摘要
本文考察托马斯·品钦小说《拍卖第49批》中的废弃物形象,以20世纪五六十年代美国社会兴起的“丢弃文化”风潮为语境,解读作为贯穿全篇的意指符号和核心隐喻的“废弃物”是如何既指向消费社会的显性问题,又关联起叙事的政治与伦理之维的。品钦笔下的“废弃物”并不天然地承载负面意义,它不仅拥有反抗资本主义体制及其文化的潜质,是他者采取抵抗策略对峙主流社会的文学修辞,还能激起人的伦理行为和同理心,启发人们拷问将一部分人变为社会废弃物的文化逻辑,反思对边缘他者的伦理责任与社会正义。
Within the context of the Throwaway Culture in the U.S.in the 1950s and 60s,this paper intends to analyze the image of waste in Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49 and interpret how waste as a key signifier and core metaphor manifests a serious problem in the consumerist society and meanwhile,relates to both the political and ethical dimensions of the narrative.Pynchon’s “waste” is not naturally endowed with negative connotations;on the contrary,it bears the potential of charging capitalism and functions as the rhetoric for the underground’s resistance against the mainstream culture.In addition,it catalyzes ethical behavior and compassion,inspires people to question the cultural logic that turns some into human waste and reflect upon the ethical responsibility that society has towards the marginalized others.
作者
蒋怡
Jiang Yi(English Department,Jiangnan University,Wuxi,Jiangsu Province,China)
出处
《外国文学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2022年第3期15-26,共12页
Foreign Literature
基金
国家社科基金项目“后人类理论视阈下托马斯·品钦小说中的技术主题研究”(16CWW017)。
