艾什诺兹小说中当代城市空间中的声与听

Sound and Hearing:Contemporary Urban Space in Echenoz’s Novels

艾什诺兹小说中描写的城市之声是人物对城市空间感官体验的重要载体。小说描写了众多不同类型的声源,声音被并列在一起,呈现出一个断裂的、碎片化的、平面的城市形象。夸张的人声和动物声揭示了城市的戏剧性及其符号特性。城市的物质性实体不再指向其具体的功用或象征意义,它们被抽绎成符号网络。听觉表现出整合碎片化杂音的努力,给予杂音以层次感和节奏感。纯粹的听觉意识促使人们从城市的符号性中抽身,更关注城市的物质性。听觉所恢复的偶然、即兴、非线性的文化形成了与视觉理性文化的对立。

The sounds of the city in Jean Echenoz’s novels carry the characters’sensory experience of urban space.His novels describe a multitude of sound sources and the sounds are juxtaposed together,presenting a fractured,fragmented and flat image of the city.The exaggerated human and animal sounds reveal the theatricality of city and its characteristic signs.The material entities of the city no longer indicate their specific functions or symbolic meanings,they are instead abstracted into a network of signs.The sense of hearing attempts to integrate the fragmented clutter,giving it a sense of levels and rhythm.A purely aural consciousness prompts a withdrawal from the signs of the city and a greater focus on its materiality.The culture of chance,improvisation and non-linearity that is restored by the auditory forms a counterpoint to the culture of visual rationality.