文化的囚徒:《就说是睡着了》的新精神分析阐释

A Narrative of Bondage: a Neo-Psychoanalytic Approach to Call It Sleep

亨利.罗思的代表作《就说是睡着了》对主人公戴维的心理刻画和性格描写,与卡伦.霍妮的新精神分析学人格理论有着异曲同工之妙。在家庭暴力、社会歧视等巨大压力下,戴维形成典型的神经症。该神经症由紊乱的人际关系诱发,实际根植于特定文化固有的矛盾之中。罗思通过戴维的遭遇,隐喻犹太民族在异族强势文化下无以摆脱的困境,以探讨整个犹太人的命运与处境。《就说是睡着了》本质上可以说是关于每个犹太人的文化寓言,是一个文化囚徒的故事。

Henry Roth＇ s masterpiece ＂Call It Sleep＂ is known for its portrait of David, the protagonist＇ s character,and psychological being,which keep a strong parallelism to Karen Horney＇s theory of personality. David experiences great pressure both from his family and the society and thus developed typical neurosis. His problem started by disturbed interpersonal relationship,but in a final analysis,it has its origin in the cultural disorder. Through David＇ s neurosis, Roth discusses the difficulties Jewish people undergo in the hegemonic cultures and thus shows great concern to Jewish people＇ s destiny and situation. Call It Sleep is essentially a cultural parable about the assimilation and conservation with which every Jew is brought to face. It is a narrative of bondage.