在十九世纪法国文坛的群星中,普罗斯佩·梅里美(1803——1870)称得上是一位独特的人物。他的作品,比不上巴尔扎克、福楼拜、司汤达那样恢宏深沉;然而,他对封建主义桎梏与资产阶级个性解放的冲突以及资产阶级文明与自然、粗犷、淳朴的人性本原的对立之揭示,今天仍然颇值得我们深省。他本人在创作思想上被称为批判现实主义者;然而,他所描写的异域情趣和传奇色彩,却洋溢着浓郁的浪漫主义气息。他常常被一些文学史家冷落;然而,他的作品的曲折巧致的情节和令人回肠荡气的故事,却拥有极为广泛的读者群。他著述不丰;然而,仅仅不到二十篇,就使他获得了不朽的世界声誉。梅里美——这位具有资产阶级自由思想的画家的儿子,也许算不上一个伟大作家;但——他却是一位享有世界声誉的著名作家。提起梅里美,人们首先就会想到他的中篇小说《卡门》,想起那个野性的“牙比出壳的杏仁还要白”、“头发象乌鸦翅膀一样闪着蓝光”的妖冶而 Among the stars of French literature in the nineteenth century, Prospeme-Merimee (1803-1870) is a unique figure. His works are as magnificent as those of Balzac, Flaubert, and Stendhal; however, he is not satisfied with the clash of feudalism with the liberation of the bourgeois individuality and the original humanistic nature of the bourgeoisie Opposition to the revelation, today is still worth our deep consideration. He is himself called critical realist in his creative thinking; however, the exoticism and legend he describes are full of romance. He has often been left out by some literary historians; however, his plot’s twists and turns and its anecdote have a very broad readership. His writings are not abundant; however, less than twenty have given him an immortal world reputation. Merimee, the son of a painter with bourgeois freedom, may not be a great writer; but he is a well-known writer with a worldwide reputation. Mentioning Meridian, one would first think of his novella Carmen, remembering that wild “tooth whiter than the almonds out of the shell,” and “the hair glittering like a crow’s wing”