自坟墓中回望人生——论《基列家书》中的记忆书写  

“Looking Back from the Grave”:Memory Writing in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead

作　　者：李靓[1] 

机构地区：[1]对外经济贸易大学英语学院

出　　处：《国外文学》2018年第1期126-132,共7页Foreign Literatures

基　　金：2015年教育部规划基金课题(项目编号:15YJA752020);对外经济贸易大学中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金(项目编号:15YB03)资助;为项目的阶段性成果

摘　　要：本文以记忆理论为视角,考察小说《基列家书》中个体记忆如何推动叙事者参与对历史的讲述、对集体文化记忆的反思与修正并最终重建自我身份认同。由此揭示在阐释作者对历史、宗教及传统的文学表达时,记忆所体现的思想和艺术价值。在《基列家书》中,个体记忆不仅使代际间情感与传统的断裂得以弥合,还帮助叙事者反思集体文化记忆中的遗忘与压抑,并修正其核心内容:废奴传统和宗教传统。个体记忆使叙事者在历史语境中审视废奴传统的变迁,对它所代表的集体认同的演变进行反思,促使叙事者的身份认同逐渐形成;个体记忆还激活叙事者的宗教认同和感知力,使其看到改善宗教现状的希望,最终推动叙事者完成自我认同的建构,困扰其多年的认同危机也随之消失。In light of memory theory,this paper scrutinizes how individual memories propel the narrator in Gilead to become involved in the narration of history,the reflection and rectification of collective memory and the identity-forming,thus revealing the thematic and artistic value of memory in interpreting the author's literary representation of history,religion and traditions. The individual memories of the narrator mend the rifts between generations,help the narrator reflect upon the amnesia and the latent suppression in the collective memory of Gilead,and remedy the core of collective memory,namely,the abolitionist and the religious tradition. Individual memories help the narrator re-contextualize the abolitionist tradition and reflect upon the changing collective identification it represents,which facilitates his identity-forming.Meanwhile,individual memories also enliven the narrator's religious identification and perceptions,giving incentive to the narrator in his identity-forming whereby the identity crisis that has obsessed him for years is resolved.

关 键 词：玛丽莲·罗宾逊 《基列家书》 记忆 身份认同 

分 类 号：I712.074[文学—其他各国文学]