腹语者的游戏——《解放了的朱克曼》的自我隐喻解读

A Ventriloquist Game:A Metaphorical Interpretation of the Self in Zuckerman Unbound

小说《解放了的朱克曼》中,人物关系特殊,蕴含独特的文化隐喻,值得挖掘与探讨。中心人物朱克曼与神秘人物阿尔文之间的关系尤其耐人寻味。本文从文化隐喻的角度解读和阐释阿尔文与朱克曼之间的对应关系,认为阿是朱的文化影子和生存映射,隐射着朱的犹太自我,表征着他内心深处的困惑和痛苦。换言之,虚构者朱通过阿上演了的一场腹语游戏;二人之间的暗射对应关系,是罗斯苦心孤诣的艺术创造和独特的艺术表达方式。整个文本实际上就是犹太作家人物的腹语游戏和自我表演。所以说,整个文本既是腹语游戏,更是自我隐喻。

In Zuckerman Unbound,the special relationships between different protagonists are impregnated with unique cultural metaphors,therefore deserving scholarly attention and discussion.The relationships between Zuckerman the protagonist and Alvin the mysterious are the most peculiar and delicate.The present article attempts to interpret the corresponding relationship between these two Jewish characters and holds that Alvin is the cultural shadow and reflection of Zuckerman.Alvin alludes to Zuckerman＇s Jewish ego,symbolizing and representing his inner puzzles and pains.In other words,Zuckerman the fictionalist presents a ventriloquist＇s game by virtue of Alvin.The cross-referent and allusive relationships between them are none other than Roth＇s painstaking artistic creation and unique way of literary expression.Therefore the whole text is no less than a ventriloquist game and a metaphoric representation of Self.