从福柯批判理论解读乔伊斯短篇小说《偶遇》

Interpretation of James Joyce’s “Encounter” of Foucault’s Critical Theories

福柯批判理论提出具有反叛性的'异托邦'概念,又提出监视和惩罚这种特殊的权力技术,权力的运作方式深刻地体现在'全景敞视'监狱之上。天才作家乔伊斯的短篇小说《偶遇》向我们展示小主人公如何一次次构建'异托邦',在都柏林受到天主教势力和英国殖民势力无处不在的监视和警示,一次次失败。最后主人公认识到都柏林社会已经在宗教、社会、精神和心理上瘫痪了,小男孩的顿悟经历与福柯的批判理论高度契合。

After he put forwords the rebellious concept'heterotopia',Foucault proposed special power technology—discipline and punishment.The power working form is deeply embodied in panopticism prison.The short novel'Encounter'of Joyce,the genius writer,revealed us how the little hero built heterotopia one time after another,and how he failed thereafter under the supervision of Catholic forces and British colonial power.The little hero finally realized Dublin had been paralyzed in religion,society,mind and spirits.The little hero’s experiences of epiphany are highly in unison with Foucault’s critical theory.