加布里埃尔的“顿悟”之路——从语用视角看乔伊斯的《死者》

Understanding Gabriel’s Epiphany Road in The Dead from Pragmatic Speech Act Theory

《死者》是乔伊斯的短篇小说集《都柏林人》的压卷之作,是该集的高潮与总结,历来被誉为英语文学中的名著佳作。它讲述了一个男人由自高自大,在外在世界里受挫之后,内心世界终于"顿悟"的故事。文章通过言语行为理论分析《死者》中的话语,从语用学的视角解读了主人公加布里埃尔如何在屡屡受挫之后,心态发生的种种变化,逐步走向"顿悟"和"救赎"的心路历程。

＂The Dead＂which has been regarded as one of the best short stories in English-speaking countries,is the synthesis and the climax of James Joyce’s Dubliners.It is a story about a man’s subsequent breakdown of the barriers between others and his world due to external assaults on his egotism and then greater internal understanding of the world around him.Employing Speech Act theory in textual analysis,it would be found that the protagonist Gabriel’s words can reveal his character and his frustrations in communication and how he gradually knows himself and experiences his ＂epiphany＂,and finally finds a path to the salvation.