美国的经典作品《白鲸》与中国的文学经典《白鹿原》都承载了各自深厚的民族传统文化。梅尔维尔的《白鲸》与陈忠实的《白鹿原》都通过白色动物作为神灵的意象,表达作者对民族传统文化中神灵的神性理解与探讨。一、白鲸的神灵意象:“人神分离”在基督教文化中,神灵具有绝对的权威。这种权威来源于上帝赋予神灵的至高无上的地位与超人的力量。作为上帝的神灵,白鲸——莫比·狄克具有非凡的超能力和不可侵犯的地位。它有着“雪山 American classic ”Moby Dick“ and Chinese literary classic ”White Deer“ are carrying their own profound traditional culture. Melville’s ”Moby Dick“ and Chen Zhongshi’s ”White Deer Plain“ both use white animals as the images of gods to express the author’s understanding and discussion of divine nature in the national traditional culture. First, the beluga’s deities image: ”Divine“ In the Christian culture, the deity has absolute authority. This authority derives from God’s supremacy of divine power and superhuman strength. As God’s god, Beluga - Moby Dick has extraordinary supernatural power and inviolability. It has ”Snow Mountain