as James • Fellen said, "we are in any position in the narrative are four kinds of contextual interaction results: (1) story world (2) the context of the implied author associated with the author and the reader; (3) the context of the real reader, and their relationship with the values and beliefs system, as well as the context of the believers; The narrative leads the reader to the position of the place. The concept of "narration" solves the above problems, and combines the narrative analysis with the value judgment to try to "show the state of existence through literary narration, which is the structure of the narrative, the form, the gesture, the intonation and the narrative intention, the narrative function This paper explores the theme of the atonement of the novel from the perspective of narration, "on the basis of reading the text, to explore and ask the implied in the text narrative elements of the spiritual values and orientation."3.1.1 Atonement opensAtonement" in the form of intertextuality, to Jane Austen's "Nuosangjue Temple" in the fragment as a title, describes the "Nuosangjue Temple" in the heroine Catherine on the good guys Tiren's suspicion, and Novel little Brioney suspicion sister Cecilia lovers Robbie for the erotic, and then did not see the suspect in the case of Robbie for the rape of the plot fit. Many of the novels depict a small brionian indulge in the fictional literaryorder is satisfied, because a disordered world can be written Her story "Arabella's Hardship" completely inherited the tradition of rationalism, to promote rational restraint emotions, the story of the subject "not to reason-based love is destined to fail with Jane?" Austin's "mind and emotion" coincides with the thrust. The paranoia of reason and order opened the prelude to the atonement, from the story of the world's small Briño situation, the rationalist judgment on her future several major events to explain the interpretation of a significant impact, one step One step led her to finally criticize Robbie's mistake.3.1.2 Reason for atonementAt first, in the "fountain" event, she saw Robbie proud to lift a hand, sister, began to quickly get rid of their clothes. She could not understand the behavior, and made a vague, uncertain interpretation of it, "(Robbie) as if to Cecilia issued orders. Strangely, the sister even beat him. He in the end to show her what Magic "blackmail" If the small Brioni interpretation of the incident to judge still can not be included in her rational order, the next "love letter" event makes her suddenly. She read Robbie mistakenly sent to Cecilia's love letter draft: in the dream I kiss your pussy, your sweet and humid pussy. In my mind, I have sex with you all day long. She recounted Robbie, and conceived the opening of a story full of real life, no longer a princess! The fountain side of the scene, intimidate Lin's atmosphere, ... ... through this letter, some kind of nature, cruel , And perhaps even something that has been committed, has been a dark principle, and she has no doubt that her sister is threatened to some extent even when she is agitated about what might happen , And will need her to help the city. According to these two events, she made the so-called rational judgments: Robbie is a dangerous pornography. "Now he was qualitative, she felt some comfort. Benevolence. Later, the "library" incident fully embodies her judgment on how Robin has influenced and constrained her interpretation of the scene. She illustrated the scenes of Robbie and Cecilia's love in the library as Robbie's "one attack, a melee and war" against Cecilia, and she saw the field and was in line with her expectations She had already seen Robin's letter, and she had regarded herself as the guardian of her sister, so the scene she saw in her eyes must be more or less influenced by what she knew, or she Think of what they know the impact of the situation. Finally, in the "rape case", she saw the cousin Laura assuspect is Robbie, her emotions angry and excited, she said, "she His eyes confirm what she knows and the recent experience, or, more precisely, what she knows and the recent experience confirms her judgment. A 13-year-old child can not judge "I know he is "And" I see him "in the court as a confession of the world, Robbie therefore injustice imprisonment, three years later was sent to World War II battlefield, she will also use her life time to make atonement.3.2 The process of atonementTo the third part of the novel, the adult Brioni in St. Thomas Hospital to take care of the wounded, for the crime committed deep confession. Later, Robbie returned from the battlefield and Cecilia reunited, Brioni bravely and to them, promised to tell the truth, with their own reputation in exchange for Robbie's innocence. The third part of the novel is the end: "It is not much time to draft the notes to the parents and the formal statement, and the rest of the day, she is idle, and she knows what to do.The draft is not just a letter, but also a new draft, a kind of atonement. She was ready to start. BT London, 1999. At this point Brioni's atonement was unraveled, and the narrative seemed to be at the end, but, as Heath Miller said in his interpretation of the narrative, "a table looks like a closed end The novel, as if always able to re-open, "McEwan to" 1999 London "as a question added to the end, Brioney to read the way to tell the reader is their own time 59 years, Atonement and the completion of a