论海勒的后现代狂欢——以《终了时刻》为例

狂欢化是巴赫金的一个重要概念。狂欢化即"复调",是语言的离心力量,是事物的"欢悦的相互依存性",是角度与表演,是对狂乱无序生活的加入,是无处不在的笑声。狂欢化在海勒的《终了时刻》中涉及的范围很广,它具体体现在世界经验的狂欢化,艺术思想的狂欢化和文学体裁的狂欢化三个方面。作者在作品中把狂欢化阐述为一种反制度,一种代表后现代主义本身的另类生活。

On Postmodern Carnival: Carnivalization in Closing Time

Carnivalization,one of Mikhail Bakhtin's key concepts,means polyphony,the centrifugal force of language,the gay interdepen dence of things,perspectivism and performance,participation in the wild disorder of life,the immanence of laughter.Carnivalization in Closing Time covers a wide range from the convolving and confusing conference of ACACAMMA to Milo Minderbinder's stealth bomber,from disordered metropolitan living,to a socialite wedding in the bus terminal.Closing Time illustrates carnivalization as an antisystem,a second life standing for postmodernism itself.This article interprets Closing Time on three levels: the carnivalization of world experience,the carnivalization of art thought,and the carnivalization of literary genres.