从艾丽丝·门罗看加拿大文学——罗伯特·撒克教授访谈录

Alice Munro and Canadian Literature：An Interview with Professor Robert Thacker

在这篇访谈录中,美国当代著名文学评论家罗伯特·撒克就艾丽丝·门罗传记《艾丽丝·门罗：书写她的生活》的写作,对门罗小说的叙述技巧、地域母题及艺术美学等问题做出了精彩的阐释。撒克教授同时以门罗为例,讨论了加拿大文学中的安大略传统与历史关注。对于加拿大文学的民族文学身份问题,撒克教授指出,要防止过于强调意识形态的批评倾向。尤其在谈到加拿大文学与美国文学的关系时,他提出要正视同在北美大陆的事实,警惕狭隘的民族主义立场,而日益成熟的加拿大文学在过去发生的一系列改变,已经开辟出了一片更为生气蓬勃的疆土。

In this interview,Prof. Robert Thacker,while discussing his much-acclaimed biography,Alice Munro： Writing Her Lives,provides a profound analysis on Munro＇s narrative techniques,her leitmotif of place and artistic aesthetics. Based on the discussion of Munro＇s writing,Prof. Thacker also answers questions about the Ontario tradition of Canadian literature,and its sense of history. He is especially wary of the ideological tendency that tries to pigeonhole Canadian literature into national literature framework. Talking about the relationship between Canadian literature and American literature,he dismisses the radical nationalist standpoint by emphasizing the fact that the two countries share a single North American physiographic region. He believes that the changes that have happened to the now better established Canadian literature have left us a much more vibrant field.