“让人不安的艺术”:麦克尤恩《蝴蝶》的文学伦理学解读  

“The Art of Unease”:An Ethical Reading of Ian McEwan’s Butterflies

作　　者：尚必武[1] 

机构地区：[1]浙江工商大学外国语学院,浙江杭州310018

出　　处：《外语教学》2012年第3期82-85,共4页Foreign Language Education

基　　金：浙江工商大学第三届青年人才基金项目"修辞.叙事.伦理:伊恩.麦克尤恩小说研究"(QY11-19);教育部人文社科项目(10YJC752033);中国博士后科学基金第五十批面上资助项目(2011M501216);浙江省社科规划项目"之江青年课题"(11ZJQN051YB)的阶段性成果

摘　　要：麦克尤恩的《蝴蝶》是一则关于道德失败的寓言。人物叙述者"我"以内聚焦和倒叙的方式,异常冷峻地讲述了自己"恋童"、"弑童"的故事。本文以文学伦理学批评为研究视角,紧扣"恋童"、"弑童"的伦理主线,通过解构伦理环境、伦理选择、伦理身份、伦理意识等若干伦理结,希图由此剖析麦氏浸淫于作品深处的伦理图旨:通过书写极端的邪恶来承载对至善的向往,借助"让人不安的艺术"来寄寓对崇高伦理道德的诉求。Ian McEwan＇ s Butterflies is an allegory of moral failure, which tells a story about pedophile and child murder in the mode of character narration and internal focalization. This paper intends to unpack its ethical features from the perspective of ethical literary criticism. Specifically, it sees pedophile and child murder as the major ethical line of the work and tries to un- tie such ethical knots as ethical environment, ethical choice, ethical identity, and ethical consciousness. It argues that by re- sorting to ＂the art of unease＂ and imagining the worst things possible, MeEwan calls for a pursuit of morality and goodness.

关 键 词：麦克尤恩 《蝴蝶》 文学伦理学批评 

分 类 号：I561.065[文学—其他各国文学]