心灵救赎之旅——创伤理论视角下的《十二月十日》

The Pilgrimage to Soul Redemption——An analysis of “Tenth of December” from the Perspective of Trauma Theory

美国著名作家乔治·桑德斯的《十二月十日》讲述了一个有关救赎的故事。主人公艾伯饱受疾病的折磨和继父生病期间留给他的创伤,决定自杀寻求解脱。途中他奋力解救了落水男孩罗宾,救人过程的反思以及后来一系列事件让他体会到了人与人之间的爱与关怀,他的心灵得到了救赎。在创伤理论视角下,艾伯的自杀赴死之旅表现为逃离创伤、直面创伤、重审创伤这一救赎历程,反映了作者对艾伯所代表的老年病人这一弱势群体的人文关怀。

George Sanders＇ s short story Tenth of December tells a story of redemption. Suffering from the torture caused by illness and the traumatic memory left by his ill-stricken step-father,Eber intends to commit suicide. On the way,he spares no efforts to save a drowning boy called Robin. His reflections during that process and a series of things later make him re-experience love and concern among people and his suffering soul gets redeemed. From the perspective of trauma theory,Eber＇s journey to suicide can be viewed as a pilgrimage to redemption： escaping from trauma,confronting and reexamining traumatic blow. The short story reflects the writer＇s humanistic concern to the elderly patients of the unprivileged represented by Eber.