富兰克林自传与他传的互文性研究

A Study of the Intertextuality of Franklin’s Autobiography and Biographies

由于在人物和事件上的叠合,《富兰克林自传》与沃尔特·艾萨克森的《富兰克林传》、詹姆斯·施罗德的《富兰克林大传》之间具有或显或隐的互文性。文本的相互交织使富兰克林自传和他传构成了一个“有机整体”。相较于单一的自传或他传而言,因互文性而形成的这个“有机整体”具有更复杂而丰富的文化内蕴、诗学价值和社会历史意义。

Due to the superposition of characters and events,The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin,Walter Isaacson’s Benjamin Franklin:An American Life and James Srode’s Franklin:The Essential Founding Father demonstrate explicit or implicit intertextuality.The interwoven texts enable Franklin’s autobiography and biographies to constitute an"organic whole".Compared with a single autobiography or biography,the"organic whole"formed by intertextuality has more complex and rich cultural connotations,poetic value,and social and historical significance.