赫斯顿自传《路上的尘迹》的意指修辞策略

The Rhetorical Strategy of Signifying in Hurston’s Autobiography Dust Tracks on the Road

本文从盖茨意指理论的视角，评析了美国黑人女作家左拉·赫斯顿的自传《路上的尘迹》里的意指修辞策略。该自传是一个隐喻的文本，有很多丰富的意象喻指，这些意象是解开这部自传之谜的密码。该自传体现了赫斯顿的“言说者文本”因素：通过对直接引语和自由间接话语的运用，显示了文本声音的双重性。面对双重读者，黑人言说主体通过意指修辞策略揭示了对文本声音的追寻与修正，充分展现了黑人的丰富民俗文化，从而把白人霸权文化边缘化，获得了黑人种族自我的真正言说。

From the perspective of Gates＇s rhetorical theory, this essay analyzes the rhetorical strategy of signifying in Zora Neale Hurston＇s autobiography Dust Tracks on the Road. The autobiography is a metaphorical text abounding in many signifying images, which are keys to the understanding of the text. The text embodies the element of Hurston＇s typical ＂speakerly text＂, i.e. the employment of direct speech and free indirect discourse, which implies the double voice of the text. To mediate between the dual readerships, by employing the rhetorical strategy of Signifying, the speaking subject tries to pursue and revise the text＇s voice. By representing the richness and diversity of black culture, the speaking subject reduces the dominant white culture to the margin so that the real voice of the racial self of black people can be fully uttered.