从《隐之书》看当代英国知识分子的收藏行为

The Collecting Practice of Contemporary British Intellectuals in Possession

英国女作家拜厄特的长篇小说《隐之书》是20世纪小说家对维多利亚时代进行文学想象的经典作品,对研究物文化与英国知识分子身份焦虑之间的渗透和影响有极大的启迪。本文聚焦小说中当代知识分子对维多利亚时期物品的收藏行为,探讨物品收藏动机与知识分子身份困惑、收藏模式与知识分子身份裂变以及藏品对知识分子身份重塑之间错综复杂的关系,并透过英国知识分子的收藏行为考察作家对英国历史与民族文化身份的反思。

A.S.Byatt's Possession,with its re-imagination of the Victorian era,constitutes an in-depth study of prevalent contemporary materialization and its aftermath of intellectual identity crises.Following the critical vein of material culture studies,this article focuses on the collecting practice of contemporary British intellectuals and explores the intricate relationship between their motive for collecting and their identity construction.The article also examines how the writer deftly reflects on British history and cultural identity through an array of collecting practices by intellectuals.