“后9·11”男性神话的颠覆——《国家乱象》中的美国男性气质反叙事解读

Demolishing Post-9/11 Male Myth:On the Counter-narrative of Masculinity in A Disorder Peculiar to the Country

肯·卡尔弗斯的《国家乱象》是一部讽刺性“后9·11”小说,将个人私事与国家大事并置以揭露“后9·11”美国问题。本文基于男性气质视角进行文本解读,探究小说如何在描述一场私人离婚拉锯战的同时讽喻美国社会,打破“9·11”之后美国政府利用主流媒体所构建的男性神话,即英雄叙事,以及衬托男性气概的女性受害者刻画,取而代之以一幅美国男性气质乱象,包括萎靡和失控的“自造男人”男性气质、抑郁的联邦调查局“超男性气概”和颠覆的“脆弱少女”保护迷思。小说成功地实现了男性书写的反叙事,表达了作者对美国关于反恐的国家安全策略的质疑,以及对反恐战争的批判。

Ken Kalfus's A Disorder Peculiar to the Country is regarded as one of the first satirical Post-9/11 novels,and it juxtaposes personal affairs with national events to expose Post-9/11 American problems.This paper interprets the novel from the perspective of masculinity,and explores how the novel,through narrating a torturing divorce,satirizes American society,demolishes the male myth constructed by the mainstream media after September ll which is featured with hero narrative and portray female victims to replaces the demonstration of masculine disorder.This process is represented by the“self-made man"'out of control,the depressed hypermasculinity of FBI agent,and bankrupt protection of"vulnerable maidens".It is discovered that the novel successfully realizes a counter-narrative of male writing,and presents the author's views against American government's security strategy and war of counter-terrorism.