表征精神创伤 实践诗学伦理——创伤理论视角下的《极吵,极近》

Representing Psychological Trauma,Actualizing Poethics:A Study of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close in the Light of Trauma Theory

9/11事件的文学表征是后9/11时代美国文学的热点。乔纳森·萨福兰·福尔的《极吵,极近》着力表征平民百姓所蒙受的精神创伤,以小说人物应对创伤的方式隐喻美国社会走出创伤心理的途径,其富有召唤力的文学技巧,将读者纳入文本意义的共同创作中,激发他们重审主导性政治话语,从而实践了创伤写作的伦理价值。

American literature in the Post-9/11 era is marked by a sustained interest in representing the 9/11 event. In his novel Extremely Loud ＆ Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer focuses upon the psychological trauma the average people have suffered. In revealing how his characters cope with their problems, he metaphorically proposes the possible way out of the national psychological trauma. He employs evocative devices to yield a text that involves the readers in its meaning production and re-examination of the dominant political discourse, therefore actualizing ＂poethics＂ of trauma writing.