摘要
美国作家苏珊娜·凯森的自传《被中断的女孩》,是上世纪八九十年代美国"疾病自传"大潮的代表之作,讲述的是作者三十年前在精神病院里的一段经历。与通常意义上的自传不同,该自传虽然采用了常规的回顾性视角,但作者并没有用这种视角为过去的经历赋予某种隐喻式的内涵,而是发出了与她三十年前几乎相同的抑郁而疯癫的声音。这种声音帮助凯森建构并体验了她的本真自我,同时也是作者疾病身体写作的必然产物。《被中断的女孩》为我们提供了一个考察自传、尤其是疾病自传中叙述、自我、身体相互作用的绝佳参考文本。
Girl,Interrupted,an autobiography by American writer Susanna Kaysen,is representative of the 'autopathographical' tide emerged in the U.S.in the 1980-90s.Telling about her experience in a mental hospital 30 years ago,the book employs the conventional retrospective focalization,yet unlike most other autobiographies,Kaysen does not imbue her past experience with any metaphorical meaning.Her voice in the book,instead,is depressed and crazy,much similar to her voice 30 years ago.This narrative voice,while helping Kaysen construct and experience her authentic self,is also a necessary result of her(illness) body writing.Girl,Interrupted,therefore,provides an excellent test case for us to explore the interactions among narrative,self and body in autobiography,particularly in autopathography.
出处
《外国文学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2011年第4期77-83,158-159,共7页
Foreign Literature
基金
教育部人文社科规划项目"记忆
自我
叙事
伦理:当代美国自传研究"(08JA752009)
