地形、身体-性、文本——短篇小说集《凤眼》的空间解读

A spatial interpretation of Phoenix Eyes and Other Stories

梁志英是华裔美国文学新生代作家,其短篇小说集《凤眼》自出版以来在美颇受好评,但中国大陆对其研究相对较少,目前的研究也多从酷儿理论入手。本人发现在叙事进程中,《凤眼》中的时间得到了淡化处理,而其空间概念得到强化。本文以空间叙事理论为出发点对《凤眼》进行解读,并结合其短篇小说的特性进行分析,分别从地形空间、身体-性空间和文本空间三方面展开,尝试为《凤眼》以及新生华裔作家作品的解读提供新的空间。

Russell C. Leong establishes himself as a leading writer of the new - generation of Chinese American literature. His short - story collection Phoenix Eyes and Other Stories has attained him popu- lar acclaim in America since its publication in 2000. But he has received not so much attention in main- land China. Much research so far has mainly been done within the frameworks of Queer theory. It is found that time as an essential narrative element has not gained a sense as strong as space in this collec- tion. Therefore, this essay tries to approach Phoenix Eyes and Other Stories from the spatial narrative perspective, with its distincitve features as a short story taken into account. The essay is unfolded from three dimensions： physical space, body- sex space and text space, with an attempt to offer some new insights into the understanding of the collection as well as the new - generation of Chinese American lit- erature.