东北大学学报(社会科学版) ›› 2021, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (5): 120-126.DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2021.05.016

• 语言文学研究 • 上一篇    

“康复意味着自我毁灭”:论《重生》中的规训与反抗

王桃花,林武凯   

  1. (中山大学外国语学院,广东广州510275)
  • 发布日期:2021-10-14
  • 通讯作者: 王桃花
  • 作者简介:王桃花(1975-),女,湖南隆回人,中山大学教授,博士生导师,主要从事英国文学研究;林武凯(1993-),男,广东陆丰人,中山大学博士研究生,主要从事英国文学研究。
  • 基金资助:
    国家社会科学基金资助项目(16BWW067)。

“Recovery Means Self-destruction”: Discipline and Resistance in Regeneration

WANG Taohua, LIN Wukai   

  1. (School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China)
  • Published:2021-10-14
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摘要: 小说《重生》中存在一个“康复”与“毁灭”的悖论:患病军人一旦康复就被送回制造创伤和死亡的战场。以福柯权力理论观之,可以发现这一悖论蕴含规训与反抗两个相反的权力维度:从规训角度看,空间权力规训塑造了患病军人驯顺的肉体,男性气质规训建构了他们臣服的主体,因此在战时英国社会的监狱式规训下,他们无处可逃,只能重返战场,接受“毁灭”;从反抗角度看,萨松与军方当局展开三次话语权博弈,最终以个人的慷慨赴死解构规训权力,同时激起帝国体制服务者对体制与战争的反思,在大英帝国行将就木之际留下民族日后重生的火种。

关键词: 帕特·巴克; 《重生》; 空间权力; 男性气质; 话语权

Abstract: In Pat Barker's Regeneration exists a paradox—the shell-shocked soldiers who are cured will be sent back to the Front, the place that caused their shell shock in the first place. By drawing upon Foucault's theory of power, it is argued that this paradox embodies two contrasting power dimensions, i.e., discipline and resistance. On the one hand, the discipline of spatial power converts the soldiers into docile bodies while the discipline of masculinity constructs their submissive subjects, leaving them no choice but to perform their duties. On the other hand, Sassoon is engaged in three discourse power confrontations with the British military authorities and deconstructs the disciplinary power with his death. His self-sacrifice awakens the conscience of those who work for the wartime state apparatus, thus metaphorically giving hope for national restoration and regeneration in the wake of the fall of the British Empire.

Key words: Pat Barker; Regeneration; spatial power; masculinity; discourse power

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