对《雨王汉德森》的心理分析解读

A Psychoanalytical Reading of Henderson the Rain King

美国现代作家索尔·贝娄笔下的汉德森是一个备受心理疾病困扰的人。本文拟通过弗洛伊德的病理学理论,尤其是他的有关"焦虑"的理念,对主人公的内心痛苦进行系统性的精神分析,以期对这部争议颇多的小说的主题构想获取更为深入的认识,并进一步把握产生这部作品的时代特点和生活在这个时代的美国中产阶级的社会心理危机。

Henderson,created by American writer Saul Bellow,is a figure tortured by severe mental illness.The paper intends to make a psycho-analysis of his mental suffering by means of Freudian theory,particularly his notion of anxiety,in order to obtain a deeper insight into the thematic concerns of this highly controversial novel,and meanwhile get a comprehensive view of the social context in which it was written.