文化研究视阈下的创伤小说

A Cultural Approach to the Trauma Novel

小说再现事件,不是以追求历史真实或还原事件为己任,而是一种富有历史责任感、且兼具美学理念的记忆书写。小说中的事件再现,既是对厚重历史的回顾和反思,也是折射现实的方式,其中不乏新颖独特的形式。通过对题材、主题和形式的分析归类,本文指出界定创伤小说为一种新次文类,不仅是小说文类研究的新领域,而且对于文化创伤研究有重要意义。

When the novel represents an event, its aim is to represent aesthetic concepts with historical responsibility rather than the historical truth or the event per se. In the novel, the representation of the event is, very often, permeated with historical facts with the help of novel forms. This article attempts to define the trauma novel as a new subgenre of the novel via analyses and classification of subject matter, theme, and style. In doing so, this article asserts that the trauma novel not only anticipates a promising new genre of the novel, but also plays a significant role in the study of cultural trauma.