“生者”与“逝者”的搏斗——詹姆斯与洛奇创作关系解读

亨利·詹姆斯和戴维·洛奇是文学史上不多见的作家兼批评家。两人属于不同时期,但创作与批评经历十分相似,均处于文学创作转型期。洛奇的小说和文学批评作品中对詹姆斯的引用借鉴也较多。他们的关系就像布鲁姆所描述的那种＂父与子＂或＂前驱诗人＂与＂后来诗人＂一样。本文以布鲁姆的＂诗的影响论＂为理论基础,通过互文性策略来解读詹姆斯和洛奇的小说文本,探究洛奇如何克服＂影响的焦虑＂,进行小说创作的超越和创新。

There have been but a few novelists who are literary critics at the same time in the history of English literature like Henry James and David Lodge. Although they lived in different times, they shared similar literary and critical experiences, witnessing the transition in literary history. Henry James＇ influence on Lodge could be traced in many of Lodge＇s novels and critical essays. Their relationship is like that of the father and the son, or the precursor and the latecomer as described by Harold Bloom. The article, based on Bloom＇s theory of influence and adopting the strategy of intertextuality, aims at exploring how Lodge overcomes the anxiety of influence and surpasses James in novel creation.