文学以及文学的创作就是一个对人类、人生、人性探索与追问的过程,在这一过程中,最难的莫过于对人性的思考与发现,尤其是人性中难以捉摸、难以把握、难以言说的那些东西,也就是渥太华大学英语系教授David R.Jarraway的文章《“有一种东西”:美国语境中艾丽丝·门罗小说中的“隐秘面”》(“Something”:The“Dark Sides”of Alice Munro’s Story-Telling in Its American Context)所专门论述的“隐秘面”(“dark sides”)。一个作家,能够立于文学丛林之中引人瞩目,给人以长久的影响,必然是认真、严肃思考生活和人性的作家,是能够真正使人产生思索、给人提出问题的作家,因此必然是探索这些 Literary and literary creation is a process of exploration and pursuit of human beings, human beings and human beings. The most difficult part of this process is thinking and discovering human nature, especially the elusive, difficult to grasp and unspeakable human nature Those are the articles by David R. Jarraway, a professor of English at the University of Ottawa, “There is something”: “Something” in Alice in English novels: The “Dark Sides ” of Alice Munro’s Story-Telling in Its American Context. A writer who can stand in the literature jungle and attract people’s attention for a long time must be a writer who seriously and seriously considers life and human nature and is a writer who can really make people think and ask questions. Is to explore these