论萨伏伊《异域》的心象叙事

Mental Imagery Narrative in Willard Savoy's Alien Land

萨伏伊在《异域》里采用了心象叙事,揭示了美国黑白混血儿的双重意识冲突和生存危机中的心理张力。据心象信息的加工深度,该小说所描写的心象可划分为遗觉表象、记忆表象和想象表象,心象叙事与文本主题有着密切的内在关联。视觉遗觉表象、听觉遗觉表象和地域遗觉表象都是种族主义社会环境里人们的病态心理反应;记忆表象是哲理与心性相结合的艺术典范。形象性记忆表象、概括性记忆表象和可操作性记忆表象所营造的意境具有丰富的文化内涵,无意识想象表象和有意识想象表象揭示了美国种族主义社会环境里的心理扭曲和人性之恶。萨伏伊笔下的心象叙事蕴涵着厚重的人文主义精神,抒发了黑人作家所领悟到的生命真谛,并将之融化于民族精神,寄内心情怀于各种心象之间。

In Alien Land,Willard Savoy,by means of mental imagery narrative,greatly reveals the double-conscious conflicts and psychic tension in the life crisis of American blacks. According to the situations of processing the information about mental images,we can divide the mental images into eidetic image,memory image and imaginary image,dealing with the internal correlation between the mental image narration and the themes of the work. Visual,auditoria,and regional eidetic images all are the reflection of the people＇s morbid psyches in racist society. Memory image is the artistic example of the combination of philosophy and dispositions. Vivid,generalized,and workable memory images include the artistic conception rich in cultural implications. The conscious and unconscious imaginary presentations both disclose the psychic distortion and evils of human nature in racist America. The mental images in Savoy＇s work,pervaded with the noble spirit of humanism,convey the true essence of life attained by black writers,fuse it with the ethos of blacks,and infuse their thoughts and feelings into all kinds of mental images.