消费主义的家庭伦理镜像:欧茨小说《我的妹妹,我的爱》之内涵呈现

Family Ethics in the Consumer Era: A Thematic Reading of Joyce Carol Oates' s My Sister, My Love

消费主义的物化逻辑不但演绎了物质世界的社会关系,也折射了一个时代的精神命运。小说诠释了消费主义的家庭症候,揭示了消费主义引发的家庭伦理危机:日益盛行的消费文化带来无限膨胀的欲望,颠覆了传统的价值标准,淡漠了爱的能力和责任意识,引发了个体的精神危机,最终导致家庭分崩离析。欧茨从家庭内部寻求问题的解决之道,呼吁爱与责任的回归,倡导家庭成员之间以尊重、给予和沟通为基础,重建家庭道德价值体系。

In this era of postmodern consumerism, materialist logic as a statement of social relations also reflects the spiritual destiny of a generation.In her novel My Sister, My Love, Joyce Carol Oates investigates family crisis in the consumer era, demonstrating that insatiable consumerism undermines traditional values, weakens social bonds, leads to spiritual malnutrition and causes family breakdown. Confident about the reconstruction of family ethics, Oates seeks answers from within the family, calling for love and responsibility among family members as the means to achieve mutual respect and dedication.