植物、沙漠与生命:论德里罗的《千穗谷》

Plants, Desert and Life: On Don DeLillo’s Love Lies Bleeding

表面看来,德里罗在其剧本《千穗谷》里讨论了艺术家亚力克斯的安乐死。事实上,通过讲述艺术家从都市逃入沙漠进行创作的过程、回忆其婚姻经历以及讨论死亡,剧本展示了德里罗对生命的理解:生命乃是生成之力,蕴含着无限的可能性。一定程度上,德里罗的生命观与德勒兹等理论家对生命问题的阐释多有契合,是在当下社会文化氛围中对生命问题进行的有益且深刻的思考。

Seemingly discussing the euthanasia of an artist, Alex, in his play Love Lies Bleeding, DeLillo actually exposes his understanding of life, by elaborating on the artist’s escape from New York to the southwestern desert, reminiscing about his marriage, and discussing death. Life, according to DeLillo, is the power of becoming that contains infinite possibilities. To some extent, DeLillo’s view of life, corresponding to the life philosophy of Deleuze’s and others, makes a profound and beneficial exploration of life in the contemporary social and cultural atmosphere.