邪恶与再生:《林中城堡》的美国隐喻  

Evil and regeneration:A metaphorical representation of America in The Castle in the Forest

作　　者：任虎军[1] Ren Hujun

机构地区：[1]四川外国语大学英语学院,重庆400031

出　　处：《西安外国语大学学报》2021年第2期119-123,共5页Journal of Xi’an International Studies University

基　　金：国家社科基金西部项目“诺曼·梅勒小说对美国形象的解构与建构研究”(项目编号:14XWW007)的阶段性研究成果。

摘　　要：诺曼·梅勒的《林中城堡》表面上再现了魔鬼对希特勒家族三代人生活的影响及其结果,实际上隐喻了"二战"后美国的邪恶思想与行为。虽然小说没有直接再现美国的邪恶,仅在开头和结尾交代主人公迪特尔(D.T.)的去向时"顺便"提及"美国",但通过想象性再现希特勒在魔鬼操控下的成长与发展,梅勒隐喻地揭示了美国的邪恶及其表现,旨在唤起美国自问"恶之何因",反思自己的邪恶思想与行为,以便找到再生的可能之道。Norman Mailer’s The Castle in the Forest represents on the surface the influences of devils on the lives of three generations of the Hitlers and their results,but is actually a metaphorical representation of post-WWII America’s evil mind and behavior.Although there’s no direct representation of America’s evil and the only references to America appear at the beginning and the end of the novel where the whereabouts of Dieter(D.T.),the protagonist of the novel,are indicated,by imaginatively representing the growth and development of Adolf Hilter under the control and manipulation of devils,Mailer metaphorically reveals America’s evil and its manifestations,and thereby calls upon America to look into the causes for its evil and reflect on its evil mind and behavior so as to find some possible way to regenerate itself.

关 键 词：诺曼·梅勒 《林中城堡》 美国隐喻 邪恶 再生 

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