戴維·洛奇的小說《想……》探討了20世紀90年代西方學界頗為關注的意識本源問題。小說以斯諾的"兩種文化"之爭為背景,通過男女主人公對意識問題的不同認識及其戀情的變化發展,反映了自然科學與人文科學的對話。本文認為,靈活多變的聚焦、意識流和內心獨白的意識再現及多種文體風格對《想……》的故事建構、人物刻畫及主旨表達起了重要作用,揭示出作者關于文學、科學、宗教及倫理問題的思考。

David Lodge’s novel Thinks...deals with the nature of consciousness that gripped the western academia in the 1990 s.With a debate between "two cultures" in its background and through the love affair between a cognitive scientist and a writer in residence at the University of Gloucester and their different ways of looking at consciousness,Thinks...probes into the possibility of a dialogue between natural science and social science.This paper argues that flexible focalization,stream of consciousness and interior monologue play a crucial part in building the novel’s plot,theme and characters,by which Lodge contemplates key issues in literature,science,religion and ethics.