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SusanSontag(1933~2004)
Novelist,essayistandcritic.
Ahighlyvisiblepublicfiguresincethemid-1960'
s,Ms.Sontagwrotefournovels,dozensofessaysandavolumeofshortstoriesandwasalsoanoccasionalfilmmaker,playwrightandtheaterdirector.Forfourdecadesherworkwaspartofthecontemporarycanon作品,discussedeverywherefromgraduateseminarstothepagesofpopularmagazinestotheHollywoodmovie.
Ms.Sontag'
sworkmadearadicalbreakwithtraditionalpostwarcriticisminAmerica.Sheadvocatedanaestheticapproachtothestudyofculture,championingstyleovercontent.
"
ThethemethatrunsthroughSusan'
swritingisthislifelongstruggletoarriveattheproperbalancebetweenthemoralandtheaesthetic,"
LeonWieseltier,literaryeditorofTheNewRepublicandanoldfriendofMs.Sontag'
s,said
sbest-knownbooks,allpublishedbyFarrar,Straus&
Giroux,includethenovels"
DeathKit"
(1967)《死亡匣子》,"
TheVolcanoLover"
(1992)and"
InAmerica"
(2000);
theessaycollections"
AgainstInterpretation"
(1966),"
StylesofRadicalWill"
(1969)《激进意志的样式》and"
UndertheSignofSaturn"
(1980)《在土星的标志下》;
thecriticalstudies"
OnPhotography"
(1977)and"
AIDSandItsMetaphors"
(1989);
andtheshort-storycollection"
I,Etcetera"
(1978)《我,及其他》.Oneofhermostfamousworks,however,wasnotabook,butanessay,"
NotesonCamp,"
publishedin1964andstillwidelyread.
WidelyregardedasoneoftheleadingAmericanintellectuals,SusanSontaghelpedshapemodernAmericanthinkingfornearlyhalfacentury.ReadthefollowingandknowmoreaboutMs.Sontag.
Ms.SontagwasbornSusanRosenblattinManhattanonJan.16,1933,thedaughterofJackandMildredRosenblatt.HerfatherwasafurtraderinChina,andhermotherjoinedhimthereforlongperiods,leavingSusanandheryoungersisterinthecareofrelatives.WhenSusanwas5,herfatherdiedinChinaoftuberculosis.HermothermovedthefamilytoTucson[tu:
'
sɔn]图森[美国亚利桑那州南部城市],spendingthenextseveralyearsthere.InArizona,Susan’smothermetCapt.NathanSontag,aWorldWarIIveteransenttheretorecuperate[ri'
kju:
pəreit]v.恢复,使恢复健康,使恢复精神
Heisstillrecuperatingfromhisoperation.
他动手术后仍在恢复中。
Thecoupleweremarried—Susantookherstepfather’smane—andthefamilymovedtoLosAngles.
ForSusan,whograduatedfromhighschoolbeforeher16thbirthday,thephilistinism['
filistinizəm]平庸ofAmericanculturewasatormentshevowedearlytoescape.“Mygreatestdream,”shelaterwrote,“wastogrowupandcometoNewYorkandwriteforPartisanReview《党派论坛》andbereadby5,00people.”
Shewouldgetherwish—Ms.Sontagburstontothescene一举成名with“Noteson‘Camp’,”《坎普札记》whichwaspublishedinPartisanReview—butnotbeforesheearnedabachelor’sandtwomaster’sdegreesfromprestigiousAmericanuniversities;
studiedatOxfordonafellowship;
andmarried,becameamotheranddivorcedeightyearslater,allbythetimesheturned26.aftergraduatingfromhighschool,Ms.SontagspentasemesterattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,beforetransferringtotheUniversityofChicago,fromwhichshereceivedabachelor’sdegreein1951.AtChicagoshewanderedintoaclasstaughtbythesociologistPhilipRieff,thena28-year-oldinstructor,whowouldwritethecelebratedstudyFreud:
TheMindoftheMoralist《弗洛伊德:
道德主义地头脑》(Viking,1959).Hewas,shewouldsay,thefirstpersonwithwhomshecoldreallytalk;
theyweremarried10dayslater.Ms.Sontagwas17andlookedevenyounger,clad应该是过去分词habituallyinbluejeans,
Shewaswellclad.
