《皮男人》中历史与虚构的杂糅

The Combination of History and Fabrication:The Postmodern Narrative Devices in “The Leather Man”

美国后现代作家多克托罗善于运用各种杂糅手法打破历史和现实的界限,对社会问题和历史事件进行有力抨击。本文从历史事件和虚构事件的巧妙杂糅、历史人物与虚构人物的身份杂糅、人物命名杂糅的历史影射三个方面探讨了多克托罗在《皮男人》中将历史与虚构杂糅的后现代叙事特征。作者通过对种族、性别、阶级歧视问题的关注以及对"阿波罗号登月"这一历史事件的"去神秘化",旨在揭示现代社会中行为的表演性、话语的虚假性以及权威的压抑性。

American postmodern novelist E.L.Doctorow is proficient in combining different devices to break down the barriers between history and reality and to attack consistently on social problems and historical events.This article explores the postmodern narrative devices in'The Leather Man'in three aspects:the combination of historical and imaginary events,the combination of historical and imaginary figures,and the allusions of combining name of different periods.'The Leather Man'attempts to expose the performing behaviors,the deceptive discourses and the overwhelming authorities by means of discussing the race discrimination,gender discrimination and class discrimination in the society and of'demystifying'the historical event of'The Apollo Moon-landing'.