英语文学的艺术之美

英语文学的艺术之美 篇1

关键词：简爱,写实主义,浪漫主义

一、《Jane Eyre》中的平等观

艺术是生活的反应, 但绝不是对生活简单的复制, 否则作品便失去了存在的价值, 一部优秀了文学作品, 当然不能脱离生活实际, 在生活来源的基础上更要立意高远, 为人类灵魂追逐的远方建构一座灯塔, 夏洛蒂做到了。在《Jane Eyre》中, 一位平凡、瘦小的女主人公在面对爱情的时候, 敢于勇敢地发出自己的声音:

“Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton?—a machine without feelings?and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!—I have as much soul as you, —and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh;—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal, —as we are!”

这段话不仅仅是文中女主人公的呐喊, 更是作者自身丰富情感的体现, 即便面对渴望的爱情, 即便人的相貌有美丑之别, 但是越过死亡的坟墓后, 站在上帝面前的灵魂却没有高低贵贱之分, 这种意识在当时的英国是难能可贵的。爱情是美好的, 在爱情面前, 我们可以高贵的渴望, 但不能卑贱地祈求。

二、《Jane Eyre》中的哲学观

夏洛蒂•勃朗特充满人生哲理的情怀让她的作品更加深入人心, 也正是这样的艺术手法让其作品更上一个层次, 也更符合读者的阅读口味, 让读者反复思索生命存在的意义。例如, “Life is too short, can not be used vengeful build hate”, 的确如此, 人的一生如此短暂, 怎能让有限的记忆被仇恨占据呢!所以, 不论我们出身贵贱、容貌美丑、都应怀揣对生命的热爱和感恩。除此以外, 《Jane Eyre》中的经典对白, 还揭示了当不得不放弃原本最为珍惜的东西时女主人公的复杂但却坚定的理性:

(当简发现罗切斯特先生有个精神失常的妻子之后的与罗切斯特先生的对白)

Mr. Rochester: So come out at last. You shut yourself in your room and grieve alone. Not one word of reproach.Nothing.Is that to be my punishment? I didn't mean to wound you like this. Do you believe that?I wouldn't hurt you not for the world.What was I to do? Confess everything I might as well have lost my life.

Jane: You have lost me, Edward.And I've lost you.

Mr. Rochester: Why did you say that to me? To punish me a little longer? Jane, I've been though! For the first time I have found what I can truly love. Don't take if away from me.

Jane: I must leave you.

通过这段对白, 我们不难发现, 作品中Jane的平等观和爱情观在哲学范畴里是相互统一的, 其实作品背后所展现出来的正是夏洛蒂•勃朗特的真实世界观。

文学作品以生活为原型, 但往往被作者赋予更高的价值观念, 文学的魅力也在于此, 英语文学有其独特的艺术魅力, 从Charlotte Bronte的《Jane Eyre》中可见一斑。

参考文献

[1]许圣东.《简爱》文学欣赏[J].青年文学家.2013 (30) .

英语文学的艺术之美 篇2

【关键词】简爱 写实主义 浪漫主义

一、《Jane Eyre》中的平等观

艺术是生活的反应，但绝不是对生活简单的复制，否则作品便失去了存在的价值，一部优秀了文学作品，当然不能脱离生活实际，在生活来源的基础上更要立意高远，为人类灵魂追逐的远方建构一座灯塔，夏洛蒂做到了。在《Jane Eyre》中，一位平凡、瘦小的女主人公在面对爱情的时候，敢于勇敢地发出自己的声音：

“Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you？ Do you think I am an automaton？—a machine without feelings？ and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips， and my drop of living water dashed from my cup？ Do you think， because I am poor， obscure， plain， and little， I am soulless and heartless？ You think wrong！—I have as much soul as you，—and full as much heart！ And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth， I should have made it as hard for you to leave me， as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom， conventionalities， nor even of mortal flesh；—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit； just as if both had passed through the grave， and we stood at God's feet， equal，—as we are！”

这段话不仅仅是文中女主人公的呐喊，更是作者自身丰富情感的体现，即便面对渴望的爱情，即便人的相貌有美丑之别，但是越过死亡的坟墓后，站在上帝面前的灵魂却没有高低贵贱之分，这种意识在当时的英国是难能可贵的。爱情是美好的，在爱情面前，我们可以高贵的渴望，但不能卑贱地祈求。

二、《Jane Eyre》中的哲学观

夏洛蒂·勃朗特充满人生哲理的情怀让她的作品更加深入人心，也正是这样的艺术手法让其作品更上一个层次，也更符合读者的阅读口味，让读者反复思索生命存在的意义。例如，“Life is too short， can not be used vengeful build hate”，的确如此，人的一生如此短暂，怎能让有限的记忆被仇恨占据呢！所以，不论我们出身贵贱、容貌美丑、都应怀揣对生命的热爱和感恩。除此以外，《Jane Eyre》中的经典对白，还揭示了当不得不放弃原本最为珍惜的东西时女主人公的复杂但却坚定的理性：

（当简发现罗切斯特先生有个精神失常的妻子之后的与罗切斯特先生的对白）

Mr. Rochester： So come out at last. You shut yourself in your room and grieve alone. Not one word of reproach.Nothing.Is that to be my punishment？ I didn't mean to wound you like this. Do you believe that？I wouldn't hurt you not for the world.What was I to do？ Confess everything I might as well have lost my life.

Jane： You have lost me， Edward.And I've lost you.

Mr. Rochester： Why did you say that to me？ To punish me a little longer？ Jane， I've been though！ For the first time I have found what I can truly love. Don't take if away from me.

Jane： I must leave you.

通过这段对白，我们不难发现，作品中Jane的平等观和爱情观在哲学范畴里是相互统一的，其实作品背后所展现出来的正是夏洛蒂·勃朗特的真实世界观。

文学作品以生活为原型，但往往被作者赋予更高的价值观念，文学的魅力也在于此，英语文学有其独特的艺术魅力，从Charlotte Bronte的《Jane Eyre》中可见一斑。

参考文献：

[1]许圣东.《简爱》文学欣赏[J].青年文学家.2013（30）.