全球、残障与物种——论辛哈《动物之人》的动物叙事

Globalization,Disability,and Species:Animal Narrative in Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People

因德拉·辛哈的《动物之人》是当代印度英语文学的代表作之一。作者根据自身的历史记忆与社会责任,在虚实转换中构筑出不同的动物叙事风貌,揭示了权力在人类他者与动物他者之间的相互交缠,挖掘了物种主义与种族主义、能者主义之间的内在关联,批判了人与动物的二元对立及其所折射的人类中心主义。全球正义、残障权益和动物伦理在不同界面上都牵涉到意识形态和道德哲学的话语构建,动物议题不仅是物种的生存状况问题,也是一场有关公共政策的社会运动,是一个国家乃至整个人类文明程度的反映。

Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People is a representative work of contemporary Indian English literature.Based on Sindha’s historical memory and social responsibility,the author creates a diverse animal narrative through mixing fictional and realistic representations,revealing the intertwining of power between the human Other and the animal Other,unearthing the internal connection between speciesism and racism/ableism,and criticizing the anthropocentrism inherent within the human and animal binary.Global justice,disability rights and animal ethics all involve,in different ways,the discursive construction of ideology and moral philosophy.The animal issue is not only about the survival of species;it is also a social movement on public policy which reflects on the level of civilization of a nation and even all humanity.