当代北美文学中的二重身现象研究——以斯蒂芬·金的《睡眠医师》与彼得·沃茨的《盲视》为例

Doppelgängers in Modern American Literature:Based on the Novels Doctor Sleep by Stephen King and Blindsight by Peter Watts

二重身不仅是人类文明的原型意象,也是重要的文学母题。文章以美国作家斯蒂芬·金的《睡眠医师》与加拿大作家彼得·沃茨的《盲视》为批评文本,着重分析当代北美文学中的二重身现象。参照学界关于二重身的类型划分,文章提出“对抗人物”“狂欢化组合”与“双胞兄弟/姐妹”新的二重身现象分类,并以此为依据,结合文本细读,总结后现代北美文学中二重身现象的重要特征:二重身不是单一的主体人格分裂的幽灵式形象,而是具有更为复杂的纠葛与设定;无意识的释放是二重身现象的重要诱因;二重身人物交互影响复杂多变,既会帮助彼此成长,也会摧毁对方;二重身现象的产生会带给个人、社会以及整个世界不同程度的影响。

The paper analyzed doppelgängers phenomenon in modern American literature.Doppelgängers from the novels Doctor Sleep by Stephen King and Blindsight by Peter Watts were being considered.This article described the genesis of the phenomenon,characterized duality as the archetype of human culture,explored types of doppelgängers according to a new classification,and identified significant features of the phenomenon of doppelgängers in postmodernism.