真相的阴影:爱瑞丝·默多克《斩首》中的荣耀·克莱因

Barbora Kašpárková
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艾瑞斯·默多克的小说《一颗被砍下的头颅》(1961)是一个错综复杂的人际关系的例子,表面上看可能会显得很滑稽。然而,仔细阅读就会发现,主人公的行为引发了痛苦。最神秘的女主人公,性矛盾的奥诺·克莱因(Honor Klein),有各种各样的可能解释。荣耀的强大形象就像一个轴,其他角色围绕着它旋转,没有她,情节就会崩溃。然而,问题是,她是否是一个真实的人物。本文认为,这个关键人物不是一个真实的人,而是与主人公马丁·林奇-吉本有关的各种元素的梦幻和幽灵般的集中。奥娜·克莱因是一种力量,是怀疑和恐惧,似乎是马丁潜意识中想象的恐惧和创伤的外部投射。她的叙事功能与莎士比亚的《麦克白》、《哈姆雷特》和《凯撒大帝》中的鬼魂相似。
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A Shadow of Truth: Honor Klein in Iris Murdoch’s A Severed Head
Abstract Iris Murdoch’s novel A Severed Head (1961) is an example of convoluted relationships that may appear hilarious upon superficial analysis. A close reading, however, reveals the suffering triggered by the behaviour of the central characters. The most mysterious female protagonist, the sexually ambivalent Honor Klein, deploys a wide range of possible interpretations. Honor’s powerful figure is like an axis around which the rest of the characters rotate and without whom the plot would fall apart. The question is, nonetheless, if she is a real figure or not. This paper argues that this pivotal character is not a real person but a dreamy and ghostly concentration of elements in relation to the protagonist Martin Lynch-Gibbon. Honor Klein is a force, is suspicion, and fear, and seems to be an external projection of Martin’s subconscious imaginary fears and trauma. She has a similar narrative function as Shakespeare‘s ghosts in, e.g., Macbeth, Hamlet and Julius Caesar.
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