矛盾性：夏多布里昂的思想特点

夏多布里昂既是18世纪法国文学的最后一个作家,又是19世纪法国浪漫主义文学的第一位诗人。在他身上交织着新旧交替的复杂矛盾,这种矛盾表现在他的文艺观、政治观和宗教观中,具有深刻的时代意义。其实质是极端个人主义者与动乱的社会现实之间的矛盾,反映了1789-1830年间法国动乱不宁的社会思潮,即启蒙主义向浪漫主义过渡的世纪末＂迷惘一代＂的精神与心态。

The Paradox of Chateaubriand

Chateaubriands’ compositions symbolizes the transition of literature from the eighteenth century to the nineteenth century.He is the grandfather of romanticism in France.His life was full of paradoxes.In art,he cre-ated a new literal trend,but the new form just covered up old contents.In politics,he vacillated between refor-mation and reservation,so he took up a post in Napoleons’ government,but also puffed up the Holly Alliance.Chateaubriand was attached to the old-fashioned social order,but looking forward to freedom of new arising bourgeoisie.Chateaubriands’ paradox was deeply rooted in the social condition of that time,just the conflict be-tween the extreme individualist and the troublous social reality.The conflict reflected the ethos of France from 1789 to 1830,the social ethos and artistic ethos of the Lost Generation in the end of century from Enlightenment to Romanticism.