论厄普代克欲望记忆书写的审美情趣  

Aestheticism in John Updike's Narration of Extramarital Affairs

作　　者：顾悦[1] 

机构地区：[1]上海外国语大学英语学院

出　　处：《当代外国文学》2013年第4期11-18,共8页Contemporary Foreign Literature

基　　金：上海市哲学社会科学规划课题青年项目(2013EWY004);上海外国语大学校级规划基金项目(2012114010)阶段成果

摘　　要：约翰·厄普代克创作于世纪之交的短篇小说集《爱的插曲》通过记忆重构了20世纪60年代的婚外恋叙事,重新定义了那个时代的生活并赋予其意义。依丹麦哲学家克尔凯郭尔的"生存三境界"理论,60年代的美国信仰传统式微,人们远离了宗教境界,陷入暧昧性之中,并且面临道德真空,伦理境界亦不复存在;此时主人公们沉浸在审美境界中,追求审美主义的生活方式,追逐欲望的最大化,最终难免陷入幻灭与绝望。厄普代克重写了那段历史,展现了被忽视的60年代之私人领域,揭示了"欲望乌托邦"的脆弱无力。At the turn of the century,John Updike＇s short story collection,Licks of Love,reconstructs through memory a narrative of extramarital affairs in the 1960s.By re-narrating the 1960s,it redefines life in that decade and attempts to reevaluate its significance.According to Kierkegaard＇s theory of the three stages of existence,America in the 1960s,facing the decline of the Christian tradition and challenges to morality,witnessed a departure from both the religious stage and the ethical stage.Characters in the collection resort to an aesthetic lifestyle that seeks fulfillment of desires,which inevitably results in disillusionment and despair.By rewriting the history of this period,Updike reveals the neglected private realm of the 1960s and illustrates the vain endeavor to establish an erotic utopia.

关 键 词：厄普代克 60年代 审美主义 记忆 家庭 

分 类 号：I712.074[文学—其他各国文学]