撒哈拉天空下的生存考验——论《遮蔽的天空》中的存在主义自欺主题

A Close Inspection of Existence Under the Sky of the SaharaBad Faith in The Sheltering Sky——On the Existentialist Theme of Bad Faith in The Sheltering Sky

《遮蔽的天空》主要讲述了二战后一对美国夫妇来到非洲旅行的故事,但这部作品中的非洲不再是传说中的乌托邦,相反却时时显现出冷漠荒诞的一面。文章尝试从存在主义角度解读主人公吉特在非洲沙漠中生存抗争以及自欺沉沦的旅程,分析其中蕴含的存在主义自由与责任以及自欺主题。

The Sheltering Sky tells the story of an American couple who travel in North Africa just after World War Ⅱ,but the Africa here is no longer the legendary Utopia but rather proves to be indifferent and absurd.The paper aims to take an existentialist approach to Kit’s existential struggle and her journey of self-deceit and degradation in the African desert,and to interpret the implied existentialist themes of freedom and responsibility and self-deceit.