制造“记忆之场”——简论莫迪亚诺笔下的女性人物

Making a“Realm of Memory”:An Interpretation of Modiano’s Female Characters

从《凄凉别墅》开始,帕特里克·莫迪亚诺的作品总能给读者带来一种似曾相识的印象。他时常以20世纪60年代为背景,描写叙述者与一位神秘女性的交往、她的失踪,以及叙述者对她的追忆与寻找。本文以这些女性人物为中心,对她们身上表现出的共同特征及其产生的原因进行分析,并借助诺拉的“记忆之场”理论,探讨她们的象征意义:一方面,她们作为“摆渡人”,将叙述者们由现世引向过去;另一方面,她们象征着已逝的20世纪60年代,是莫迪亚诺与遗忘不停较量的“记忆之场”。

Beginning with Villa Triste,Patrick Modiano’s works have always given the reader an impression of déjàvu.Often set in the 1960s,they depict the narrator’s relationship with a mysterious woman,her disappearance,and the narrator’s recollection and search for her.Focusing on these female characters,this study analyzes their common characteristics and the underlying reasons,and explores their symbolic significance with the help of Nora’s“realms of memory”theory.On the one hand,they act as“ferryman”who guides the narrators from the present to the past;on the other hand,symbolizing the“1960s”that had passed,they are“realms of memory”where Modiano’s unceasing battle with forgetfulness takes place.