《埃德加·亨特利》中夜游症的隐喻与布朗的民族文学主张  

Sleepwalking as Metaphor in Edgar Huntly and Brown’s Notion of National Literature

作　　者：李宛霖[1] Li Wanlin(the Department of English,Peking University)

机构地区：[1]北京大学英语系

出　　处：《外国文学研究》2022年第4期103-115,共13页Foreign Literature Studies

基　　金：国家社科基金青年项目“19世纪美国哥特文学与杂志文学市场研究”(18CWW016)。

摘　　要：作为查尔斯·布劳克登·布朗的代表作之一,《埃德加·亨特利》的现代研究经历了从心理批评到新美国主义历史批评的转型。尽管心理批评学者与新美国主义者都关注该作品对美国民族文学传统的贡献,但很少有人将这部作品作为布朗对美国文学应该如何实现本土化的元评论加以解读。联系18世纪末、19世纪初美国印刷文化,尤其是杂志文化的大背景考察夜游症的历史意义,就能揭示出夜游症作为美国文学的隐喻,如何体现了布朗对民族文学的困境与出路的省察。这一研究思路不仅可以将心理视角与历史视角有机结合,展现二者之间的内在联系,也有助于我们更全面、深刻地认识布朗的民族文学立场与主张。The modern studies on Edgar Huntly,one of the representative works by Charles Brockden Brown,shifted its focus from psychoanalytic criticism to the historical criticism of New Americanism.Even though the critics from both groups paid close attention to the novel’s contribution to the tradition of American national literature,few scholars attempted to analyze the novel as Brown’s metacommentary on how American literature should be localized.A probe into the historical significance of sleepwalking in the context of the American print culture,especially its periodical culture,in the late 18th century and early 19th century may reveal how sleepwalking,as a metaphor for American literature,reflects Brown’s contemplation on the dilemma and future development of national literature.Such a critical approach not only integrates the psychological and historical perspectives in a way that reveals their inner connection,but also helps us understand,comprehensively and deeply,Brown’s position and notion toward national literature.

关 键 词：查尔斯·布劳克登·布朗 《埃德加·亨特利》 夜游症 美国民族文学 杂志文化 

分 类 号：I712.074[文学—其他各国文学]