论《水刀》中气候难民的流动性  

Mobility of Climate Refugees in Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Water Knife

作　　者：袁源[1] Yuan Yuan(English at University of Shanghai for Science and Technology,Shanghai,China,200093)

机构地区：[1]上海理工大学外语学院

出　　处：《当代外国文学》2023年第3期51-57,共7页Contemporary Foreign Literature

基　　金：教育部人文社科青年项目“21世纪美国气候小说研究”(20YJC752024)的阶段性成果。

摘　　要：气候小说《水刀》展现了美国西南部气候难民逐水而居、一路北上的艰难流动历程。本文从流动梦想的生成与幻灭、交通工具的适用性和(不能)流动的历史根源三方面,解析该小说中气候难民的流动性书写,探究作者巴奇加卢皮对科罗拉多河流域干旱问题的历史溯源、现状反思和未来展望,指出美国西南部各州对水资源的争夺、多变的移民政策以及排外思维将进一步阻碍气候难民的流动,从而加剧他们的苦难。小说批判了经济利益和政治体制凌驾于环境正义之上的现实,体现出以作者为代表的美国气候小说家对环境的焦虑。Paolo Bacigalupi’s cli-f novel The Water Knife depicts a scenario in which climate refugees struggle to migrate to the north in pursuit of water in the American southwest.This article examines the representation of climate refugees’(im)mobilities in this novel from three aspects,namely,the formation and disillusionment of mobility dreams,the availability of transportation,and the historical reasons for their(im)mobilities.The article discusses the ways in which Bacigalupi refects upon historical roots,the present situation,and a future of drought along the Colorado River.It then argues that southwestern US states’competition for water resources,capricious immigration policies,and xenophobia among the American public obstruct the migration of climate refugees,aggravating their plight.The novel criticizes the prioritization of economic benefts and political institutions over environmental justice,and reveals the environmental anxiety of American cli-f writers,exemplifed by Bacigalupi.

关 键 词：保罗·巴奇加卢皮 《水刀》 环境人文 气候小说 流动性 

分 类 号：I712.074[文学—其他各国文学]