论《爱孩子的男人》中的意识形态批判

Ideological criticism in The Man Who Loved Children

斯特德《爱孩子的男人》表面上讲述了主人公萨姆·波利特几经奋斗却梦想破灭的人生故事,实际上对当时西方世界的三大主流意识形态,即美国梦、殖民主义和法西斯,提出系统性的批判。作者将主人公日常生活和命运沉浮,与20世纪30年代的世界政治跌宕起伏的走向相联系,表现了作者敏锐的政治洞见、深刻的心理观察和对虚假的西方意识形态戕害人性的悲悯。

This paper proposes investigating Christina Stead＇s The Man Who Loved Children via the notion of ideological criticism.It argues that the tragedy of the protagonist originates from the dominant western ideologies,presents as American dream,Asia-Pacific colonial utopia and ends with the disillusionment of the fascist system.This tragedy presents the collapse of American dream,the falsification of Asia-Pacific colonial utopia and the fallacy of fascism,which makes the work a deep and profound exploration of ideology and the author＇s own pessimistic attitude.