边缘人的光谱--威廉·沃尔曼《彩虹故事集》分析

摘要

威廉·沃尔曼是继托马斯·品钦重登文坛以来最受关注的美国后现代派小说家之一。《彩虹故事集》借着五彩光谱的意象将每个故事紧密相扣，记述了在社会底层挣扎的边缘人的真实生活，表达了沃尔曼对他们的深切关爱。探讨沃尔曼在《彩虹故事集》中对边缘人的塑造，旨在揭示沃尔曼独特的创作理念，那就是扮演不同社会角色的人不仅可以共存，而且能让人性的彩虹和我们生存的世界变得更加丰富多彩。%William Vollmann has been one of the most recognized American postmodernist writers since Thom-as Pynchon returned to the literary scene.With the collection of interconnected tales categorized along the color spectrum,The Rainbow Stories narrates the true lives of the outsiders on the margins of society and demonstrates Vollmann’s deep love for them.This paper is intended to explore the characterization of the marginal people to re-veal Vollmann’s unique concept of writing ,that is ,people with different social roles may not only coexist but also enrich the hues of the human rainbow and make the world more colorful.