novel, and the text referred to Robbie and Cecilia's reunion, Brioni for Robbie name is not true, the fact that "Robbie Turner in June 1, 1940 In the days of Breton's death, Cecilia was killed in the bombing of the Bellham Marsh station in September of the same year, and I had never seen them since then, and it was impossible to make atonement. Through this metaphor, And then reconstructed the order of "the crime of atonement and new life" which had been constructed in the first three parts of the narrative text, reconstructed the standard and guided the reader to make the corresponding ethical judgment. The tragedy of "atonement" arises from the paranoia of the world order, However, the traditional judgment again Return to the world order as the ending of atonement, if the lovers get married, the people who have sinned finally get understanding. Therefore, the first threereaders often narrative process For example, at the end of the second, Robbie said to his companion, "Wake me before seven o'clock." I promise that you will not hear me say a word again. There is already a strong hint: Robbie will not wake up again, however, the reader is often optimistic about the fact that when reading the third part of Robbie and Cecilia's reunion, , There is no chance, no time to question, because it is consistent with their expectations. The reader of this judgment process and small Brioni on Luo's false identification process is surprisingly similar. No doubt, "atonement" to the author's The reader reveals a process of judgment that makes a clear distinction between "I see this" and "I know so" or "I know that should be so" and try to explain the effort of this complex world in an inherent order Are in vain, and even have bad consequences, it is overwhelmed. While "order" is the cause of atonement, "non-order" is the consequences of atonement.3.2.1 Brion ViewFrom the narrative point of view, "the facts that make up the story environment never come with 'themselves', and always according to some kind of vision, some kind of observation points present in front of us ... ... in literature, we have to study Is never the original fact or event, but something or something that has been described. 'McEwan has shown his superb narrative and narrative tactics in the Atonement, and he has taken a different view of the same incident The narrative perspective of the narrative lines of the "three aspects of the Atonement" (the first three texts of the Atonement) of the Brioni version is analyzed and deconstructed, and it is not difficult to analyze the novels Home of the road of atonement, "the subject to make the appropriate judgments.Adult Brioni tried to enter into the consciousness of different characters in his novel "atonement", and to show the truth truthfully and not to make any good and evil moral judgment in the identity of the author in order to achieve through the novel The purpose of atonement, therefore, her "fountain" event, "library" events are described from the multi-point of view. This seemingly unsatisfied gesture did not actually achieve the purpose of her intervention. On the "fountain" event and the "library" incident, Brioni were from Robbie, Cecilia and small Brioni two different points of view to narrate, on the one hand to restore the truth of the facts, on the other hand But also to the narrator of the reader to understand the small Brioni committed "sin" behind the goodwill and itsof Brioni's novels, narrators and writers are in three roles, and the reliability of her narrative is questionable. The author's reader can find the flaws of his reliability from the narrative of the novel.3.2.2 Robbie perspectiveIn the second part of the novel, Robbie recalled from his point of view Brioni ten years old that year of deliberately fell into the water of a past: small Brioney in order to confirm that Robbie will not fall out of danger after she died , Regardless of the danger of life jump into the water, and in Robbie struggling to save her later, to its deep confession: "I love you". From Robbie's point of view, it was Little Brioni who breeded himself and eventually turned away from love, which led to her slander in the rape case, false accusations. Is Robibie huffing Brioni, but his narrative is reliable, as follows: First, from the text of the narrative, it is true that Robbie hates Brioni, Can be seen that this "fall into the water" event is not Robbie's unthinkable imagination and fabricated, Brioni did not deny this incident. Second, in the previous year Brioni had responded to Robbie's swimming event: after the "love letter" incident, she mentioned that "there was a lot of times in the summer, she had been in the pool with him alone, By the time he taught her to step on the water and breaststroke ', the third and most important point, look at the full text can not find any Brioney point of view of her own feelings of this narrative, on the contrary, she expressed in the narrative Was so calm, as in the "fountain" incident, she initially mistakenly that Robbie to Cecilia to marry him, she commented: "He has the courage to Cecilia courtship, it is not surprising. So across the door of the first love, every day there should be a lot of it After the affair, she wanted to write a story about the incident, "This is a story of a man who likes everyone, but the heroine in the story has been skeptical to him, and finally, she finally exposes Out of the original incarnation of evil. "The heroine of Brioni himself, she has been" doubt "on Robbie? Obviously the answer is no. These seemingly calm narrative is to cover her to Robbie Love of the heart, and her in the "fountain" event, "library" incident in the performance of the calm, and the attitude of the formation of a sharp contrast, quite hope to hide something too.Of course, the Brioni version of "atonement" is actually Mike Youan by Brioney's hand on its narrative text for such a deal, intended to reveal to the reader "novelist can not achieve its salvation after all," the theme, As McEwan was expressed by Brioney'scan we get atonement?" There is no one in this world. The kind of entity or the higher form is what she can, is reconciled with it, or will forgive her. Outside her, nothing does exist. 