《安德鲁的大脑》中的个体创伤与记忆伦理

Individual Trauma and Ethics of Memory in Andrew's Brain

《安德鲁的大脑》为多克托罗生前最后一部虚构作品。小说以不知名的心理医生与创伤受害者、神经学家安德鲁之间的对话形式展开,其叙事模式类似于弗洛伊德心理分析的谈话疗法。虽未明确提及9·11事件的字眼,但小说直指这一触发创伤问题的事件及其对记忆问题的影响。本文认为,多克托罗借助创伤叙事者安德鲁的自我分析呈现他对自身、家庭与9·11事件的个体记忆,于黑色幽默中揭示政府的做秀举动与对集体记忆的操控,主张面向他者、以宽恕和遗忘为基础的记忆伦理。

In the last of his fictional works Andrew’s Brain,E.L.Doctorow employs the narrative form of dialogue one between an anonymous Doc and the trauma victim Andrew who is a cognitive scientist.The 9/11 event does not appear in the novel literally,but the story points directly to the great trauma-evoking event and its influences on how to memorize the traumatic event.This article argues that Doctorow endows Andrew,the trauma victim,with the ability of self-analysis and the individual memory of history,family and self to expose the government’s power over collective memory,and advocates the ethics of memory based on forgetfulness and forgiveness.