保罗·奥斯特小说:从名字游戏看人物身份悬置状态

Paul Auster's Novels: Seeing Characters' Floating Identities from Name Game

保罗·奥斯特拥有高超的写作技巧,其小说因多变的表达形式深受广大中国读者的喜爱。他作品中的人物形象各异,在不同语境下会不断变换自己的名字。这种名字游戏意味着小说中的人物社会身份游移不定,人物本身自我身份的悬置状态,因而故事情节曲折多变,读者可以从中了解保罗·奥斯特的后现代写作风格。

Paul Auster’s novels,with superb writing skills and varied expressions,are very popular among Chinese readers.The characters in his works are different and they will constantly change their names in different contexts.This name game means that the social identity of the characters in the novel is erratic,the character’s own self-identity is floating,the story is full of variables,and the reader can learn about Paul Auster’s postmodern writing style.