天真的堕落——凯瑟琳·安·波特《马戏》与《坟》的创伤视角解读

凯瑟琳·安·波特作为美国著名的女作家,创作了不少丰满的女性人物,“米兰达”系列小说便是其中最为重要的作品之一.《马戏》与《坟》这两篇短篇小说作为主人公米兰达童年故事的收尾之作,在整个“米兰达”系列中具有十分重要的意义.在波特看来,人性之恶源于童年时所受到的各种创伤,而这些创伤导致了儿童天真的丧失.《马戏》和《坟》标志着米兰达“天真的堕落”,为成年后米兰达的创伤埋下了伏笔.本文以创伤为视角解读这两篇小说中的儿童心理创伤,从而更深入地理解波特对于人性的思考.

Loss of Innocence --Analysis of the Psychological Traumas in Katherine Anne Porter＇ s The Circus and The Grave

As a famous female American writer, Katherine Anne Porter creates many multidimensional female charac- ters, of which the Miranda series is the most typical one. The Circus and The Grave, which act as the ending stories of Miranda＇ s childhood in the series, are of great importance. In Porter＇ s opinion, the evil in human＇ s nature comes from the various traumas in childhood, which can cause the loss of children＇ s innocence. Both The Circus and The Grave mark Miranda＇ s loss of innocence and foreshadow the traumas Miranda will suffer in her adulthood. In the perspective of traumatic theory, this essay makes an analysis of the psychological traumas reflected in The Circus and The Grave to give readers a further understanding of Porter＇ s thinking of human＇ s nature.