摘要
菲利普·罗斯的后期创作对"死亡主题"特别青睐,其死亡书写与他的文化背景和个人经历密不可分。他对于死亡的深层思考与美国文化人类学家欧内斯特·贝克尔的死亡观相似。他们都认为死亡不可避免;人们在面对死亡时都普遍感到恐惧,抗拒死亡的临近;面对死亡的威胁时,人们试图通过移情逃避死亡,以求在永恒的记忆和不朽的价值中超越死亡。无论是罗斯本人对现实生活中见证的诸多生离死别的思考,抑或是他小说中对生老病死的描述,都表现了他面对衰老与死亡时坦然自若、淡定从容、积极乐观的心态;而且,罗斯以其一生笔耕不辍的写作经历和对艺术的不懈追求实现了对死亡的超越。
In his later works,Philip Roth shows his preference for the theme of death,which is closely related to his cultural background and personal experience.His deep thinking about death is similar to that of Ernest Becker,an American cultural anthropologist.They both believe that death is inevitable.People generally feel fear when facing death and resist the approach of death.When facing the threat of death,one always tries to escape it through Yi Qing(transference of feelings).Whether it is in Roth’s own reflection on life,old age,sickness,and death in real life,or in the descriptions of them in his novels,he shows a calm,positive,and optimistic attitude toward aging and death.What’s more,Roth achieves a transcendence over death with his lifelong writing experience and his relentless pursuit of art.
作者
谢文玉
李柔
Wenyu Xie;Rou Li(Foreign Studies College,Hunan Normal University,Changsha,Hunan,China)
出处
《外国语言与文化》
2021年第2期37-46,共10页
Foreign Languages and Cultures
基金
湖南省教育厅重点项目“菲利普·罗斯文学思想研究”(18A029)
关键词
菲利普·罗斯
死亡观
移情
Philip Roth
view of death
Yi Qing(transference of feelings)
