狂欢化理论视野下的《在路上》

Discussion on “On the Road” From the Perspective of Carnival Theory

杰克·凯鲁亚克的代表作“垮掉派的圣经”《在路上》,记录了垮掉一代的不羁生活。他们狂欢式的生活表态下隐藏的是“垮掉一代”对第二次世界大战后压抑的社会的反抗,以及对极度精神自由的追寻。文章从俄罗斯批评家米哈伊尔·巴赫金的狂欢化理论入手,从狂欢人物及其行为、狂欢仪式以及狂欢化写作风格等角度对《在路上》的狂欢化特征进行了剖析。

Jack Kerouac’s masterpiece,“Bible of the Beaten Generation”,records the beaten generation’s uninhibited life in “On the Road”. Their carnival life actually hides the beaten generation’s oppressive social rebellion and pursuit of extreme spiritual freedom after the World War II. With the Russian critic Mikhail Bakhtin’s carnival theory,it attempts to analyze the carnival figures,behavior,carnival form,and carnivalized writing skills in “On the Road”.