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美国印第安裔作家约翰·约瑟夫·马修斯在其代表作《日落》中一方面表达了对印第安传统伦理的向往,另一方面又塑造出一个挣扎于印第安传统伦理与白人伦理之间、最终以白人伦理定位人生的印第安主人公。本文从文学伦理学批评视角出发,把《日落》置于马修斯创作的历史环境中,分析马修斯在小说中对以“全是我的亲属”为内核的印第安传统伦理的彰显,透视小说家所表现的白人伦理对印第安传统生存方式的侵蚀,并进而探究马修斯对白人伦理既否定又肯定的矛盾态度,解读小说主人公逐渐割舍与部族土地以及土地上万物生灵亲缘关系的伦理转向过程,藉以揭示马修斯动摇于两种相悖的伦理诉求之间的伦理困境以及他那个时代印第安人所面临的两难伦理选择。
미국인제안예작가약한·약슬부·마수사재기대표작《일락》중일방면표체료대인제안전통윤리적향왕,령일방면우소조출일개쟁찰우인제안전통윤리여백인윤리지간、최종이백인윤리정위인생적인제안주인공。본문종문학윤리학비평시각출발,파《일락》치우마수사창작적역사배경중,분석마수사재소설중대이“전시아적친속”위내핵적인제안전통윤리적창현,투시소설가소표현적백인윤리대인제안전통생존방식적침식,병진이탐구마수사대백인윤리기부정우긍정적모순태도,해독소설주인공축점할사여부족토지이급토지상만물생령친연관계적윤리전향과정,자이게시마수사동요우량충상패적윤리소구지간적윤리곤경이급타나개시대인제안인소면림적량난윤리선택。
In Sundown, representative work of John Joseph Mathews, an American Indian writer, the author voices his nostalgia for traditional American Indian ethics, and yet in the meantime portrays a protagonist that struggles between traditional American Indian ethics and white ethics, and finally orients his life to the latter. Proceeding from the perspective of ethical literary criticism, this article interprets Sundown within the framework of the historical circumstances under which Mathews produces this novel, analyzing Mathews＇ highlighting of traditional American Indian ethics that is focused on the concept of ＂All My Relations＂ and examining his presentation of how white ethics erode the traditional lifestyle of American Indians. Furthermore, it explores Mathews＇ contradictory narrative that both approves and criticizes white ethics, and interprets the protagonist＇s ethical shifting process during which he gradually severs his relations with the tribal land and all the creatures that exist on the tribal land, thereby revealing Mathews＇ ethical predicament of being caught between conflicting ethical appeals as well as the dilemmatic ethical choice confronted by the American Indians of his time.