生存在边缘——边缘视角解读《失聪宣判》

Living on the Edge: An Interpretation of Deaf Sentence from Marginal Perspective

英国当代著名小说家及文学批评家戴维·洛奇深受巴赫金思想的影响。坚持边缘视角是巴赫金理论的一个主要特色。2008年,年逾古稀的洛奇发表根据自身失聪经历创作的小说《失聪宣判》。小说致力于刻画边缘生存者的生存体验,失聪被放到小说前景的位置,并赋予主人公新的观察世界与人生的角度,进而引发关于失聪、衰老及死亡的思考。边缘立场也体现在小说的人物塑造及主题的选择上。小说还呈现出狂欢化及对话性的特点。

David Lodge, a famous contemporary British novelist and literary c r i t ic , is deeply influenced by Bakhtin, s theory, the main feature of which is to adopt a marginal perspective. In 2008, Lodge, in his seventies, published Deaf Sentence, which is based on his personal deaf experience. The novel endeavors to portray the marginal experi-ences of people living on the edge. As the foreground of the novel, deafness enables the protagonist to observe the world and human life from a new perspective, and then provokes thoughts about deafness, aging and death. A mar-ginal stance is taken in characterization and theme selection of the novel as well. The novel is also noteworthy for its carnivalization and dialogism.