论伊恩·麦克尤恩《追日》中的“超真实”危机

"Hyper-reality"Crisis in Ian McEwan's Solar

伊恩·麦克尤恩在《追日》中呈现出一个拟像与真实模糊不清的“超真实”世界,并暗示“超真实”是需要高度警惕的现象。从让·鲍德里亚后现代文化批评中的“超真实”概念入手,借助相关的媒介理论和消费主义社会理论对《追日》文本进行阐释。分析发现,媒介作为拟真机器建构的“超真实”,不仅造成人伦关系危机,而且成为消费社会新的控制模型。而在消费主义的作用下,主体对经济利益的追逐反过来又使真实被消解,“超真实”被建构。这种“超真实”所引发的“多米诺骨牌效应”是值得读者深思的问题。由此可以体会麦克尤恩对后现代媒介技术和消费社会的批判和隐忧。

In Solar,Ian McEwan presents a"hyper-reality"world,where simulacrum and reality is blurred,implying that"hyper-reality"is a phenomenon against which human beings should be on high alert.Starts with the concept of"hyper-reality"in Jean Baudrillard's postmodern cultural criticism,and interprets the text with relevant media theories and consumerist social theories.The analysis shows that media,as simulacrum machines,construct"hyper-reality",which not only causes a crisis in human relations,but also controls consumer society in another way.Under the influence of consumerism,the subject's pursuit of economic interests leads in return to the decon⁃struction of reality and the construction of"hyper-reality".The"domino effect"triggered by"hyper-reality"is a problem worthy of the reader's reflection.Coming from this is knowledge of McEwan's criticism and hidden worries about postmodern media technology and consumer society.