从自我欺骗到自我意识觉醒:朱利安·巴恩斯《终结的感觉》的空间解读

From Self-deception to Self-awareness Awakening:A Spatial Interpretation of Julian Barnes’The Sense of an Ending

《终结的感觉》反映了后现代背景下个体的生存困境,托尼的身份建构引起了评论界的广泛关注。本文援引列斐伏尔的“空间三一论”和福柯的“权力关系理论”,为其身份建构提供合理解释。在家和学校两个充满权力压制的“表征空间”中,托尼通过自我欺骗和不可靠记忆建构了自己的完美“受害者”形象;美国之行这一“空间实践”促使他进行自我探索并形成新的社会关系;通过书信和日记等“空间表征”,托尼修正了不可靠记忆,其自我意识彻底觉醒。本文揭示了身份建构与空间体验之间的密切联系,为理解后现代状况下个体的自我发现和成长提供了新视角。

The Sense of an Ending reflects the existential predicament of individuals in postmodern context.Tony’s identity construction has attracted wide attention from critics.Henri Lefebvre’s“theory of spatial triad”and Michel Foucault’s“theory of power relations”offer a cogent explanation for Tony’s identity construction.Within the oppressive“representational space”of“home”and“school,”Tony constructs an idealized“victim”persona through self-deception and unreliable memory.His journey to the United States,a kind of“spatial practice”,prompts him towards self-exploration and the establishment of new social relations.Through such“representation of space”in letters and diaries,Tony corrects his unreliable memory,culminating in a complete awakening of self-awareness.This analysis reveals the intricate connection between identity construction and spatial experience,offering fresh insights into the self-discovery and growth of individuals in postmodern condition.