刚柔相济的政论与札记——读库切的近作《凶年记事》

从作品主要人物C先生的视角出发,深入挖掘《危言》中刚性的政治批评观点和《随札》里柔韧的人文情怀。通过对国家意志本质的揭露和对公民权利入木三分的分析,库切深刻揭示了当今社会民主进程中有关政治、经济、道德等方面存在的霸权现象;在理性之外对耻辱感的讨论,表达了作者对任何形式迫害的批判,暗示了公民个体可以拯救自身尊严的三种方式;对亲情的怀念和对经典的推崇则体现了作者浓浓的人生情趣和深厚的老年人文关怀。

A Cultural Analysis of Coetzee's Recent Novel Diary of A Bad Year

Discussed from the point view of Se？or C,the essay strives to display Coetzee＇s political criticism as found in Strong Opinions and touching care for humanity in Second Diary.In his penetrating analysis of the nature of state will and citizen rights,Coetzee has relentlessly exposed the hegemony latent in every field of today＇s world,including politics,economics,and social morality.His discussion of national shame in absence of rationalism has expressed his criticism on the various persecutions imposed on the powerless;three ways of keeping one＇s grace are suggested.His nostalgic remembrances of his father and high recommendations of the classics have reflected his profound humanistic concerns about life at old age.