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据说自从亚当与夏娃被逐出伊甸园那天起,人类就注定要在晦涩不明的符号与图像中寻求上帝及其意义。(L·丹姆罗希:《神的安排与人的故事》,芝加哥,1985年)亨利·菲尔丁的小说《弃儿汤姆·琼斯的历史》从某种意义上正是反映了这种寻求以及求而不得的失意。和那个时代的许多小说家一样,菲尔丁也将他的小说称为“历史”,其目的显然是想在他的读者心中唤起一种真实感。随着故事的发展,他不时地提醒读者,不要把故事中发生的一切都当成假的,“而是在写着一段历史”。他似乎始终恪守着亚理士多德的古训,把自己当成自然的摹仿者,无虑于对现实作任何
It is said that since Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden of Eden, mankind was doomed to seek God and its meaning in obscure symbols and images. (L. Dan Ramoche: The Arrangement of God and the Story of a Man, Chicago, 1985) Henry Fielding’s novel The History of the Abandoned Tom Jones reflects in a sense Seek and frustration. Like many novelists of that era, Fielding also called his novel “history,” for the obvious purpose of evoke a sense of realism in the hearts of his readers. As the story unfolds, he reminds the reader from time to time that he does not take everything that is happening in the story as fake, “but writes about history.” He always seems to abide by the ancient teachings of Aristotle and regard himself as a natural imitator, regardless of the reality