伦理线·伦理结·叙事伦理——《骨》的叙事学和文学伦理学解读

Ethical Line,Ethical Complex,and Narrative Ethics:Reading Bone from the Perspective of Ethical Literary Criticism

本文运用叙事学和文学伦理学相结合的方法,研究新生代华裔美国作家伍慧明的成名作和代表作《骨》,分析作品伦理线所反映的时间意识,探究当代华裔在面对伦理困境时的伦理选择,以此审视当代华裔美国作家的伦理取向。笔者认为,独特的叙事设计指涉复杂的伦理意义:《骨》继承了华裔美国女作家惯用的非线性叙事方法,再现有关华人生活的隐匿历史。伦理结的反复呈现指向家庭成员的创伤和华人移民的集体记忆。伍慧明用小说记录华人移民的艰辛历史和伦理困境,强调铭记历史的意义。

Through the lens of ethical literary criticism, this article studies the temporal consciousness constructed by the narrative line of Fae Myenne Ng’s Bone in order to analyze both the ethical choices contemporary Chinese Americans make when they face ethical dilemmas and the underlying ethical intentionalities of contemporary Chinese American writers. The novel’s nonlinear narrative reflects its author’s ethical commission to retell the hidden history of Chinese immigrant families. Reiterated ethical complexities expose the traumatic past of family members and the collective consciousness of Chinese immigrants. Ng recovers, records and remembers the hardship and ethical dilemmas that Chinese Americans experienced in the past.