重复的魅力——《惊恐记》神话原型之解构批评

The Charm of Repetition:Deconstructive Criticism of the Mythological Archetype in The Story of Panic

《惊恐记》是E·M·福斯特的首部奇幻类短篇小说,通过重复出现的意象和情节来表现其隐喻意义是小说的一大亮点。小说以希腊神话中的潘神为原型,构架出一个具有神话色彩的离奇故事,旨在表达现代人对原始农业文明的追忆,讽刺英国中产阶级虚伪外表下的冷漠疏离。借助美国解构主义大师J.希利斯·米勒的重复理论对小说中的重复现象进行解构批评,从全新的视角发掘小说的意义和内涵,更深刻地解读福斯特小说中神话元素的现实意义和多元文化共存理念。

The Story of Panic,the first fantasy fiction of E.M.Foster,was famous for its implications indicated by the repetition of images and plots.Pan,the Pastoral God in Greek mythology,was used as the mythological archetype to create a mysterious story,by which Foster intended to express the nostalgia for agriculture era and satirize the apathy of middle class in Britain.Through J.Hillis.Miller’s repetition theory of deconstructive criticism,the repetitions of the story were dissected and the connotation of the story was explored from a new perspective.Therefore,the contemporary relevance and multiculturism of this novel could be interpreted further.