《长生殿》中的二项对立功能及其叙事结构

Opposite Functions in The Palace of Eternal Youth and Its Narrative Structure

《长生殿》中的人物呈现出两组二项对立的功能:下降和上升,恢复和毁灭,它们规定了该剧的叙事结构和主题结构,即个人、家庭、国家和宇宙由秩序堕落到混乱的窘境再恢复到更高的秩序和和谐的状态。这种恢复不是简单的重复,而是剔除了杂质和不稳定因素的螺旋式上升。这也是该剧的深层意义所在。

Two binary oppositions of functions of characters in The Palace of Eternal Youth, degenerate and rise up, restore and destroy govern the narrative and theme structures of the play, which tend out to be： the order in individual, family, state and even universe, is disintegrated into chaos, and then restored into order and harmonious state. Yet it is not a sheer repetition; it spirals up into a new state deprived of impurity and uncertainty. That is also the deep meaning of the play.