《第五个孩子》及《浮世畸零人》中的共同体想象

The Community Imagination in Doris Lessing′s The Fifth Child&Ben,in the World

多丽丝·莱辛在小说《第五个孩子》及其续作《浮世畸零人》里呈现了家庭空间中血缘共同体的构建与解构,并突出了社会空间中以友谊为联结纽带和以情感为归属的精神共同体的构建,揭示了后现代社会中人性缺失且冷漠疏离的阴暗面,也表现了对共同情感和精神归属的渴望。运用滕尼斯等人的共同体理论来解析这两部作品,有助于理解莱辛创作中的共同体想象和她对后现代社会人类生存现状的反思。小说主人公班·骆维特悲剧性的结局暗示着理想的共同体需要包容和求同存异,这也是莱辛一贯的人本主义思想和共同体情怀的体现。

Doris Lessing constructed a Consanguine community and a spiritual community in The Fifth Child and Ben,in the World,presenting a world with a lack of humanity and indifference and showing a desire for shared emotional and spiritual affiliation.Using the community theories of Feidinard T nnies et al,the essay explains the double communities and analyzes Lessing's community imagination and her reflection on the human existence.The unexpected ending of the novel implies that the ideal community needs to seek common ground while reserving differences,which is also the embodiment of Lessing's consistent humanistic thought and community feelings.