摘要
美国当代作家理查德·鲍尔斯的小说《赢利》采用对位叙事记录了美国企业的成长历史与人类个体的衰亡过程,戏剧化地呈现了企业与人类之间"得"与"失"的隐喻性对话,突显出科学技术与资本主义商业共谋之下技术的异化现象。作为一部关注人类精神生态和科技伦理问题的小说,《赢利》以"肥皂"隐喻揭示出科技"给予"和"剥夺"的双重面目,同时借由癌症建立起克莱尔企业历史与主人公劳拉个体经历间的潜在关联。《赢利》对技术理性膨胀的批判以及对技术滥用可能造成的风险和后果的警觉,反映出鲍尔斯对科技伦理问题的深刻反思。
Gain,a novel by American contemporary writer Richard Powers,is characterized by contrapuntal narration.It records the rise of American corporation and the fall of an individual,presents dramatically the metaphorical dialogue between the corporation's gain and human beings'loss,and therefore highlights the alienation of technology under the accomplice between technology and capitalist commerce.As a novel concerned with human mental ecology and science-technology ethics,Gainreveals the dual facet of science and technology as both'giving'and 'taking away',and also suggests the underlying connection between the Clare corporate history and Laura's individual experiences.Gain's criticism of technological rationality and the vigilance against the potential risks and effects of technological abuse show the indepth reflection of Powers on sci-tech ethics.
出处
《外国文学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2015年第2期80-86,159,共7页
Foreign Literature
基金
教育部人文社科青年基金项目(13YJC752012)
中国人民大学科学研究基金(中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金资助)项目(13XNA195)
