影响的焦虑 滑稽的外衣——纽约派诗人肯尼斯·科克评介

The Anxiety of Influence,the Overcoat of Comedy ——On New York School Poet Kenneth Koch

纽约诗派是二战后美国诗坛的重要流派,作为代表人物,肯尼斯·科克曾长期不被主流评论界所看好。科克往往被认为是个喜剧诗人,诗风荒诞、大胆,然而,在艾略特和新批评一统天下的时代背景下,其作品却极富创新精神,"影响的焦虑"在科克的诗中得到了最直接的体现;其先锋艺术创作最常采用的文学样式是"戏仿"。戏仿在后现代语境下的重要性越来越得以呈现,这正验证了科克超前的艺术创造力。

On the arena of contemporary poetry after World War Ⅱ, New York School is an important branch, in which Kenneth Koch is a central figure. Koch is often viewed as a comic poet and his seeming absurdity and brashness are contradictory to the prevalent taste of critics. Up until now his works have rarely been studied. However, under the background of the dominance of Eliot and New Criticism, Koch＇s works reflect the spirit of his time and show the ＂complex of anxiety＂ among new poets. Paro- dy, an technique often employed by Koch, has already demonstrated its vitality in postmodern contexts, which testifies Koch＇s precedent creativity.