苦痛与迷茫:《在女人中》的阈限性革命

Misery and Disorientation: Liminal Revolution in Amongst Women

当代爱尔兰小说家约翰·麦加恩的代表作《在女人中》不仅描写了个人家庭悲剧,而且还展现了社会悲剧。本文以阈限性相关理论为支撑,认为主人公莫兰的悲剧与其参与反殖民战争的经历密切相关,殖民和革命持续不断的影响,是造成以莫兰为代表的一代人苦痛和迷茫的真正原因。小说中描写的革命对战后爱尔兰的影响主要体现为权力纷争、权力等级制度化的延续以及共同体思想下的政教合一等。个人创伤与悲剧折射出阈限革命与殖民余威下老兵的苦难和迷惘。

Amongst Women, written by Irish contemporary writer John McGahern, not only concerns the individual tragedy but also parodies social tragedy in post-independent Ireland. Supported by the theories of liminality, the paper argues that the veteran’s ultimate disillusionment is attributed to the lingering effects of war time--contagious crisis of political division, institutionalization of elite politics and power hierarchy, and exaggeration of revolution communitas. The individual tragedy is a testament to the war generation’s misery and disorientation under the influence of liminal revolution.