海明威《乞力马扎罗山的雪》中的身体叙事

Body narrative in Hemingway’s The Snows of Kilimanjaro

海明威作品以书写战争、刻画硬汉而闻名于世,身体书写在他的作品中经常出现。短篇小说《乞力马扎罗山的雪》在呈现死亡主题的同时,对身体叙事倾注了大量笔墨。小说中的男性身体不再具有传统硬汉形象的阳刚和力量,女性身体也在男性凝视下逐渐成为欲望渗透和权力运作的客体。通过对男性硬汉形象的解构和女性身体的书写,海明威不仅剖析了战争给现代人造成的身心"阉割",而且揭示了凝视与被凝视的两性关系。

Many of Hemingway’s works are famous for writing wars and portraying tough guys, and body narrative can often be seen in his writings. His short story The Snows of Kilimanjaro presents the theme of death while devoting a lot attention to body narrative. The male body is no longer the signifier of masculinity and power possessed by Hemingway’s traditional tough guys, and the female body is gradually reduced to the object of desire and power operation under the male gaze. By deconstructing the tough guys and writing the female body under the gaze, Hemingway not only excavates the physical and mental castration caused by wars in the modern era, but also reveals the gender relationship between "watching" and "watched".