一步之遥:从自我发现到自我崩溃——解读《一位作家某天的生活》中的自我

One Step Away:From Self-discovery to Self-collapse——A Textual Interpretation of Self in A life in the Day of a Writer

美国现代女作家苔丝·斯拉辛格写于1935年的短篇小说《一位作家某天的生活》,作品主人公青年作家伯特伦姆仍属一个病态异化的现代人形象,他对创作灵感的苦寻过程恰是作家与真实自我靠近融合的过程。但在身处个人与社会、精神与肉体、理性与情感分裂的现代性氛围中,作家自我发现的瞬间却正是自我崩溃的时刻。

With an alienated and morbid anti-hero as the major character,A llfe in the Day of a Writer written by Tess Slesinger in 1935 bears out the characteristics of modernist theme. The hero＇s pursuit of the inspiration of writing symbolizes his discovery of and integration with the real serf. Yet the collapse of this very self generally follows at the heels of the newly-discovered serf.