论《麦琪的礼物》中的多元主体间性

On the Multiple Inter-subjectivity between Humans and Things in The Gift of the Magi

欧·亨利的《麦琪的礼物》围绕“礼物”展开,叙述德拉与吉姆这对相濡以沫的夫妻为对方准备并赠送圣诞礼物的故事,体现人与物的关系。在人作为主体的支配下,物与物展开三重交换,其内在互动不仅构建了人与人之间的主体间性,而且体现了物具有与人同等的主体性,物与物之间也同构对应关系。基于此,人与物的交互作用进一步凸显了多元主体间性,而这一主体间性则揭示了欧·亨利对20世纪初美国转型时期中消费文化和宗教力量的思考。

Taking"gift"as its central concern,O.Henry's The Gift of the Magi narrates a story of Della and Jim,a loving couple who prepare and send Christmas gifts to each other,showing the relationship between humans and things.Under the domination of humans as subjects,exchanges between things and things for three times not only build the inter-subjectivity between people,but also reflect that things have the same subjectivity as humans and that inter-subjectivity among things exists as well.In light of this,the interaction between humans and things further highlights the multiple inter-subjectivity between humans and things as plural subjects,which essentially reveals O.Henry's thoughts on consumer culture and religious power during the transformation of American society in the early 20th century.