《明暗》是夏目漱石去世前的未完成之作。作者运用现实主义手法 ,不仅成功地塑造了具有独立意识和鲜明个性的女性阿廷 ,而且成功地塑造了一个对个人的不幸、社会的不公感到不满的男主人公小林的艺术形象。作品结构的巧妙和描写的致密程度都是无与伦比的 ,可谓夏目漱石创作的一个新突破 “Light and darkness” is the unfinished work before Soseki’s death. Using realism, the author not only succeeded in shaping Artin, a woman with independent consciousness and distinct personality, but also succeeded in shaping an artistic image of Kobayashi Kobayashi, a man who is dissatisfied with personal misfortune and social injustice. The cleverness of the structure of the work and the density of the description are unparalleled, which can be described as a new breakthrough in Soseki’s creation