“渴望无知”:《揭开的面纱》中的双重悖谬

Aspiration for Ignorance:The Double Absurd in The Lifted Veil

《揭开的面纱》是乔治·艾略特较少受到关注的一部作品,事实上,理解《揭开的面纱》对全面地理解乔治·艾略特有重要作用。艾略特在《揭开的面纱》中借科幻小说的外壳所进行的科学反思超越了传统的科学与伦理的二元对立层面,上升到存在论意义上主体身份的寻找与失落高度,以寓言的形式表达着作为此在的人不断寻求知识、摆脱无知,却在全知全能时丧失了趋向未来的可能性,最终只能在封闭状态中成为"全知全能"这一完美他者的俘虏的悲剧历程,小说传达出作者对于时代科学思潮的高度反思与警惕。

The Lifted Veil had been neglected for a long time.However,it is significant to understand George Eliot entirely when The Lifted Veil has been understood.This dissertation suggests that the reflection on science in the term of science fiction as well as gothic novel transcends traditional opposition between science and ethics and reaches a height about the lost and finding on identity.The novel just likes an allegory,signifying a process in which mankind is looking for knowledge but lost himself and the possibility leading to future when he finally becomes omniscient and omnipotent and a capture of others,which is a tragic process.The dissertation illustrates the deep reflection and precaution in The Lifted Veil.