生态伦理语境下《复仇女神》的悲剧与反思

Reflection on the Tragic Journey of the “Defect Heroin”in Philip Ruth's Nemesis under the Context of Ecological Disaster

菲利普·罗斯在其封笔之作《复仇女神》中,描述了一位道德感沉重的受难式英雄巴基。在错置的责任感和偏执的良知下,主人公不断地进行自我惩罚。他过度的道德感压抑了人的本能和感官,禁锢了个体的自然属性,造成了文明的非人道,从而陷入悲观主义的牢笼。罗斯借助"脊髓灰质炎"这个瘟疫载体,给了正处于现代生态灾难的大语境的人类一个很好的警戒式的生态预言。

In Nemesis,with a simple plot,Philip Roth describes the tragic journey of a＂defect hero＂who has a strong sense of moral. The hero condemned and punished himself continuously due to his misplaced sense of responsibility and bigoted conscience. His excessive sense of moral stifled the human＇s instinct and imprisoned the individual＇s natural attributes,which resulted in the inhuman and made himself fall into the trap of pessimism. With the aid of polio,Ruth warns human beings in the context of modern ecological catastrophe with an alert ecological prophecy.