那也许是太阳吗?——解析谢泼德戏剧《被埋葬的孩子》的结局

Is That Probably the Sun?——Analyzing the Result of the Drama “The Buried Child” of Shepard

美国剧作家谢泼德 (S .Shepard)的剧作以开放式的结局著称。谢泼德的普利策奖 (PulitzerPrize)获奖剧作《被埋葬的孩子》(BuriedChild)的结局耐人寻味。本文将以剧终的台词“那也许是太阳”作为引子 ,通过挖掘剧中美国家庭的家丑 ,来透视当今美国社会的症结。

Sam Shepard,the foremost American postmodern playwright,never ends his plays with everything properly explained.He always fuels our burning curiosity with numerous questions marks rather than meets our desire by offering cheap solutions.For this reason,the author of this article is enabled to read and decode Shepard's representative work Buried Child with refreshing interests and personal insights.By introducing the curtain line“maybe it's the sun”,this article probes into the sensational family secret and the social problems it presents.