论图像回忆录中的创伤表征

On The Representation of Trauma in Graphic Memoirs

图像回忆录是一种近二十年来在西方国家颇为流行的生命书写方式,其内容突出对创伤的表征。创伤之所以成为此种生命书写方式的重要主题,主要在于创伤记忆和图像绘画之间在图像性、碎片性和情感叙事性等方面存在诸多共通之处。同时,图像回忆录在表现手法上可以运用主体分离、阴影效果以及突出身体等方式,有效表征创伤记忆和经历。图像回忆录和创伤书写之间的此种密切联系,使得其在21世纪各类生命书写形式中占有一定的地位。

Graphic memoir,a popular genre of life writing in Western countries in the first 20 years of the 21^(st) century,features prominently traumatic experiences.The reason for trauma as the important subject is that traumatic memory and comics share several common characteristics,including iconicity,fragmentation and emotional narration.Meanwhile,graphic memoir can effectively represent traumatic memory through the uses of separating subjects,using shadows and featuring bodies.Such close connections between graphic memoir and traumatic narrative contribute to the important role of this genre in 21^(st) century’s life writing.