摘要
学术界对于厄普代克的《恐怖分子》评价不高,并将其视为“9·11”的应景之作。其实,厄普代克看似围绕一个穆斯林青年的未遂暴力行为展开叙事,实则揭示被边缘群体的身份焦虑与国内恐怖主义之间的逻辑关系,进而探讨社会转型时期美国国家认同面临的危机,并倡导通过国民教化的方式,强化公民的国族意识,规避政治分裂给国家安全带来的风险。厄普代克对于国家认同问题的审视,体现其新世纪创作的伦理价值取向。
Terrorist, John Updike’s post-9/11 novel, has been regarded by many critics to be a work written upon the occasion of 9/11. This paper argues that by means of narrating a Muslim young man’s attempt at terrorist violence, Updike explores the logic of the relationship between the US marginalized groups’ anxieties surrounding identity and domestic terrorism, examines the national identity crisis of the U.S., and advocates a mode of national moralization, with the aim of strengthening the national consciousness of the citizens and avoiding the national security risks brought about by political division.Updike’s investigation into the issue of American national identity in the post-9/11 era ref lects his 21st century ethical concerns.
作者
朴玉
Piao Yu(School of Foreign Language Education,Jilin University,Changchun,China,130012)
出处
《当代外国文学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2022年第4期13-19,共7页
Contemporary Foreign Literature
基金
吉林省高等教育教学改革课题“基于一流本科建设的美国文学通识课程教学模式改革研究”(JLPU784720190720071108)的阶段性成果
吉林大学研究生教改项目(2021JGZ18,2021SZ1Y05)资助。
