《荒原》与塔罗牌

The Waste Land and the Tarot Pack

艾略特通过将塔罗牌引入《荒原》之中,一方面为诗歌构建起了丰富而独特的象征体系,使得表面上非常碎片化和无序化的驳杂意象具有了秩序与结构,如果说圣杯传奇是该诗的隐含结构,那么塔罗牌则是与其相辅相成的外在表征和显性结构;同时,塔罗牌也折射出那个时代独特的文化内涵和诗人在彷徨中的信仰与追求。通过将塔罗牌这种通俗文化与经典文学融为一体,艾略特也大大拓宽了诗歌的表现内容和表达形式。

By introducing the Tarot pack into The Waste Land,Eliot sets up rich and unique symbolic systems in the poem,orchestrating the seemingly fragmented and chaotic imagery into order and structure.Although often claimed as the deep intrinsic structure of the poem,the Grail legend is much too concealed to work alone without the interplay of the tarot cards acting as its visible representation and extrinsic structure. Meanwhile,as a reflection of Eliot's contemporary culture and his personal religious pursuit,the tarot cards are interwoven with classic literature,thus substantially broadening both the content and the form of his poetry.