战争与和平是人类社会永恒的话题。《印度之行》是福斯特最后一部长篇小说。在人文观念方面,该小说同福斯特的其他作品是一脉相承的:它们都向读者展示了福斯特对建立一个和谐的理想社会的向往。而《印度之行》的独特之处在于,作者在小说中流露出一种在意识到理想注定无法实现之后的迷惘和无奈,甚至还有相当程度的悲伤,因为理想会被残酷的现实击碎,文明的冲突终究是不可避免的。 War and peace are the eternal topics of human society. The trip to India is Forster’s last novel. On the humanistic point of view, the novel follows Forster’s other works in the same way: all of them demonstrate to the reader Foster’s longing for a harmonious and idealistic society. What is unique about the “trip to India” is that the novel in the novel shows a sense of confusion and helplessness after realizing that ideals are not fulfilled, and even a considerable degree of sadness because ideals will be crushed by cruel reality, After all, civilized conflicts are inevitable.