《荒原》中地素的符号学研究——以“城市”一词为例

Semiotic Study on the Toponym in The Waste Land

艾略特非常重视诗歌字词的大小写和字距等因素,认为这是产生不同诗歌语感和含义的基础。《荒原》是一首城市诗歌,这可以从《荒原》中充满了重复性的城市语汇和结构得到证实。《荒原》中的"城市"语汇承担了符号学中的地素锚定功能,这使得《荒原》所表达的内容具有更高的真实性和更多的内涵。因此,从符号学视角出发对于"城市"一词的复义研究,有助于我们挖掘诗歌赖以存在的语言载体和其可能的所指,为探讨《荒原》的深层结构打下基础。

Eliot values very much the significance and functions of the capitalization and spacing of words, which he considers as the basis of sense and meanings of a poem. The Waste Land is in fact a city poem, proven by the repetition of the words and structure concerning city. The word ＂City/city＂ takes the role of anchoring as typonym, which makes possible the verisimilitude and complex implications within. Thus, semiotic research on the polysemy of the word ＂City/city＂ helps us to uncover the possible meanings of the lexical item and the underlying structure within the poem.