浅析约翰#8226;高尔斯华绥的《苹果树》-A Brief Comment on John Galsworthy’s The Apple Tree.docVIP

浅析约翰#8226;高尔斯华绥的《苹果树》-A Brief Comment on John Galsworthy’s The Apple Tree [Abstract] John Galsworthy is one of the most prominent English critical realistic writer and playwright in the 20th century. His well-known medium-length novel The Apple Tree has shown a romantic realistic inclination. In this novel, Galsworthy tells us the love tragedy between Ashurst and Megan. It is found that the origin of the tragedy is the unequal capitalist society. Ashurst has dual personality. On one hand, he is selfish, irresponsible, eager to defend for himself and deceives himself as well as others; on the other hand, he indulges himself in pity and chivalry. John Galsworthy had not smashed the trammels of the capitalist system. Through his portrayal of Ashurst’s personality, his limitation revealed. On one hand he had realized the declining capitalist society; on the other hand, he intended to defend his own class. Pity and chivalry were just tools that he used to prettify the bourgeois. He wanted to use aesthetics in the literature to cover the ugly aspect of the bourgeoisie. He was a bourgeois himself. The paper, on the basis of the previous findings, explores the essence of the bourgeoisie in The Apple Tree. It begins with the writing background of John Galswothy. Then it explores John Galsworthy’s portrayal of Ashurst’s personality, and it analyzes the origin of the tragedy. At last it analyzes the essence of “pity” and “chivalry”, and the romantic flavour shown in the story. It’s hoped that the present study will further study John Galsworthy and The Apple Tree. [Key Words] The Apple Tree; dual personality; pity; chivalry; romantic; bourgeois 【摘 要】 约翰·高尔斯华绥是二十世纪英国著名的批判现实主义作家和剧作家。他的中篇小说《苹果树》表现出一种浪漫化的现实主义倾向。在这个故事中作者描写了阿舍斯特和梅根的爱情悲剧。通过分析本文发现造成这出悲剧的根本原因是不平等的资本主义社会。阿舍斯特的性格具有两面性:一方面是自私自利，不负责任，热衷于为自己辩护和自欺欺人；另一方面是沉溺在所谓的“怜悯”和“骑士精神”中。高尔斯华绥并没有冲破资本主义制度的束缚。通过他对阿舍斯特性格的刻画，他的阶级局限性也体现了出来：他一方面已经认识到了腐朽衰落的资本主义社会，并勇敢的把它揭示出来；另一方面他力图挽救资本主义制度，为本阶级寻找出路。怜悯和骑士精神是其对本阶级的美化，他企图用文学