《午夜之子》的不可靠叙述研究  

The Study of Unreliable Narrative in Midnight's Children

作　　者：童颖瑶 刘苏周[1] TONG Yingyao;LIU Suzhou(College of Foreign Languages,Huaibei Normal University,Huaibei 235000,China)

机构地区：[1]淮北师范大学外国语学院,安徽淮北235000

出　　处：《大连大学学报》2021年第5期71-76,共6页Journal of Dalian University

基　　金：安徽省高校人文社会科学研究重点项目“萨尔曼·拉什迪跨国小说中的移民共同体书写”(SK2020A0073);安徽省哲学社会科学规划项目“共同体视域下拉什迪小说中的移民身份危机书写”(AHSK2020D131)。

摘　　要：《午夜之子》以主人公萨利姆的视角回溯了印巴分裂、印度独立前后的社会图景。小说借助于不可靠叙述的方式,以“事实——事件轴”为立足点,与“价值——判断轴”“知识——感知轴”之间形成互动,在这一过程通过萨利姆对父辈及自我的追寻之旅揭示其面临的身份危机:一方面,萨利姆因父母身份的更替而导致自我身份不断变化,使得个体身份呈现“不确定性”,同时这种“不确定性”也隐喻了政治上获得独立的印度人在精神上游移于两种文化之间,因而无法摆脱殖民文化带来的困扰;另一方面,萨利姆在独立后的印度中找不到自己的位置,以致无从实现个体价值。最后,小说以萨利姆身体“分裂”作为其命运的结局,暗示霸权主义终将瓦解。From the perspective of the protagonist Saleem,Midnight's Children traces the social landscape before and after the separation of India and Pakistan and the independence of India.By means of an unreliable narrative,that is,based on the"fact/event axis"and the mutual causality between the"value/judgment axis"and the"knowledge/perception axis",the novel reveals Saleem's identity crisis through his journey of searching for his father and self.On the one hand,Saleem's self-identity is constantly changing due to the changes of his parents'identity,which makes his individual identity present"uncertainty".Meanwhile,this"uncertainty"also implies that the Indians who have gained political independence cannot completely get rid of the trouble of colonial culture spiritually.On the other hand,Saleem cannot find his own place in the post-independence India,so he could not realize his individual value,thus the result of Saleem's body"splitting"implies that hegemonism would eventually collapse.

关 键 词：《午夜之子》 不可靠叙述 读者 身份危机 

分 类 号：I106[文学—世界文学]