疾病与社会排斥——克莱门斯·J.塞茨小说《英迪格》解析

Illness and Social Exclusion Analysis of the Novel Indigo by Clemens J.Setz

奥地利作家克莱门斯·J.塞茨的代表作《英迪格》讲述患有英迪格疾病儿童的隔离经历。从社会排斥视角看,人们出于自卫与利己本能,污名化、隔离、规训与转移患病儿童,导致后者交际无能,话语权与自主权丧失,认知与情感受挫。小说结合疾病表现与疾病想象,隐喻多面的心理与社会规则,揭示社会排斥的普遍性,表达作家的人道主义立场与对欧洲文明的反思,带给读者独特的审美体验与思考社会问题的视角。

The novel Indigo of Austrian author Clemens J.Setz revolves around children with the illness“Indigo”in an isolation center.From the perspective of social exclusion,people isolate,discipline,stigmatize and transfer sick children out of self-defense and egoism in front of others.This causes social incompetence,loss of voice and autonomy and cognitive and emotional disfunction of the children.The novel combines illness manifestation and imagination,reveals the two-sided nature of human psyche and social rules and the universality of social exclusion,expresses the author's humanitarian stance and reflection on European civilization and provides a unique aesthetic experience and perspective to explore social realities.