唐·德里罗小说《K氏零度》的存在主义解读

An Existentialist Reading of Don DeLillo's Novel Zero K

唐·德里罗新作《K氏零度》通过描写主人公杰弗里的父亲罗斯和继母阿蒂斯先后选择冷冻死亡,并穿插以阿蒂斯临终前的心理活动独白,将读者注意力引向后现代社会的死亡问题,并就罗斯和杰弗里的父子关系以及笼罩全书的后"9·11"社会氛围进行了较多描述。从存在主义角度分析《K氏零度》,作品是通过探讨人物的家庭关系、生死抉择和后现代社会背景下的恐怖主义等诸多话题,较为全面地展示了后现代社会背景下现代人的生存状态和焦虑,以及可能的解决途径,小说表现出了强烈的人文主义关怀思想,达到了艺术和社会价值的有机统一。

In Don DeLillo＇s most recent novel Zero K, the author channels readers＇ attention to the issue of death in the postmodern society. The novel portraits the father-son relation as well as depicting the American society after the 9/11 period. This paper analyzes Zero K from the existentialism perspective, the paper argues that by depicting the family relations of Ross and Jeffrey, the choice of life and death as well as the terrorism against the postmodern backdrop, the novel investigates modern man＇s existence and anxiety and points a possible way out. And, in so doing, the novel actually calls for more humanitarian care and achieves the organic unity of artistic and societal values.