碎裂在沙滩上的浪——乔治·桑德斯《林肯在中阴》的身体叙事研究

Waves Crashed Upon the Shore—A Study of Body Narrative in George Saunders’ Lincoln in the Bardo

摘要: 美国小说家乔治·桑德斯的第一部长篇小说《林肯在中阴》是一部深刻探讨人类经验多样性与复杂性的作品，在小说中，身体的描写不管是对于人物的塑造、故事情节的推动，还是对主题的深化表达都具有重要的作用，身体存在的空间场域、人物的身体变形，附身等有关身体现象是小说的核心。因此，本研究以身体为轴心，从身体叙事的空间设置、视觉听觉呈现和身体的创伤疗愈维度阐释身体叙事的意义。文学回归身体本质，也更能展现桑德斯对个体命运的思考，还原桑德斯对普遍人类身体的关怀。

Abstract: The first full-length novel of American novelist George Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo, profoundly explores the diversity and complexity of human experience. In the novel, body descriptions play a crucial role in characterization, plot development, and the deepening of thematic expressions. The spatial domains of physical existence, characters’ body transformations, possession, and other body phenomena constitute the core of the narrative. Centering on the body, this study examines the significance of body narrative through three dimensions: the spatial configurations of bodily storytelling, its visual and auditory representations, and the dimensions of traumatic healing. By returning to the essence of the body, literature not only reveals Saunders’ reflections on individual fate but also restores his concern for the universal human body.