“声音”与“愤怒”——班吉的后结构主义解读

"The Sound"and "The Fury"——Interpretation on the Post-structuralism of Benjy

以后结构主义视野阅读福克纳《喧哗与骚动》(The Sound and the Fury),班吉是一个反对西方传统文化的语音中心主义、逻辑中心主义和西方种族中心主义的象征。在他的"声音"(the sound)与"愤怒"(the fury)中,语音与意义是分离的;意识流的无序时空实际是能指与所指的断裂而游弋的表现;他的"嘟嘟哝哝"只是能指意蕴庞大的符号而无沟通意义。这个人物的主体性根本无法建立,最终只能"可怜巴巴地干嚎着",发出"世界上所有无言的痛苦中最最严肃、最最绝望的声音了"。

From the perspective of post-structuralism, Benjy in ＂The Sound and she Fury＂ written by Faulkner is a symbolic character which serves as the opposition to Phonecentrism, logic-centrism and ethnocentrism in traditional western culture. In his ＂sound＂ and ＂fury＂, the voice separates from the meaning. The disorderly sense of time and space in his stream of consciousness actually shows the separation of the Signified and the Signifier. His ＂moaning＂ is only a kind of voice, a sign with the Signified, but not communicable. The subjectivity of Benjy could not be established successfully. What he could do is to ＂bellow＂, and to ＂bellowed slowly, abjectly, without tears ; the grave hopeless sound of all voiceless misery under the sun＂.