失衡与回归——唐·德里罗小说《大都会》的精神生态解读
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摘要
唐·德里罗的小说一直以来都对生态环境保持着较高的关注度,他的《大都会》则更明显地将焦点聚集于精神生态的领域。故事模仿了《尤利西斯》的叙事结构,讲述了主人公埃里克为了解决失眠的问题,在一天内乘坐豪华轿车穿过整个城市到达儿时的理发店的所见所闻。而这段旅程也仿佛一场精神失衡与回归之旅,作者一边揭示以埃里克为代表的后现代人种种的精神困扰,一边以"自我救赎"的方式帮助埃里克找到精神失衡的原因并逐渐回归自我。从中也揭示出精神危机的根源——现代工业文明和剥削制度,只有放慢经济发展的步伐,尊重自然界所有生命的内在价值,才能平衡人与自然、人与人以及人与自我之间的关系。
Don De Lillo's have been showing a great concern about environmental problems in his novels,among which Cosmopolis is a typical one that draws our attention on spiritual ecological crisis in postmodern society. With a similar narrative structure to Ulysses, this book tells us Eric's experiences on his way to a barbershop through the whole city in his limousine for curing his insomnia. This experience,which is very much like a mental trip from Eric's psychic instability to return, reveals both Eric's spiritual obsession and recovery. From this De Lillo's ecological thoughts that spiritual crisis is rooted in the development of the modern industrial civilization and hierarchic domination. Only if we can slow down the economic development and show our respect to the intrinsic value of all the living things in the nature, a harmonious relationship between the nature and our human beings will be established.
Don De Lillo's have been showing a great concern about environmental problems in his novels,among which Cosmopolis is a typical one that draws our attention on spiritual ecological crisis in postmodern society. With a similar narrative structure to Ulysses, this book tells us Eric's experiences on his way to a barbershop through the whole city in his limousine for curing his insomnia. This experience,which is very much like a mental trip from Eric's psychic instability to return, reveals both Eric's spiritual obsession and recovery. From this De Lillo's ecological thoughts that spiritual crisis is rooted in the development of the modern industrial civilization and hierarchic domination. Only if we can slow down the economic development and show our respect to the intrinsic value of all the living things in the nature, a harmonious relationship between the nature and our human beings will be established.
引文
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