'《深入北方的小路》是澳大利亚小说家理查德·弗兰纳根的第六部长篇小说,小说主体部分讲述了一群澳大利亚士兵在二战日本战俘营中的创伤故事,小说立足"死亡铁路"这一特定的背景,集中刻画了来自澳大利亚、日本和朝鲜的三组人物,充分表达了小说家对他们的态度和价值取向。在小说中,澳大利亚战俘不尊崇美德,不关心历史,更不需要尊严,表现出彻头彻尾的虚无主义;日本军士个个饱读诗书,身上承载着一种文化与精神,令人肃然起敬;相比之下,朝鲜人胸无点墨、缺少人性,是极恶的化身。《深入北方的小路》呈现的乾坤颠倒的创伤叙事背后暗藏着一种扭曲的后现代价值取向,本文结合小说的人物刻画针对其所传达的后现代伦理进行解读
'Richard Flanagan’s sixth novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, has attracted quite some criticisms in spite of all the celebratory rhetoric that came after it won the 2014 Man Booker Prize. This essay offers a critical reading of the novel’s treatment of trauma as a theme and the ethics it reveals by looking into the way in which three national groups of characters are portrayed. Flanagan portrays Australians as nihilistic creatures incapable of noble emotions. In the meantime, he depicts the Japanese as people with a special spirit that deserves understanding. And he presents the Koreans as demons capable of the most inhuman atrocities. Through such deliberate nullification of trauma, the novel communicates a set of values that one would associate with postmodern ethics. It is contended that what the story offers is perhaps a truly "narrow road" for Australia towards Asia.'
Source: CAOD.
'随着澳大利亚民族和解运动的蓬勃兴起,和解小说于21世纪初悄然出现。它们大多基于真实历史事件,旨在修正殖民历史、呼吁种族和解、重塑民族新形象。但是围绕这一类小说的文学批评显示,和解小说因其话题、作者、立场和读者群各有不同,反映了复杂矛盾的民族心理以及激烈的话语纷争。以《神秘的河流》和《卡彭塔尼亚湾》两部小说为例,本文重点分析和解小说引发的热点问题,解读小说批评背后的政治话语和权力意识,同时揭示新时期澳大利亚文学研究的新动向
'With the vigorous rise of the Australian national reconciliation movement, reconciliation novels quietly appeared in the early 21st century. They are mostly based on real historical events, aimed at revising colonial history, calling for racial reconciliation, and rebuilding a new national image. However, the literary criticism surrounding this type of novel shows that reconciliation novels have different topics, authors, positions, and reader groups, reflecting complex and contradictory national psychology and fierce discourse disputes. Taking two novels, Mysterious River and Carpentaria Bay, as examples, this article focuses on reconciling the hot issues raised by the novel, interpreting the political discourse and power consciousness behind novel criticism, and revealing the new era of Australian literature New trends.'
Source: CNKI.
