语言密码铸造的独特美感——《金甲虫》破解语言密码的艺术手法

The Careful Language of the Cipher and the Unique Plots of the Story——the Art of Decoding the Language of The Cipher

坡的小说中密码的破译全靠主人公非凡的理智和逻辑推理能力,符号可能发生变化的性质在不断地暗示。金甲虫着重说明,语词与语词所指的对象之间关系的随意性。主人公所承担的任务有双重的困难;他不仅得使语言具有不可靠性且得发现文本的意义。他解码的文本在现象上最后重合预示,在一定地点瞭望,决不能换地方。坡为读者设计了一种"故弄玄虚"的把戏,它提供解读的一次欺骗性的机会。

To decode in Poe＇s story relies on the extraordinary special intellect and logical reasoning ability the hero has. The contingent nature of the sign repeatedly implies that the gold -bug emphatically illustrates the arbi- trariness of the relationship between word and referent. The hero＇s task is doubly difficult; he has not only to code with the unreliability but also to discover meaning in a text. His final superimposition of the decoded text upon the landscape presupposes a definite point of view, admitting no variation. Poe designs a sober mystification for read- ers, which provides a deceptive opportunity to understand the text.