她穿得很考究。
herblackhairspillingdownherback.WordsweptaroundcampusthatDr.Rieffhadmarrieda14-year-oldAmericanIndian.
MovingwithherhusbandtoBoston,Ms.Sontagearnedhermaster’sdegreesfromHarvard,thefirstinEnglish,in1954,thesecondinphilosophythenextyear.SebeganworkonaPh.D.,butdidnotcompleteherdissertation.In1952sheadDr.Rieffbecametheparentsofason.
AfterfurtherstudyatOxfordandinParis,Ms.SontagwasdivorcedfroDr.Rieffin1958.inearl1959shearrivedinNewYorkwith,asshelaterdescribedit,“$70,towsuitcasesanda7-year-old.”SheworkedasaneditoratCommentaryandjuggledteachingjobsatCityCollege,SarahLawrenceandColumbia.Shepublishedherfirstessays,criticalcelebrationsofmodernistssheadmired对自己欣赏的现代主义者的评论和赞美,aswellasherfirstnovel,TheBenefactor(1963)《恩人》,anexplorationofconsciousnessanddreams.
With“Noteson‘Camp’”Ms.SontagfiredashotacrossthebowoftheNewYorkcriticalestablishment,whichincludedeminenceslikeLionelandDianaTrilling,AlfredKazinandIrvingHowe.Ifthatessayhastodaylostitscapacitytoshock,itisareflectionofhowthoroughlyMs.Sontagdidherjob,servingasaguidetoanundergroundaesthetic[i:
s'
θetik]美学thatwasnotthenwidelyknown.“Shefoundin‘camp’anaestheticthatwasverydifferentfromwhatthestraightworld正统世界hadacknowledgeduptotatpoint,andshemanagedtomake‘camp’‘straight’inaway,”ArthurC.Danto,theJohnsonianprofessoremeritus[i(:
)'
meritəs]荣誉的ofphilosophyatColumbia哥伦比亚大学约翰逊名誉哲学教授andtheartcriticforTheNation,saidyesterdayinatelephoneinterview.“Ithinkshepreparedthegroundforthepoprevolution流行文化革命,whichwasinmanywaysessentiallyagayrevolution,throughWarholandothers.通过…的努力Shedidn’tmakethatart,butsheboughtittoconsciousness.Shegavepeopleavocabularyfortalkingaboutitandthinkingaboutit.”
ThearticlemadeMs.Sontaganinternationalcelebrity,showeredwithlavish大方的、浪费的、奢侈的,ifunintentionallyridiculous,titles(“aliterarypinup”文学名人,“thedarkladyofAmericanletters,”美国文坛的黑色女人,“theNatalieWoodoftheU.S.avant-garde”美国前卫派的娜塔莉·
伍德)
In1966Ms.Sontagpublishedherfirstessaycollection,AgainstInterpretation《反对释义》.Thatbook’stitleessayhelpedcementherreputationasachampion拥护者ofstyleovercontent风格高于内容.
Thoughshethoughtofherselfasanovelist,itwasthroughheressaysthatMs.Sontagbecameknown.Asaresultshewasfatedtowritelittleelseforthenextquarter-century.Shefoundtheformanagony她发现形式是一种痛苦:
alongessaytookfromninemonthstoayeartocomplete,oftenrequiring20ormoredrafts.
“I’vehadthousandsofpagesfora30-pageessay,”shesaidina1992interview.“OnPhotography《论摄影》,whichissixessays,tookfiveyears.AndImeanworkingeverysingleday.”
