Ali Smith's Parasitic Poetics

IF 0.5 3区文学 0 LITERATURE

MFS-Modern Fiction Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI:10.1353/mfs.2022.0015

Liliane Campos

引用次数: 1

Abstract

Abstract:This essay examines the figure of the parasite in Ali Smith's fiction. Drawing on literary, political, and biological theorizations of the concept, I analyze the interaction between the parasite as narrative function and parasitism as social construction in "The Hanging Girl," Hotel World, The Accidental, There But For The, Winter, and Spring. By examining the evolving role of this figure, I outline the gradual shift in Smith's poetics toward an ironic allegorical mode. In her recent novels, Smith uses cohabitation tropes to connect political satire with ecological paradigms, and targets failed mutualism as the ethical shortcoming of contemporary Britain.

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阿里·史密斯的《寄生诗学

摘要:本文考察了阿里·史密斯小说中寄生虫的形象。通过对这一概念的文学、政治和生物学理论分析，我在《吊女》、《旅馆世界》、《偶然》、《那里不过是为了》、《冬天和春天》中分析了作为叙事功能的寄生虫和作为社会建构的寄生虫之间的相互作用。通过考察这一人物角色的演变，我勾勒出史密斯诗学向讽喻模式的逐渐转变。在她最近的小说中，史密斯用同居的比喻将政治讽刺与生态范式联系起来，并将失败的互惠主义作为当代英国的道德缺陷。

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期刊介绍： Modern Fiction Studies publishes engaging articles on prominent works of modern and contemporary fiction. Emphasizing historical, theoretical, and interdisciplinary approaches, the journal encourages a dialogue between fiction and theory, publishing work that offers new theoretical insights, clarity of style, and completeness of argument. Modern Fiction Studies alternates general issues dealing with a wide range of texts with special issues focused on single topics or individual writers.