跨文化视域下的中国式“机器妻”想象:从《机器人趣话》到《非诚勿扰3》

The Robot Wife Imaginations of Chinese-style from an Intercultural Perspective:From A Robot Anecdoteto If You Are The One3

机器妻叙事是披着软科幻外衣的两性和婚恋伦理叙事,以机器妻为媒介来讨论人性、情感以及两性和婚姻关系。机器妻想象有娶机器人为妻子、以机器人替代不在场妻子以及将妻子转化为机器人三种形式,中国当代文艺主要聚焦前两者。从《机器人趣话》到《非诚勿扰3》的中国机器妻想象与国外特别是美国机器妻叙事差异明显,它是中国机器人文化的显影,也折射着中国社会对待科技、性别和亲密关系的态度及其变迁。

The robot wife narratives,often cloaked in the guise of soft sci-f,are essentially stories of gender and marriage ethics,and explore humanity,emotions,and the relationships between genders as well as within marriage.Robot wife narratives include three types:robot as wife,robot as wife double,and wife as robot.Contemporary Chinese novels and films mainly focus on the first two types.The Chinese imaginations of robot wives,from A Robot Anecdote to If You Are the One 3,markedly differ from its foreign counterparts,especially the American ones.It is a lens of China's robot culture and reflects the evolving Chinese societal attitudes towards technology,gender,and intimate relationships.