花瓶的苏醒与毁灭

The recovery and destruction of vase

菲利普·罗斯是知名的美国当代作家,并连续多年被诺贝尔文学奖提名。在他的代表作品中,《美国牧歌》响力最大,讲述了利沃夫一家人从20世纪20年代到20世纪末的动荡人生。本文将从拉康的"他者"理论出发,分析在"小他者"和"大他者"的影响下母亲—多恩自我的建构和丢失。妻子多恩在丈夫塞莫尔的眼里,是一个用来装饰他成功人生的花瓶,本文着重分析这个花瓶的苏醒与毁灭,探索建构过程的矛盾冲突以及不可避免的自我丢失。

Philip Roth is one of the outstanding and active modern American novelists. As his most influential novel with a favorable reception, American Pastoral narrates the turbulent life of the Levovs from 1920s till the end of the 20th century. This thesis analyzes the construction and loss of mother—Dawn with Lacan's 'Other' theory by focusing on the awaking and destruction of this vase.