从欧·亨利小说看美国社会“精神生态伦理失衡”

摘要

欧.亨利是美国现实主义作家的代表之一。透过他的短篇小说,可以看到美国社会中存在着种种＂精神生态伦理失衡＂现象。其中包括人与人之间的信任危机﹑下层民众因内心极度压抑而导致的变态心理、家庭中扭曲的夫妻关系以及社会中大量＂多余人＂的出现等。解析欧.亨利作品中的这些＂精神生态伦理失衡＂现象将为我们建设一个生态和谐的新型社会提供启示。%O＇henry is one of the representitives of American realistic novelists.In his novels,we may find a variety of circumstances concerning the imbalance of spiritual ecology and ethics in American society,consisting of the trust crisis among people,the deformed mental states of people in lower classes,the subnormal relationships between husbands and wives and the emergence of those people who seem to be unnecessary in American society.The analysis of these cases described by O＇henry may offer us many implications for our establishment of a new society with harmonious ecology.