迷失的在场与实存的缺席——阿莉·史密斯《纵横交错的世界》中存在的模糊性

The Lost Presence and the Real Absence:The Ambiguity of the Existence in Ali Smith's There But for the

对人的存在问题的追问和思考是永恒的主题,在《纵横交错的世界》中,阿莉·史密斯精心构建了一幅后现代混沌生存图景。从哲学"在场""不在场"理论的角度对作品进行解读与阐释,从不在场的在场性、在场的不在场性和两者的生存困境三个维度展现现代人在后现代场域中的生存困境,揭示出人的存在的模糊性,表达了史密斯对后现代视域下人类生存状态的深切关注。

Questioning and exploring the existence of human being is the eternal theme. In There but for the , Ali Smith constructs a chaotic picture of human existence. By employing the theory of the presence and the absence, from the three aspects of the presence of the absence, the absence of the presence and the existential dilemma of the both, the predicament of the people who live in the postmodern society is unveiled, which is intended to reveal the ambiguity of the existence, expressing Smith＇s deep concern for the living condition of human beings under the postmodern circumstance.