Thatbook,whichwontheNationalBookCriticsCircleAwardforcriticismin1978,exploredtheroleofthephotographicimage,andtheactofpicture-takingincontemporaryculture.TheWashingtonPostBookWorldcalledOnPhotography“abrilliantanalysis,一个杰出的分析”addingthatit“merelydescribesaphenomenonwetakeasmuchforgrantedaswaterfromthetap,只是描述了我们看来像水龙头出水这样的习以为常的一个现象andhowthatphenomenonhaschangedus—aremarkableenoughachievement全然了不起的成就,whenyouthinkaboutit.”
Inthemid-1970'
sMs.Sontaglearnedshehadbreastcancer.Doctorsgavehera10percentchanceofsurvivingfortwoyears.Shescoured查询theliterature文献foratreatmentthatmightsaveher,underwentamastectomy乳房切除术andpersuadedherdoctorstogiveheratwo-and-a-half-yearcourseofradiation.
OutofherexperiencecameIllnessasMetaphor《疾病的隐喻》,whichexaminedtheculturalmythologizingofdisease关于疾病的文化神话(tuberculosisastheillnessof19th-centuryromantics,canceramodern-dayscourge灾难).Althoughitdidnotdiscussherillnessexplicitly,itcondemnedtheoftenmilitaristiclanguage充满火药味的语言aroundillness("
battling"
disease,the"
war"
oncancer)thatMs.Sontagfeltsimultaneouslymarginalizedthesick病患者andheldthemresponsiblefortheircondition.让他们为自己的处境负责
InAIDSandItsMetaphors《艾滋病的隐喻》Ms.Sontagdiscussedthesocialimplicationsofthedisease,whichsheviewedasa"
culturalplague"
文化瘟疫thathadreplacedcancerasthemodernbearerofstigma.作为现代污点的承担者取代了癌症ShewouldreturntothesubjectofAIDSinheracclaimedshortstory受到好评的故事"
TheWayWeLiveNow,"
originallypublishedinTheNewYorkerandincludedin"
TheBestAmericanShortStoriesoftheCentury"
(HoughtonMifflin,1999).
In1992,wearyofessays,Ms.SontagpublishedTheVolcanoLover,《火山情人》herfirstnovelin25years.Thoughverymuchanovelofideas-itexplored,amongotherthings,notionsofaestheticsandthepsychologyofobsessivecollecting嗜好收藏的心理-thebookwasalsoabig,old-fashionedhistoricalromance.IttoldthestoryofSirWilliamHamilton威廉汉·
密尔顿爵士,the18th-centuryBritishenvoy公使tothecourtofNaples;
hiswife,Emma("
thatHamiltonwoman"
);
andherlover,LordNelson尼尔森勋爵,thenavalhero.ThebookspenttwomonthsonTheNewYorkTimesbest-sellerlist.
ReviewingthenovelinTheTimes《时代杂志》,MichikoKakutani角谷美智子wrote:
"
Onethingthatmakes'
TheVolcanoLover'
suchadelighttoreadisthewayitthrowsoffideasandintellectualsparks迸发出思想和智慧火花,likeaRomancandleorCatherinewheelblazinginthenight.Miniatureversions微型画像of'
DonGiovanni'
(唐·
乔瓦尼)莫扎特夜曲唐·
乔瓦尼是一部关于情欲的侦探歌剧。
歌剧描述了一个不知羞耻、放荡成性的男子形象,他毫无顾忌地追寻情欲及死亡and'
Tosca'
(托斯卡)lieembedded,likejewels,inthemainnarrative;
andwearegivenaswellsomecharminglyacutecameos(浮雕)['
kæ
miəu]令人神往而精确地精彩画面ofsuchhistoricalfiguresasGoethe歌德andtheKingandQueenofNaples."
sfinalnovel,InAmerica《在美国》,waslooselybasedonthelifeofthe19th-centuryPolishactressHelenaModjeska,whoimmigratedtoCaliforniatostartautopiancommunity乌托邦社区.ThoughInAmericareceivedaNationalBookAward,criticalreceptionwasmixed.批评界毁誉参半
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