书写的痛苦与“痛苦”的书写——解读《解剖课》

The Pain of Writing and the Writing about Pain: An Anatomy of The Anatomy Lesson

文学创作中少有作家以痛苦本身作题进行艺术构建;而罗斯的小说《解剖课》却就是一部以痛苦为题的难能可贵的虚构作品,是"痛苦"的书写。论文集中探讨这部艺术作品对"痛苦"的关注与书写,描述和阐释、诊断与治疗,以及对此痛苦的隐喻解剖。究其实质而言,小说始终围绕着自我痛苦与痛苦自我的辩证关系展开;从更深的层次上来说,小说更是一部思考与解剖"痛苦"的独特的小说,尤其强调作家自我的痛苦恰恰正是源于作家对于痛苦本身的思考和创作。作为罗斯的影子形象或代言者出现的朱克曼,恰恰代表了作家罗斯对痛苦与自我之间的悖论关系的美学思考。

Few writers give due attention to pain itself in their literary creation; Philip Roth＇ s novel The Anatomy Lesson is one of the rare novels that dwell and elaborate on pain as the central topic. The present paper tries to analyze the concern about and description of pain, the diagnosis and treatment of pain, and metaphorical interpretation of pain in this unique novel. In essence, this novel is centered around the dialectical relationships between self and pain. At a deeper level, this work tries to probe into the root and abyss of pain, revealing that the writer＇ s pain is derived from none other than his own reflection and literary creation of pain itself. As Roth＇ s alter ego and doppelganger, Zuckerman embodies Roth＇ s aesthetical consideration about the paradoxi- cal relations between self and pain.