《学界丛林》中的(反)猎巫行动与权力、道德、知识之辩  

The (Anti-) Witch Hunt Campaigns and the Debates between Power,Morality and Knowledge in The Groves of Academe

作　　者：宋艳芳[1] Yanfang Song(School of Foreign Languages,Soochow University)

机构地区：[1]苏州大学外国语学院,江苏苏州215006

出　　处：《外国语言与文化》2024年第4期73-83,共11页Foreign Languages and Cultures

基　　金：国家社会科学基金项目“当代英美学院派小说中的社会变迁与人文学科发展研究”(23BWW035)阶段性成果;江苏省社会科学基金课题“当代英美学院派小说中的文化地理研究”(20WWB008)阶段性成果。

摘　　要：玛丽·麦卡锡的《学界丛林》以20世纪50年代初美国宾夕法尼亚州一所虚构的大学为背景,通过讲述一位讲师为了保住教职而进行权力斗争的故事,影射了当时麦卡锡主义政策下的“猎巫”行动及其影响。主人公在大学校园里伪装成麦卡锡主义者的“猎物”展开所谓的“反猎巫”行动以获取权力,在此过程中罔顾道德良心,滥用知识。这不仅反映了特定时代的政治斗争及其实质,也揭示了权力、道德之间的张力和知识的两面性。大学校园、学术界这些特定的地方和空间更是为其中的权力斗争提供了特殊的场地。本文将该小说置于当时的时代背景下,试图探讨地方/空间与权力生产之间及权力、道德、知识之间错综复杂的关系。Mary McCarthy’s The Groves of Academe is set in a fictional university campus in Pennsylvania in the early 1950s.Through the story of a lecturer who engages in a power struggle to keep his job,it allegorically reflects the “witch hunt” actions and their impact under McCarthyism at the time.The protagonist disguises himself as prey to McCarthyism on the university campus to gain power by carrying out a so called “anti-witch hunt” campaign,disregarding moral conscience and abusing knowledge in the process.This behavior not only reflects the political struggle and its essence of the specific era but also reveals the tension between power and morality,and the duality of knowledge.The specific places and spaces of university campus and the academic world provide special venues for the power struggles.This paper places the novel in the context of the times and attempts to explore the complex relationships between place/space and power production,as well as between power,morality,and knowledge.

关 键 词：《学界丛林》 “猎巫” 权力 道德 知识 玛丽·麦卡锡 

分 类 号：I712[文学—其他各国文学]