大他者作用下主体身份的缺失——解读《一个人的朝圣》中哈罗德之痛

The Absence of the Subject's Identity under the Influence of The Other——The Interpretation of the Pain of Harold Fry in The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

小说《一个人的朝圣》中已65岁的主人公哈罗德在得知老友罹患癌症后,开始了自己几乎横跨整个英格兰的徒步旅行。在这个仿佛朝圣般的艰难旅程中,主人公回顾了自己充满痛苦的一生,引发了无数读者的共鸣。从拉康的镜像理论角度对哈罗德的悲剧性人生进行解读,可以发现正是在包括时代背景、家庭背景、自然力量等因素的大他者的影响下,哈罗德始终无法确立自己的主体身份,大他者的显像造成的身份缺失正是他生命中痛苦的根源。

The 65-year-old hero Harold Fry in the novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry begins his long journey almost across the whole England totally on foot after knowing one of his old friends is suffering cancer and dying. During the pilgrimage full of challenges,Harold can’t help recalling his painful life since childhood,which easily arouses the sympathy of numerous readers. To interpret the tragedy of his life from the perspective of Lacan’s Mirror-image theory,it can be inferred that it is due to the influence of The other,including the elements of historical background,family background,the nature,etc,that Harold fails to set up his own identity. It is the revealing of The Other that leads to the absence of the subject’s identity,which is the root of his pains in life.