自我迷失与精神危机——论《出了毛病》创作手法的寓意

Ego Loss and Spiritual Crisis——Implication of Black Humor in Something Happened

《出了毛病》是美国小说家约瑟夫·海勒1974年出版的黑色幽默小说,是继《第二十二条军规》之后的又一佳作。小说主人公斯洛克姆通过对工作、家庭等的内心独白,展现了他恐慌、多疑、焦虑的内心世界,深刻地表现了当代美国中产阶级的自我迷失、精神苦楚、对社会的极度失望;通过对斯洛克姆生活的支离破碎的片断刻画,呈现了当时人们的精神危机。

Something Happened is Joseph Heller＇s second novel ,a typical black humor fiction, which was published in 1974, thirteen years after Catch-22. It depicts a inner world Of panic, suspicion,anxiety and reflects the ego loss, mental suffering and desperation of contemporary American middle class by its main character , Bob Slocum＇s stream of consciousness narrative about his job, his family and so on. At the same time, the spiritual crisis of people and the insecure society were portrayed, with most of the novel focusing on detailing various events from Slocum＇s life in non-chronological order.