《喧哗与骚动》与圣经文学传统的相关性研究

The Sound and the Fury and the Biblical Literary Tradition

《喧哗与骚动》通过对美国南方达官显贵和名门望族的后代的精神和心灵的洞悉,生动再现了美国内战给南方人带来的巨大精神冲击、心理震荡以及战后重建时期南方社会的历史面貌和南方人的特定心态。小说借助于福音书的叙事结构,即多维叙述视角,以其人性的堕落、复活与救赎这一悲剧性主题揭示了南方社会的传统、罪恶、堕落以及微弱的救赎希望。《圣经》人物的时隐时现赋予作品以超越时空的悲剧性意义,并通过圣经意象得以昭示。本文从母题意识、叙事结构、艺术表述角度入手,探讨《喧哗与骚动》与《圣经》文本之间的同构关系,由此揭示小说与圣经文学传统之间的密切相关性。

The Sound and the Fury describes the historical context of the society in the American South and the southerners' mentality in the postwar reconstruction period by vividly portraying the tremendous mental impact of the American Civil War upon the Southern people.The novel employs the narrative structure of the Gospels,namely a multi-narrative perspective based on the tragic theme of resurrection and redemption of human nature,so as to reveal the tradition,evil,fall and dim hope of the South.Its tragic significance is achieved through its pervasive use of Biblical characters and images.This paper will show how The Sound and the Fury is related with The Bible,a fact that places this novel directly within the Biblical literary tradition.