铸造有良心的民族语言与文化——评萨克雷小说《名利场》

外国文学研究 ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 58-68.

• 文化观念流变中的英国文学典籍研究 • 上一篇下一篇

铸造有良心的民族语言与文化——评萨克雷小说《名利场》

孙艳萍

出版日期:2018-08-25 发布日期:2022-05-23
作者简介:孙艳萍,浙江大学外国语言文化与国际交流学院副教授,主要研究英国文学。
基金资助:
国家社科基金重大项目“文化观念流变中的英国文学典籍研究”（12&ZD17）; 杭州市哲学社会科学规划基地项目“萨克雷小说中的民族良心研究”（2017JD16）,受杭州师范大学外国文学与话语传播研究中心资助

The Forging of National Conscience in Language and Culture: On Thackeray's The Vanity Fair

Sun Yanping

Online:2018-08-25 Published:2022-05-23
About author:Sun Yanping is associate professor of English at School of International Studies, Zhejiang University (Hangzhou 310058, China). Her research areas are English literature and Western literary criticism. Email: pearlsyp@163.com
Supported by:
“English Literature in the Midst of Changes in the Idea of Culture” (12&ZD17) sponsored by National Social Science Fund of China; “A Study of National Conscience in Thackeray's Fiction” (2017JD16), sponsored by Social Science Fund of Hangzhou

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内容摘要： “民族良心”作为文化命题,是构建民族特性、文化身份和行为准则的过程。本文聚焦《名利场》中女主人公利蓓加•夏泼扔弃《英语大辞典》这一举动,指出萨克雷将约翰逊博士的词典看作民族知识、文化乃至道德象征,深刻意识到英语起着对内凝聚民族向心力,对外与其他民族相区隔的重要作用。他在小说中着力描述了英国人对民族语言和文化缺乏自信的现实,揭示出英国公共媒介浮夸虚伪、良心丧失的斑斑劣迹,旨在警醒并敦促国民,尤其是掌握文字的人,应努力铸造有良心的语言文字,探寻同质认同,守卫民族文化。《名利场》的创作本身就是萨克雷追寻有良心的文化之举,反映了维多利亚早期渐入英国国民意识的民族良心,形成了与英国文化观念的互动。

关键词: 萨克雷, 《名利场》, 民族良心, 文化认同

Abstract: National conscience, as a cultural proposition, is a cognitive process that elicits the common code of conduct based on national and cultural identity. With a focus on The Vanity Fair, the essay discusses Rebecca Sharp's act of discarding Dr. Johnson's dictionary. Reading A Dictionary of the English Language as a symbol of national knowledge, culture and even morality, the paper argues for the function of English language in building up the national consciousness of Britain distinct from other nations. In Thackeray's description, British people is unconfident of national language and culture and the public media is featured with hypocrisy and the loss of conscience. In his novel, Thackeray intends to urge his fellow countrymen to adopt a homogenous language and culture with national conscience.

Key words: William Makepeace Thackeray, The Vanity Fair, the conscience of the nation, cultural identity

孙艳萍. 铸造有良心的民族语言与文化——评萨克雷小说《名利场》[J]. 外国文学研究, 2018, 40(4): 58-68.

Sun Yanping. The Forging of National Conscience in Language and Culture: On Thackeray's The Vanity Fair[J]. Foreign Literature Studies, 2018, 40(4): 58-68.

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