摘要
菲利普·罗斯在《凡人》中结合性别视角书写老年。身体是性别与年龄的共同载体,小说通过叙写主人公凡人“衰退”与“抗衰”的身体经验与身体实践,呈现了老年男性面临的多重男性气质危机。凡人的身心困境不仅来自老龄化本身,更源自现代性别与年龄文化建构的影响,植根于将“老”等同于身体之否定的现代知识权力结构。男性气质危机的深化促使凡人经历了曲折的自我发现过程,通过对自我的关怀,他得以超越衰退与抗衰的二元老年身体建构,脱离了“唯身体”的性别-年龄认知,转而关注与他人的联结及对自身的反思,开始寻求男性气质更具包容性、反思性和内在转向的老龄化意义协商。
In Everyman,Philip Roth integrates a gendered perspective to examine the theme of aging.Conceptualizing the body as a site where gender and age intersect,the novel delves into the protagonist Everyman’s experience and practices of bodily“decline”and“anti-decline”,thereby illustrating the multifaceted crises of masculinity faced by aging men.His somatic and psychological struggles are not solely attributable to the biological realities of aging,but are also shaped by modern cultural constructs of gender and age,taking root in the modern knowledge-power structures that equate“old age”with the negation of the body.The intensification of masculinity crisis prompts the protagonist to undergo a tortuous process of self-discovery.Through the practices of care of the self,he transcends the binary construction of aging as either decline or anti-decline,and distances himself from the body-centric understanding of gender and age.Ultimately,Everyman shifts his focus toward relationality and self-reflection,seeking a more inclusive,reflexive,and introspective renegotiation of masculinity in old age.
作者
郭国良
赵莹
GUO Guo-liang;ZHAO Ying(School of International Studies,Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310058,China)
出处
《西北大学学报（哲学社会科学版）》
CSSCI
北大核心
2024年第6期84-93,共10页
Journal of Northwest University：Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition
基金
浙江文化研究工程重大项目“‘良渚文明丛书’译丛”(24WH17ZD)。
