摘要
科伦·麦凯恩在《转吧,这伟大的世界》中以20世纪70年代的纽约市为背景,用走钢丝表演隐喻"9·11"事件,用11个跨越种族、阶级和性别的故事编织现代社会人类命运共同体的图谱。麦凯恩倡导的"讲故事的民主"在小说中得到充分展示,他从多个叙述角度细致刻画战争、恐怖袭击、种族歧视、移民困境、伦理缺失等社会问题,揭示日益分化的社会中生命的脆弱性、社区共联性及伦理责任性,倡导人与人之间的"同理心",表达对平等与和平的美好夙愿。
Contemporary Irish-American author Colum McCann takes 1970 s’New York City as the social background of his novel Let the Great World Spin,constructing collective memories by means of eleven interconnected stories,which reflect the shared destiny of people through the"democracy of storytelling".Through the use of multi-voiced narrative and cosmopolitan conversation,McCann reveals the fragility of human life,the interconnectedness of community,and the ethical responsibility of shaping a shared community for humankind.McCann’s insight into human future in post—9/11 society poses a plausible way to tackle certain crises in the processes of globalization.
作者
曾桂娥
王凤云
Zeng Gui’e;Wang Fengyun(School of Foreign Languages,Shanghai University,Shanghai 200444,China;College of Liberal Arts,Shanghai University,Shanghai 200444,China)
出处
《当代外国文学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2021年第2期53-59,共7页
Contemporary Foreign Literature
基金
国家社科基金项目“科伦·麦凯恩的命运共同体书写研究”(18BWW042)的阶段性成果。
