《斯通纳》中的痛感与自我探寻

Pain and Self-exploration in Stoner

美国作家约翰·威廉斯的小说《斯通纳》以时间顺序叙述和展现了主人公斯通纳探寻自身身份、寻求自我价值的过程,其中充斥着大量感官描写。从作者反复提及的“刺痛感”出发,探究斯通纳渴求痛苦的原因,并阐释小说中疼痛的隐喻意义:疼痛并非仅是纯粹的身体感知,更是一种与文学和爱相连的存在之痛,展示了主人公自我探寻的过程。

American novelist John Williams'Stoner narrates and presents the protagonist William Stoner's quest for his own identity and self-worth in an chronological order,which abounds in sensory descriptions.From the perspective of the"sense of tingle"mentioned repeatedly in the novel,this paper attempts to explain Stoner's desire for pain and interpret the metaphorical meaning of pain.It is not only a physical perception,but also a kind of pain connecting literature to love,which manifests the protagonist's process of self-exploration.