不确定的现实,不可靠的记忆——对《终结的感觉》精神创伤的解读

Uncertain Reality,Unreliable Memory——On The Sense of an Endingfrom Psychological Trauma

"精神创伤"指在经历了创伤性事件后所产生的破坏性情感效应,具有普遍存在性,可以用来界定和解释人和社会的性质。回忆和创伤是朱利安·巴恩斯《终结的感觉》中相互关联的元素。主人公在回忆中重新审视自我、发现自我,意识到自己对他人所造成的伤害,并进行深刻反思。"精神创伤"贯穿了作者的历史、时间和人生架构,为处于危机中的当代人提供了探寻生存意义的范式。

Psychological trauma refers to the destructive emotion after experiencing some destructive affairs. This kind of trauma widely exists in our society and sometimes can even be used to define the nature of human and society. Memory and trauma are two important elements in The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. In the pursuit of memory, Tony starts the journey to inspect and discover himself. In the end, he realizes the harm he has done to others. From the author＇s understanding towards history, time and moral, the psychological trauma can be strongly sensed. The Sense of an Ending provides a paradigm for the modern people to explore the meaning of life in crisis.