Satori in Paris: Deconstructing the French Connection or the Legend’s Satori

Abstract

The deconstruction of Kerouac’s trip to France in search of his family name and lineage as described in Satori in Paris, published in 1966, is examined, and consideration is also given to the very process of redefining French connections. The novel — a voyage to the end of the night trying to decipher, redefine, and blur the French signs that Kerouac had scattered his Duluoz Legend with — is riddled with many deconstructing elements, which allow for better insight into both the quest Kerouac had set for himself and the meaning of French connections throughout the Legend. ‘What’s in a name’ could precisely be the question and possibly the answer. The deconstructing process initiated in Big Sur is now reaching its ultimate step, jeopardizing the stability of the creation of Duluoz’s and Kerouac’s legend altogether.     

中国现代作家为何创作古老神话

中国现代文学倡导以现代生存体验和人生思考为主要的表达对象,然而鲁迅、郭沫若、茅盾、郑振铎等作家却都曾创作过以古老的神话为题材资源的重要作品。现代作家之所以会创作古老的神话,主要有三个层面的原因:第一,中国现代作家在对新文化的积极建构中,对包括神话在内的传统文化有积极的汲取;第二,现代作家的神话题材作品将远古神话与现代社会的现实关切结合在一起,表现出鲜明的现实指向;第三,创作神话题材作品的作家大都表现出对于中国民族文化和西方异域文化的多方关照,他们既是新文学的巨匠,也对包括神话在内的古代文学具有深厚的积累。对于现代作家创作神话题材这一文学现象的考察,也丰富了对于现代文学多元性的思考,为中国现代文学与文化传统之间复杂的关联性提供了新的研讨视角。     

THE MYTH OF THE GRINGO CHIEF: AMAZONIAN MESSIAHS AND THE POWER OF IMMEDIACY

In this article, I investigate the sociocultural grounding and sociopolitical position of Randy Borman, the “gringo chief” of the indigenous Cofán people of Amazonian Ecuador. Born to North American missionary-linguists, Borman grew up in Cofán communities, attended school in urban Ecuador and the United States, and developed into the most important Cofán activist on the global stage. I consider him alongside other ethnically ambiguous leaders of Amazonian political movements, whom anthropologists have described as “messianic” figures. The historians and ethnographers who write about Amazonian messianism debate the relationship between myth and reason in indigenous political action. Using their discussion as a starting point, I propose the concept of “mythical politics,” a type of transformative action that concentrates enabling forms of socio-temporal mediation in the shape of individual actors and instantaneous events. I develop my approach through a discussion of the work of Georges Sorel, Georg Lukács, and Antonio Gramsci, three theorists who debate the role of myth in political mobilization. By applying their insights to the case of Borman, I explore the relationship between myth, mediation, and rationality in Cofán politics and political movements more generally.     

郭沫若诗歌的“神话转型题旨”与文学想象意义——以《女神之再生》与《凤凰涅槃》为例

"神话"作为一种早期人类形态的元典,从来都是作家驰骋想象的文化资源。郭沫若的诗歌《女神之再生》、《凤凰涅槃》将神话的"创世题旨"与时代转型语境进行了现代性的对接和生发,激活了尘封和遮蔽的种族记忆,现代民族国家被想象成具有完美人格化形象和"会说"的主体存在群,这种文学想象现代民族国家的方式其文学史意义是不可忽视的。     

从历史到神话——玄奘取经与《西游记》

在以往的《西游记》研究中,对于玄奘史实与小说的关系,以及玄奘史实在小说成书过程中所产生的重要影响,尚未引起足够的关注。玄奘史实之最终衍变为“神话”,究其原因,是由玄奘事迹本身的超一般想象、宗教题材的神秘性、民间传播渠道的调制三端所共同促成。而《西游记》小说中的游戏色彩、诙谐滑稽特征、取经主人公与实际主角发生错位等特征也是在不同程度上,经过民间渠道的传播后所打上的历史印痕。     

中国古代礼仪中的神话思想

中国古代礼仪是发生在世俗世界的神圣叙事,在仪式的背后,隐匿着潜在的神话信仰和神话思想.礼仪中的神灵观就是一个明显的表现;按照神话思维建构的关于时空、关于世界构成及宇宙秩序是礼仪当中存在的秩序法则的原型;礼仪中的崇尚古朴、报本反始是回归神圣的需要.统治者和权力话语集团倚重仪式并利用其中的神话信仰和神话思想来为等级分层和既定秩序服务,并根据现实需要适时地对其作出修补变通,甚至人为地将祖先、历史、行为、物件等等对象神圣化,以达到使自己的统治变得神圣、变得合法有效的目的.     

神话传说与族群认同——立足于盘瑶渡海神话的考察

渡海神话在盘瑶中广为流传,成为该族群的社会记忆。渡海神话强化了盘王子孙的认同感和归属感,确立了共同的祭祀团体和瑶人十二姓等族群标识。这些标识随着渡海神话的不断演述而得到认定和传承。渡海神话是盘瑶神圣的口述史,强化着盘瑶的自我认同,也成为区别其他族群的显要文化表征。     

文化先锋与大众神话--张艺谋电影艺术论略

张艺谋十余年间执导的电影总是能够与时代文化语境构成互文和对话关系,这与他求新求异和对存在、人性的关注分不开.正是这种文化先锋意识,在不同阶段的不同文化语境中,使张艺谋的电影呈现出不同形式、不同风格,加之张艺谋对大众心理及时代语境的体味和认知,他在电影实践中民间身份的确认,使他能够成功地在祛除遮蔽的同时建构起不同的大众神话,以引领大众的心灵,摆脱各种意识形态的束缚.这种大众神话是一个具体可感的感性世界,在不同时期具有不同的内涵,前期为生命感性本体的释放,后期是生活内蕴的诗情.     

希腊神话传说的文化背景初探

希腊神话传说以其美轮美奂和谱系分明而著称于世,它是许多不同种族、民族、地区的神话传说相互混杂和历史演化的结果,这些神话传说最初是彼此独立和形态各异的,通过持续不断的文化交往、文化融合而逐渐趋同扬异,并且经过长期的改造过程最终形成系统化的神谱和英雄传说.     

郑振铎对民间文学诸体裁的研究

本文把郑振铎对神话、史诗、故事、民歌等民间文学体裁的研究 ,放在当时的学术背景和民间文学研究的发展中进行分析 ,说明他在民间文学方面成就卓越 ,以引起人们对这位学者的全面认识。