关键词:
One Hundred Years of Solitude
ethical literary criticism
Nie Zhenzhao
dichotomy
Durkheim
摘要:
Ethical Literary Criticism aims to discover the essence of human nature and promote the progress of human civilization through the analysis of the ethical relations and their consequences described in literary works. This native Chinese academic discourse system constructed by scholars represented by Nie Zhenzhao, when interacting with Durkheim's divinity and secularity dichotomy and the incest taboo theory derived from it to interpret the incest plot setting in One Hundred Years of Solitude in a complementary way, will bring us many new discoveries. Nie's Sphinx factor theory points out ethical rules may distinguish humans from animals, while Durkheim's dichotomy explains the sanctity of family affairs and the secularity of personal affairs. From the individual perspective and social perspective respectively, they both illustrate the validity and necessity of incest taboo as a social contract that exists widely in human society. These two theories have different perspectives but intrinsic similarities. When combined together to elaborate and criticize the incest history of Buendia family, their common conclusion is that the behavior of violating ethics ultimately led to the destruction of the family.