'The novelist has absolute power, his hand of God Can create everything in his narrative, destroy everything, he can not escape the weakness of human nature, the narrative object of its reorganization, deletion, to their own advantages and disadvantages of dealing with; even if Brioney through the novel atone Very strong, sincere, she was in their own atonement of the road set up such a barrier, can not go beyond its own limitations. Brioney realized that "this is always a can not finish Into the task. This is the key, "but she is still struggling to try.3.3 The Ethical Value of AtonementThe ethical value of "atonement" can not be judged simply by the two elements of "fictitious sin" and "true atonement". Brioni creation novel "Atonement" after 59 years, from 1940 onwards, she is committed to restore the truth: she collects a lot of information, even if it is a little bit of the real changes have given her great satisfaction, Brioni wants to "write all this as a historical record." However, the approximation of reality is atonement? In fact, the novel's fiction is its inherent ability to get rid of, no one will take her novel as a historical record, even Novels want to make atonement of Brioney also "is just an illusory existence. No one will care about what is false in the novel, who is distorted. Since the true completion of the atonement, which readers can from this real ending, "what kind of meaning, hope or gratification? ... ... in addition to serving the harsh authenticity, who will believe (this outcome)? , Brioni finally chose the "fiction", in her last manuscript has lovers get married, literary compassion through the world to be beautiful to achieve. "Fiction" constitute the original sin of the novel, the novel atonement also "Fiction" in the realization.However, McEwan eventually reveals the cruel truth in his version of "atonement", and what is the ethical value of this exposition? McEwan's end of this metaphor is the return of postmodern texts to realism, but This is not a copy of the old realism, but in the layers, the intention of "re-awakening the social responsibility of literature", in the narrative layer, inherited the realism of the "realism of the bigthe form of meta-fiction to expose the truth of the facts, but also pointed out that "let my novel lovers eventually round and round, endless, not by Cowardly or evasion, but my last great sincerity, is a sign of forgetting and despair. This is McEwan's self-consciousness and self-reflection. McEwan's "atonement" in the crime, the crime of Brioni, Laura sin, the crime of war, ... ... these are realistic way to record, not and should not be forgotten; there are also love Love of the people, even if the evil can not be redemption, Robbie and Cecilia final reunion of the end to give the world is beautiful and hope. Against the forgotten and desperate, which is "atonement" to assume the literary bounden social responsibility.ConclusionThere is no doubt that narrative criticism has created a new idea of aesthetic and ethical value research. According to Western human rhetoric, "narrative can help shape the reader's emotions, self and life, develop their moral consciousness." By entering the narrative space of "atonement", we have launched a multi-dimensional dialogue between "author-narrator-text-reader" and a multi-level analysis of the theme of "atonement" The From the interpretation of judgment and judgment of the interaction, different perspectives of narrative, narrative ethical value point of view, the "atonement" narrative techniques and aesthetic judgments to be affirmed. The social responsibility of the literature "Forgiveness and Despair" revealed by "atonement" has an important ethical value for the postmodern world where we are today.Bibliography[1]Abrams, M.H. 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麦克尤恩《赎罪》中青年的道德危机
麦克尤恩《赎罪》中青年的道德危机摘要:《赎罪》当中的布利奥尼、罗拉等青年都共同造成了罗比被陷害的事实,而赎罪行为贯穿于整部小说,让布利奥尼等人背负着沉重的人性拷问,而悲惨的罗比等人最后只能够选择在战场上战死,来洗脱救赎自己的污名。
因此,在一个谎言之下,多个青年人都受到道德危机的影响,而这种影响,正是伊恩·麦克尤恩所思考和探究的问题。
关键词:《赎罪》、伊恩·麦克尤恩、青年、欲望、道德危机伊恩·麦克尤恩所创作的《赎罪》是其第九部小说,在这一部小说当中,麦克尤恩非常关注当前青年人出现的伦理道德层面存在的危机,这一个危机主要从布利奥尼这一批青年在道德上出现的问题展开。
麦克尤恩特别注重在道德危机之下,青年在心理层面逐渐产生的一种内心的扭曲以及分化,尤其在内心自我道德谴责的条件下,所产生的一系列的物质以及精神层面的困境。
从道德危机角度解析《赎罪》当中两个青年,特别是布利奥尼的谎言以及所带来的持续性影响,能够更好地反思《赎罪》对于人性原罪的批评,特别是青年之所以选择谎言去实现自己目的本身的动机,这都是人性和社会共同扭曲的结果。
一、《赎罪》中青年道德危机的动因:青年的人格冲突《赎罪》当中的青年出现的道德危机,实际上很大程度是青年在特定的年龄阶段、社会条件以及个人性格因素下产生的人格冲突,这样的一种人格冲突成为小说当中青年道德危机重要动因。
从奥地利的心理学家弗洛伊德的理论上看,每一个人的人格实际上都是由本我、自我以及超我三个部分共同组成的,本我实际上是每一个人最为原始的冲动以及本能,而每一个人都会用理想的自我去指导或者纠正每一个人冲动行为。
在《赎罪》这一部小说当中,女青年布利奥尼实际上就面对着自己内在人格的冲突,这样的冲突,最后变成了布利奥尼在漫长一生当中都耿耿于怀的罪恶,并且背负着赎罪的意志。
这一点突出表现在小说《赎罪》中,经历了非常多的物是人非,特别是亲自经历了战争的布利奥尼,面对罗比夫妇的时候,因为自己内心深处极度深刻的罪恶,她内心不断谴责自己,甚至没有办法应对罗比的质问。
