边缘化解读《最后一片藤叶》中的贝尔曼

The Mosaic Marginalized Motley Martyr in The Last Leaf

在对欧·亨利的杰作《最后一片藤叶》的解读中,评论者往往从本性出发赋予贝尔曼"伟大"的标签,忽视了其被群体和自我异化的边缘身份。本文借鉴边缘化理论尝试提出在文本中对边缘人物的解码范式,并从群体和环境中去发掘贝尔曼身份的边缘性。在话语设定和非话语设定中贝尔曼是受到群体排斥的"边缘人",被文本空间压缩的边缘角色,通过其社会方言可识别他的隐性身份为美国黑人。贝尔曼补偿自卑的消亡是其肉体被精神异化为"他者"的必然。

In previous interpretations of O＇Henry＇s short story The Last Leaf,the commentators tended to decode the figure of M r. Behrman as a great man in nature,w hich neglected his alienation identity. Based on M arginality Theory,w e try to uncover the man＇s identity in his community environment. A mode of decoding M arginal M an in the literary text is proposed,w ith w hich it is found that M r.Behrman is a marginal man in the verbal depiction and non-verbal community. His correspondent figure is squeezed to a small text space and his social dialect reveals that M r. Behrman＇s covert identity is an African-American,and M r. Behrman＇s body is alienated to the soul＇s opposite,w hich leads to his ultimate death for inferiority compensation.