“幽灵”的“附体”：论西尔维娅·普拉斯诗歌中历史创伤的伦理向度

Title：Specters That Possess： On the Poetic-Ethical Choice of Historical Trauma in the Poetry of Sylvia Plath

Abstract： The poetry of Sylvia Plath does not serve as direct testimony to the history of war and the Holocaust; rather， it embodies the“postmemory”of a non-witness.At its core，Plath's practice reveals the fundamental contradiction between the unspeakable nature of trauma and the imperative to speak of it. Paradoxically， through semingly transgressive and offensive acts， she exposes the pervasive dilemma faced by the post-war generation： the attempt to process unspeakable personal trauma through established historical symbols. In doing so， she transforms poetry itself into a critical domain fraught with ethical tension. On one hand， Plath's appropriation of imagery reflects how the Holocaust， as a historical specter， has permeated the collective unconscious of the postwar generation， becoming the only available linguistic repository for expressing their anguish. On the other hand， her poetry is not about the Holocaust per se，but about its“postmemory” effect—— how it distorts human emotions and language. By willingly allowing her poetry to become a site of"possession”， Plath unveils the painful and inextricable connection between history and thepresent，between the other and the self.

Key words：Sylvia Plath; postmemory; the Holocaust; trauma ethics

Author： Li Xuefeng， Ph. D.， is lecturer at College of Literature and Journalism， Shandong University of Technology （Zibo 255000， China）. Her research interest is British and American poetry. E-mail： lixfehdpt@126.com

西尔维娅·普拉斯（SylviaPlath，1932-1963）诗歌中惊心动魄的大屠杀意象，自问世之初便引发了诸多争议。（剩余12041字）