斯蕾特《说谎》中疾病叙事的伦理研究

An Ethical Study of the Illness Narrative in Lying

美国后现代作家斯蕾特在她的自传体小说《说谎》中以“真人”为依据,将自己尴尬、痛苦的人生经历以癫痫病史的形式曲折地呈现给读者,开创出一种“隐喻性真实”,这种真实存于“癫痫病”疾病、“伪癫痫病”表演与佯装其他疾病的游戏之中。斯蕾特通过病人的三种他者形象渴望被承认的他者、表演中呼唤被爱的他者与游戏中期待被尊重的他者,呼唤后现代读者关注病人群体的生存境遇,期待健康人群体承认病人群体的他者身份,关爱并尊重病人群体。

Lauren Slater, an American postmodern writer, in her autobiographical novel Lying, reflectively reveals her embarrassing and painful life caused by the illness of epilepsy. Based on the "real person" in life, she creates a "metaphorical truth" which rests in the patient's illness of "epilepsy", in the "taking epilepsy” show and in other faking-illness games. Slater asks the postmodern readers to show concern for the living state of the patient group who are revealed as three Others--the eager Other in illness who needs to be accepted, the inviting Other in shows who needs to be loved and the expecting Other in games who needs to be respected. Slater wishes that the healthy people could accept the identities of the patients as the Other, love and respect the patient group.