“后帝国”时代英国乡村神话的祛魅——石黑一雄小说《长日留痕》的空间权力分析

Demythifying the English Countryside in the “Post-Empire” Era:An Analysis of Spatial Power in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day

权力存在于空间结构之中,以微观隐秘的方式渗透其间。在石黑一雄的小说《长日留痕》中,他掀开英帝国乡村神话的面纱,让我们看到自然风景和乡间庄园是被帝国权力浇铸而成的。乡间自然风景在人为建构下成为界划自我和他者的标准。乡间庄园通过内外空间的分配和区隔确定严密的等级秩序。透过权力化空间构形的剖析,石黑一雄将社会的权力规训机制用空间的方式系统地展示出来,使人们体悟到萦绕于周遭的压制之源,即空间化的权力。

Power exists in spatial structures and penetrates them in microscopic ways. Kazuo Ishiguro＇s The Remains of the Day unveils the ＂English countryside＂ myth of the British Empire and reveals that the natural scenery and country manors in England are shaped by imperial power. Artificially constructed, the landscape of the English countryside has become the yardstick for demarcating self and the other. The country estate demonstrates a strict hierarchical order through the distribution and division of inner and outer spaces. Through his portrayal of the spatial structure of power, Ishiguro exposes the disciplinary mechanism of the British Empire. In this way, he enables his readers to comprehend spatialized power as a source of repression around the world.