Chapman Ana, Chapman Silvia, Cosentino Stephanie
Department of English, French and German, Faculty of Arts, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Cognitive Neuroscience Division, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States.
Front Psychol. 2021 Sep 9;12:539555. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.539555. eCollection 2021.
This manuscript provides a literary analysis of the use of bodies in the novel by David Foster Wallace. The novel describes a world where oversaturation of external stimulation leads to the perception of mind and body of self of an individual as prosthetic parts, malleable and deformed, wherein the mind fails to feel bodily sensations and characters experience a complete disconnectedness from the self and others. Indeed, the disembodiment of characters and sensations of disconnection leads them to a compulsive quest for connectedness through the use of masks, made-up feelings, mind-body hybrid pain, corporeal malleability, and prostheses. These portrayals of the disordered and disconnectedness between body and mind or self will be described and compared to clinical conditions characterized by a disconnection between mind and body and impaired body self-awareness. Through this exercise, we argue that the use of scientifically inspired pathologized bodies is a means of conveying the stance of Wallace on or criticism of the degradation of society through excessive entertainment.
本手稿对大卫·福斯特·华莱士小说中身体的运用进行了文学分析。该小说描绘了一个外部刺激过度饱和的世界，导致个体将自我的心灵和身体感知为可塑造和变形的假体部件，在这个世界里，心灵无法感知身体感觉，人物与自我及他人完全脱节。事实上，人物的非实体化和脱节感促使他们通过使用面具、虚构情感、身心混合疼痛、身体可塑性和假体来强迫性地寻求联系。将描述这些身心或自我之间无序和脱节的描绘，并与以身心脱节和身体自我意识受损为特征的临床状况进行比较。通过这项研究，我们认为，使用受科学启发的病态身体是传达华莱士对社会因过度娱乐而退化的立场或批评的一种方式。
