《英格兰,英格兰》中的身份悖论与隐喻叙事

The Identity Paradox and Metaphorical Narrative in England,England

朱利安·巴恩斯的小说《英格兰,英格兰》以主人公的人生经历和怀特岛主题公园的建设运营为双重叙事主线,在对个人命运与社会变迁的隐喻叙事中揭示英国社会文化诉求与当代文化取向间的悖谬关系。本文从文化批评的角度提取并融合文化理论中关于文化身份和文化记忆的部分,分析巴恩斯如何借助小说叙事来揭示英国社会在寻求文化认同过程中的矛盾与困境。

Julian Barnes’England,England interweaves the protagonist’s life experience with the construction and operation of Isle of Wight theme park as the dual main narration lines.In the metaphorical narrative of personal destiny and social change,it reveals the contradiction between English cultural request and contemporary cultural orientation.From the perspective of cultural criticism,this paper extracts and integrates the parts of cultural identity and cultural memory in cultural theory,and analyzes how Barnes uses novel narration to demonstrate the contradiction and dilemma of British society in the process of seeking cultural identity.