摘要
当代美国小说通过绘制、窥测和再现等方式与世界对话,切入人物内心世界,大都在后现代语境下表达各自反思人性,希望从失意中获救的愿望,其愿景正是小说家追寻的一种救赎叙事空间,其中蕴涵着现代人试图走出文明困境的"荒野意识"。这种荒野意识在21世纪美国小说创作中一直扮演了可能性的追寻者与预示者,也是小说家笔下人物寻找自由、努力摆脱消费文化和商业文明羁绊而获得拯救的新象征。新世纪美国小说家们致力于某种再想象,重新思考和建构时间、叙事与主体性之间的关系,并在创作中不同程度地体现战争、灾难、文化冲突与交融的主题特征。
The methods of mapping, exploration and representation are employed by many contemporary American novelists. By virtue of such methods, the authors are able to engage the real world in their dialogues and describe the inner worlds of the characters. Reflecting on the nature of humanity, these authors express their longing for redemption, and their creation of the narrative space of redemption implies the so-called ＂wasteland awareness,＂ an awareness that accompanies the modern men＇s effort to overcome the present cultural predicaments. Reading against this background, in this article I argue that there are three recognizable thematic features of the twenty-first-century American fictions, namely, 1） an active response to the 9/11 attack and its aftermath; 2） a salient concern for politics, humanism and value reconstruction; and 3） a thoughtful interrogation of humanity in the new age of war and terror.
出处
《深圳大学学报（人文社会科学版）》
CSSCI
北大核心
2014年第2期6-12,共7页
Journal of Shenzhen University：Humanities & Social Sciences
基金
国家哲学社会科学基金项目"当代美国小说的文化透视"(09BWW014)
关键词
美国小说:“9·11”
反思战争与恐怖
人伦道德
American fiction
the 9/11 literature
interrogation of war and terror
ethical and moral concerns
