空间表征、身份危机与伦理选择——《卢布林的魔术师》中雅夏形象解读

Spatial Representation,Identity Crisis and Ethical Choice:An Interpretation of Yasha Mazaur in The Magician of Lublin

诺贝尔文学奖得主、美国著名犹太作家艾萨克·辛格的长篇小说《卢布林的魔术师》出色地展示了17世纪波兰犹太人雅夏寻求身份认同而遭遇失败,最后皈依宗教终获救赎的艰辛历程。雅夏的多重伦理身份随着他在不同空间——小城镇卢布林和大都市华沙之间转换,交织在一起,产生了深重的身份认同危机,共同构成了他复杂的伦理困境,导致了艰难的伦理选择。空间的生产与身份的建构这二者之间是互为表征的。从卢布林到华沙再复归卢布林,这是祛魅化而后又复魅的过程。雅夏所面临的错综复杂的伦理困境终究经由犹太会堂中的宗教仪式而得以摆脱。犹太会堂从空间和道德两方面为雅夏找到了自省和救赎之路。而雅夏最后的伦理选择和伦理身份的确认是在所谓"神圣空间"中铸就的。

As the winner of the 1976 Nobel prize in literature,Jewish American writer Isaac Bashevis Singer,in his masterpiece The Magician of Lublin,tells a tale of the 17 th Polish Jewish Yasha Mazaur＇s initial failure in his pursuit of identity and his final redemption by way of conversion to Judaism.The geographical movement from Lublin to Warsaw coincides with the experiences of his identity crisis and ethical dilemma.The way from Lublin to Warsaw and then back to Lublin,however,symbolizes a journey of disenchantment and re-enchantment.Religious rituals extricate Yasha from the ethical dilemma.In Jewish Synagogue,a space of religious significance,Yasha finds redemption through the introspection of morality and reaffirms his ethical identity.