威廉·格纳齐诺小说中“死亡”的象征意涵

The Symbolic Meaning of Death in Wilhelm Genazino's Novels

德国作家威廉·格纳齐诺的众多小说以异化作为主题。其后期作品集中描绘了西方现代家庭﹑职场和人际﹑两性关系中所呈现出的异化表现和异化心理,着重书写了现代人,尤其是中年人身处工业文明所带来的各种扭曲关系中的孤独失落﹑在物质至上的社会里无法找到自我价值时的焦灼不安和面对无法摆脱的死亡阴影时的惶恐与痛苦。在格纳齐诺笔下,死亡不仅指生命的终结,还具有象征意涵,隐喻着时代和社会的全面物化对人性本质的腐蚀,由此所造成的正常社会关系的消亡。

German writer Wilhelm Genazino＇s novels often take alienation as the theme. His later works usually focus on the alienated behavior and psychology of modern people in family, workplace and interpersonal relations. These novels particular focus on the personal solitude, lost emotion, the anxiousness and the fear suffering because of the shadow of death. In Wilhelm Genazino＇s novels, death not only refers to the end of life, but also has a symbolic meaning, i.e., the extinction of the normal social relations, because the human nature is destroyed by the fully materialized era and society.