《克拉拉与太阳》中的机器人叙事与情动

Robotic Narrative and Effect in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun

石黑一雄的长篇小说《克拉拉与太阳》以非人类叙事范式,描述了陪伴机器人克拉拉帮助人类乔西减轻成长孤独,摆脱被人工智能机器人所替代的故事。处于故事与话语两个层面的克拉拉扮演着叙述者、聚焦者、人物三种角色,本文从机器人克拉拉叙述语言的返始、有限的视角聚焦以及情节的延宕三个维度出发,探究机器人叙事中陌生化的艺术价值及其背后所揭示的复杂的情感流动,帮助读者深化理解在自然性瓦解、情感消亡的后人类时代摆脱技术控制,保持身心完整统一的重要性。

The novel Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro uses the non-human narrative paradigm to de-scribe the story that Klara, an artificial friend, helps Josie alleviate her loneliness and get rid of being replaced by an artificial intelligence robot. Klara plays the role of narrator, focuser and character at the two levels of story and discourse. This paper explores the artistic value of defamiliarization in robotic narrative and the complex emotional flow revealed behind it from three dimensions: the initialization of robot Klara’s narrative language, the limited perspective focus and deferred plotline, which helps readers deepen the understanding of the importance of keeping our body and mind intact in a post-human world where nature and effect both have disintegrated and died.