《大都会》中的双重物质叙事

An Analysis of the Two-Dimensional Material Narrative in Cosmopolis

从物质生态批评视角聚焦唐·德里罗的小说《大都会》中的物质书写,可以揭示物质叙事的双重维度。在高科技支撑的跨国资本主义世界,物质高度符号化导致社会紊乱和身份危机,社会话语对物质世界建构的凸显导致人们诟病该部作品存在物质性缺失的不足。但是对叙事隐形进程的分析却可以发现物质性并没有缺失,而是隐藏在物质叙事的暗流中,主人公埃里克在小说的两部分中分别体验了物质自我的唤醒和最终回归,以此反讽了人类超越物质、主导世界的狂妄,展现了物质的物质性与话语性的交融关系。

A material ecocritical analysis of Cosmopolis written by Don Delillo can reveal a two-dimensional material narrative in the novel.In the transnational capitalist world backed up by advanced technology,the high-level signifying force of matter results in the collapse of the society and the identity crisis of the individual.The discursive construction of the material world as portrayed in the language play of the postmodern writing can explain the loss of the material.However,an analysis of the covert textural progression will reveal the hidden presence of the material in the undercurrent of the material narrative.In the two parts of the novel,the protagonist Eric first fulfills the awakening of the material self and then its eventual return to the material world.This material narrative undercurrent mocks the arrogance of humanity who intends to transcend matter and control the world,and illustrates the intertwining of the material and the discursivity of the matter.