《奇思妙想》与约翰·巴思的当代文学观  

Every Third Thought and John Barth's View of Contemporary Literature

作　　者：宋明[1] 

机构地区：[1]华东师范大学外语学院

出　　处：《当代外国文学》2014年第1期12-23,共12页Contemporary Foreign Literature

摘　　要：在《奇思妙想》中,约翰·巴思对当代文学的主题关注至少包括三层含义:首先,他将当代文学主题植入文化史语境中来考察,通过指涉多个文学人物来表达对现代主义鼎盛期的看法,并演示了文化与文学之间的关系,阐明了当代文学的状况。其次,他在虚构关于奖项的镜像模仿中表达了他对文学奖项所持的悲观态度。再次,他用戏仿和自我戏仿来评价自己在文学史上的地位。本文用文本细读的方法,结合评论界对小说的各种评论以及巴思本人的文学理论,进一步论证小说是一部当代文学状况的批评,巴思的当代文学观在文本中清晰可见。： John Barth＇s 2011 novel Every Third Thought embodies the author＇s reflections upon contemporary literature. Firstly, Barth examines contemporary literature in the context of cultural history and expresses his view on high modernism by alluding to many literary figures of the period, thereby revealing the relationship between culture and literature and mapping out the contemporary literary scene. Secondly, through presenting a simulacrum of literary awards he expresses a pessimistic view of literary prizes. Thirdly, he evaluates his own position in literary history via parody and self-parody. Reviewing crit- ical comments on the novel and referring to Barth＇s own literary theory, this article closely reads Every Third Thought as a manifest critique of contemporary literature.

关 键 词：《奇思妙想》 约翰·巴思 当代文学观 文学奖项 

分 类 号：I106[文学—世界文学]