V.S.奈保尔21世纪小说中的婚姻政治与伦理悖论

Marriage Politics and Ethical Paradoxes in V. S. Naipaul's Twenty-first Century Novels

V.S.奈保尔在其21世纪小说《半生》和《魔种》中描写的婚姻既是小说主人公政治牟利和宣泄种族政治、文化焦虑的手段,又是管窥20世纪后半叶以伦敦为缩影的英国社会现实的一面镜子。以"婚姻主题"为自我言说的媒介,奈保尔谴责了西方文化帝国主义在殖民与后殖民时期,对以印度为代表的第三世界国家民族独立运动和民族自尊心、自信心建立过程中的不良影响。在此基础上,奈保尔发出了超越国界、政治文化差异的伦理道德观的呼吁,该呼吁也是作家本人解除因其流散情节和文明危机感而引发的道德焦虑的有效途径。

In Naipaul's twenty-first century novels,Half a Life and Magic Seeds,marriage is not only a means by which characters seek political benefits and relieve themselves of racial political and cultural anxieties,but also a mirror in which the social reality of Britain in the second half of the twentieth century with London as its miniature is vividly reflected. The theme of marriage has become Naipaul's self-expressive vehicle through which Naipaul not only condemns the devastating influences of western cultural imperialism upon Third World countries' national independence movement and the establishment of national dignity and confidence,but also makes his call for an ethical awareness that goes beyond national,political and cultural differences. The call for ethical awareness also enables Naipaul to relieve his moral anxieties caused by his exile complex and his sense of civilization crisis.