“重复”的隐喻性——论《赌运》的复合结构与创伤书写

Metaphorical Repetition :On the Compound Structure and Traumatic Writing in Spielerglück

《赌运》是德国浪漫主义作家霍夫曼的小说作品,并不具有神秘、怪诞等常见的创作特色。通过叙事结构分析,可见《赌运》具有三个叙事层和五个叙事述本,彼此之间具有互文性的重复特点。在创伤理论视域下,该文本对重复手法的使用并不仅仅是将其作为一种创作技巧,更是将其作为对个体、民族乃至整个人类创伤体验的不断书写与深度隐喻。考虑到霍夫曼自身所经历的不幸过往,以及当时德国社会的残酷处境,文本中的各式重复之意义或在于提醒读者,不能遗忘潜藏的创伤体验,只有不遗忘才有治愈的可能。

"Spielerglück" is a novel written by German Romantic writer Hoffman with no common creative features as mystery and grotesqueness. Through the analysis of the narrative structure, it can be seen that Spielerglück has three narrative levels and five narrative texts, which are intertextual and repetitive. From the perspective of Trauma Theory, the use of repetition in this text is not only a creative skill, but also a continuous writing and deep metaphor for the traumatic experience of individuals, nations and even the whole human race. Considering Hoffmann’s own unfortunate past and the cruel situation of German society at that time, the significance of various repetitions in this text may be to remind the reader that the hidden traumatic experience can not be forgotten. Only by remembering can it be cured.