出刊年月/Date of Publishing

1991.12

所屬卷期/Vol. & No.   第21卷第4期 Vol. 21, No. 4

類型/Type                 研究論文 Research Article

篇名/Title
《兔子冨了》中的父與子
Father-Son Relationship in Rabbit Is Rich

作者/Author
朱炎 Yen Chu

頁碼/Pagination
pp. 53-74

摘要
《兔子冨了》(Rabbit Is Rich) 可以說是厄卜代克 (John Updike) 最成熟的小說之一，該書連續獲得美國書獎 (the American Book Award)、全國書評界獎 (the National Book Critics Prize) 和普立茲獎 (Pulitzer Prize) 的事實，便是讓小說自1981年出版後獲得美國文評家讚譽有加的最好證明。

此部作品詳實記載了1979年石油危機時美國經濟衰退的窘境。厄卜代克的手法即是運用其著名的「固然—但是」技巧 ("yes-but" technique) 勾勒主角——兔子——心中幽微之處。兔子的麻煩在於滿腦子盡是「床笫之事」，他的性幻想損壞了他的人際關係，並因此孳生了種種的孽緣。

整體觀之，兔子和他的獨子耐爾森 (Nelson) 愛恨交戰的衝突，構成了小說張力的來源，也使得兩人的精神處在崩潰邊緣。厄卜代克成功地敘述了這種苦悶的經驗，並讓讀者切身感受到這就是美國無數中產階級家庭生活的真實寫照。本文旨在分析《兔子冨了》中造成父子衝突的原因、本質及其影響。

Abstract
Rabbit Is Rich is one of John Updike’s most mature novels. The fact that it won the American Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Prize, and Pulitzer Prize proves that it has received unusual recognition in the American literary community since its publication in 1981.

The novel is an authentic record of the decline of America: during the 1979 oil crisis. Using his famous “yes-but” technique, Updike effectively presents the inner terrain of the protagonist, Rabbit, whose trouble is that he has “screwing on the brain.”

Rabbit’s sexual fantasy undermines his relationships with his fellow human beings and therefore causes agonizing conflicts between them. Throughout the novel, the love-hate ambivalence between Rabbit and his only son Nelson creates most of its tension and sets their nerves on edge. Updike makes the reader feel that this agonizing experience is shared by countless middle-class American families. The gist of this paper is to examine the cause, the nature, and the effect of the father-son conflict expressed in Rabbit Is Rich.

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學門分類/Subject
文學 Literature