德莱塞自传体小说《“天才”》的自我表征模式与大众意识裂变

Representations of the Self and Decoding of the Public Consciousness in Theodore Dreiser's Autobiographical Novel "The Genius

本文通过对德莱塞自传体小说《“天才”》的阅读 ,探讨美国 19- 2 0世纪之交作家的自我塑型过程。笔者把德莱塞的经历作为记录当时社会进程的“文化地震仪”,集中分析了作家艺术审美的形成及裂变与美国工业化社会转型时期作家自我形象塑造的关系 ,挖掘了当时资本主义生产方式与作品表征模式的内在联系 ,揭示了作品所蕴涵的大众意识从生产主义到具有消费主义性质的意识形态变迁。

Re-reading Theodore Dreiser's autobiographical novel 'The Genius,' this essay attempts to address the problems of the literary self-fashioning of American authors at the turn of the 20th century. Taking his experiences as a 'cultural seismograph' registering the cultural tremor during the industrial transformation of American society, the essay explores Dreiser's authorial image, his aesthetic transformation, and his decoding of the public consciousness which has changed from productionist ideology to consumption-oriented ideology