麦琪·吉《弗吉尼亚·伍尔芙在曼哈顿》中的生命叙事

A Biofictional Narrative:Virginia Woolf in Manhattan by Maggie Gee

《弗吉尼亚·伍尔芙在曼哈顿》是麦琪·吉顺应21世纪以作家为中心的文化迷恋和作家生命虚构创作热潮的巅峰之作。这部生命虚构小说寄生于伍尔芙的生命因子,不仅让20世纪最杰出的女作家弗吉尼亚·伍尔芙穿越到21世纪的纽约,而且塑造了一个迥异于伍尔芙传统传记形象的特异互补形象,是一部生命延展型非自然生命虚构叙事作品。作品大胆地虚构文学先辈,语言风格在极力模仿伍尔芙的同时,又不失麦琪本真的风格,在克服"影响的焦虑"的同时,超越了自己。作品激起了新一轮的伍尔芙各级生命文本的阅读热潮。

Bio-fiction about Virginia Woolf belongs to a kind of increasingly popular postmodern genre, bio-fiction about literary authors. This essay reviews a newly published bio-novel about Virginia Woolf- Virginia Woolf in Manhattan （2014） written by illustrious English novelist, Maggie Gee. This life-extended unnatural bio-novel parasites its fictional plots on Woolf＇ s bio- memes, which not only makes Woolf resurrect in the 21s＇ century New York, but also creates a distinct image complementary to that in biographies about her. Maggie Gee boldly fictionalizes her literary foremother and overcomes the ＂anxiety of influence＂, making a new generation of Woolf fans through reading this novel as their starting journey into Woolf＇ s world.