身体·想象·权力--关于崔张故事三种版本的一个解读

Body,Imagination,and Power:A Reading of the Relationship between Zhang Sheng and Cui Yinying in the Story of the West Chamber

在对《莺莺传》、《西厢记诸宫调》及《西厢记》三个版本对照分析的基础上,本文试图讨论三个文本之间的变化所凸显出的关于权力和身体欲望、想象之间的关系。文章认为,《莺莺传》在文本内部进行了权力与欲望的选择,最终放弃了欲望而选择了权力,同时指出这即是张生负心的原因;在《西厢记诸宫调》和《西厢记》中,权力与欲望在表面上被兼得了,但在文本外部,由于文本对欲望的保留和肯定,招致了权力对之的规训和惩罚;然而,我们认为,权力不仅无法完全规训欲望,而且也不需规训,因为在后两个文本当中,欲望已经做出了极大的妥协,换言之,欲望被合法化了;最后,我们试图揭示这种妥协对观众的作用,以及这种作用实现的方式,即欲望的合法化通过观众的想象消解了观众内心不稳定的情绪,从而维护了权力秩序。

This paper examines the three texts of The Story of Yingying, The West Chamber Story ： Dong Version, The West Chamber Story ： Wang Version and proposes to discuss the interrelation between power, desire, and imagination as are highlighted by the variations revealed by the paper＇ s comparative readings of the three versions. Desire is sacrificed in The Story of Yingying, while desire as well as power＇is endorsed in both the Dong and Wang versions, thus incurring official prohibition of their circulation. The paper argues that the official disciplinary action is unnecessary as well as ineffective, because the two later plays both have made concessions to power by legitimizing desire, thus soothing the audience, placating the authority, and maintaining order of power.