贝拿勒斯不止是印度宗教圣城瓦伦纳西的一个旧称,也是印度英语小说家拉贾·拉奥用以审视传统文化在现代化进程中生存方式的一种时空的聚集。它是拉贾·拉奥塑造的诸多文学意象中最重要的一个,承载了作家对世界的独特体验,体现了他的哲学理念和美学理想。本文通过解读短篇小说集 Benares is not only an old name for the religious holy city of Varennesi in India, but also a time-space gathering by Indian novelist Rajah Rao to examine the ways in which traditional culture survives in the process of modernization. It is the most important one among many literary images shaped by Rajah Rao, bearing the unique experience of writers to the world and embodying his philosophy and aesthetic ideal. This article through the interpretation of short stories