解读《我弥留之际》中艾迪的内心独白

福克纳的著名小说《我弥留之际》通过五十九节不同人物的内心独白多角度讲述美国南方一家贫苦白人本德仑家的故事。其中女主人公艾迪的独白只占一小节但却抽象深奥。透过艾迪的独白,人们看到的是一个内心极端孤独、沉默和自闭的家庭主妇。她内心孤独,一生都在挣扎中试图摆脱生活的虚无;她缄口不言,苦苦追寻但却始终没有找到的是言行的一致。她极端自闭,渴望得到但却缺乏的正是与他人真正的沟通。

As I Lay Dying, the famous book by William Faulkner, includes 59 monologues relating the story of the Bundrens, a poor white family in the American south, from multiple perspectives. The heroine Addie’s monologue is short but abstract. What we learn from Addie’s monologue is that she is a lonely and isolated housewife who has difficulty in communicating. As a lonely woman, she tries her best to struggle against the meaninglessness of life. What she seeks but does not find is the combination of words and act...