卡洛斯·富恩特斯与西语美洲乌托邦

Carlos Fuentes and Hispanic American Utopia

乌托邦概念虽然发轫于欧洲,但没有任何一片大陆像美洲一般,和它有着源头性的亲密关系。进入20世纪,这一术语频繁地出现在众多西语美洲智识人物的写作中,就像一直以来对现代性的不断定义,乌托邦也成了一种思想的执念。当代墨西哥、西语美洲地区最重要的作家之一卡洛斯·富恩特斯(Carlos Fuentes,1928—2012),继承其众多前辈的乌托邦思想,从西语美洲的文学书写中"发现"并发展了"美洲乌托邦"的内涵,在丰富"美洲乌托邦"内涵的同时,也为现代性本身提供了新的思想视域和理解维度。

Although the concept of utopia originates from Europe,there is no continent like the Americas with which has a source of intimate relationship.In the 20 th century,this term frequently appeared in the writings of many Hispanic American intellectuals.Just like the constant redefinitions of modernity,utopia has also become an intellectual obsession.Carlos Fuentes(1928—2012),one of the most important writers in contemporary Mexico and the broader Hispanic American region,inherited the utopian ideas of many of his predecessors,"discovered"the Hispanic American literature,and developed the notion of"Hispanic American Utopia".While enriching the connotation of"Hispanic American Utopia",the concept of"Hispanic American Utopia"also provides a new ideological horizon and dimension of understanding modernity itself.