解读杜鲁门·卡波特的小说题目《冷血》的深层含义

Decoding the Title of Truman Capote's Novel In Cold Blood

《冷血》是美国当代著名的小说家杜鲁门·卡波特的“非虚构小说”的盖世之作,此书为卡波特在文学界树立了稳固的地位。小说题目《冷血》有着非同寻常的令人深思的深层含义。本文结合文本与时代背景,从杀人凶手、凶手父母以及美国当时的社会环境等几个方面解读了作者给小说题目取名为《冷血》的深层含义,指出不仅是凶手,就连当时的整个美国社会在某种程度上来说都是冷血的。

“In Cold Blood” is Truman Capote's masterpiece of Nonfiction Novel, which established his literature status in the world. The title 'In Cold Blood' has its extraordinary thought-provoking implication. This paper tries to decode it out from the killer (Perry Smith), his parents and the whole society of America, and concludes that not only the killers but also the whole society, to some degree, can also be called “in cold blood”