从亲社会到攻击性--《爱无可忍》中的排斥现象剖析

Jed Parry’s obsession and aggression:Social exclusion in Enduring Love

在麦克尤恩小说《爱无可忍》中,同性恋男子帕里被视作违背规范者、携带疾病者和脱离群体者,长期生活在孤独之中。因为热气球事件结识科普作家乔之后,帕里试图通过乔来获得社会归属感,但乔的一再排斥却使他从亲社会行为转向了攻击性行为。以德沃尔为代表的社会排斥理论为帕里这一人物形象的解读提供了理论支撑,并可帮助分析社会排斥对个体行为的影响,突显社会联系和归属感对边缘人群的重要性。

In McEwan’s novel Enduring Love, Jed Parry, a gay man, is viewed as violating social norms, carrying diseases and disengaged from social interaction, experiencing long-time loneliness. After meeting a science writer named Joe Rose in a hot-air balloon accident, Parry tries to get a sense of belonging through Joe, whose exclusion, however, turns Parry from prosocial behavior to aggression. This article reads Parry with the theory of social exclusion developed by C. Nathan DeWall, points out the influence of social exclusion on behavior and thus reveals the importance of social connection and sense of belonging.