一个男人的中年危机之战——析读马丁·艾米斯《信息》

A Man's War Against Midlife Crisis——An Analysis of The Information Written by Martin Amis

中年危机是马丁·艾米斯的小说《信息》的重要主题。从弗洛伊德的自我防御机制理论来看,理查德·塔尔这个《信息》中的主人公遭遇中年危机时,在无意识之中通过对现实的否认,对象的移植,以及退化到早期的安宁活动的生活水平等方式来缓解来自内部和外部的压力,缓解自己的中年危机。

One of the major themes in The Information is midlife crisis,which was written by Martin Amis（1949-） in 1995.Therefore,how does the protagonist,Richard Tull,deal with his midlife crisis in his troublesome forties？ which will be discussed in the perspective of self-defense mechanism in the following text.That is： denial of the reality,displacement and regress to drink and smoke,in order to release himself away from both the internal and external pressure,which has an effect to some point.