沉默的张力:《被埋葬的孩子》中的视觉意象

Silent Tension: Visual Images in Sam Shepard's Buried Child

山姆·谢泼德是当代美国戏剧家中最具影响力的杰出代表之一,亦是美国先锋派戏剧的领军人物。他的《被埋葬的孩子》这一以"家庭丑闻"为主题的剧作荣获了普利策奖,也因此奠定了他在美国戏剧史上的重要地位。作者通过呈现剧中由意象所产生的哥特式氛围、意象给观者留下的想象空间以及意象化的视觉震撼,从而使意象产生了无声的张力,收到意想不到的艺术效果。

Sam Shepard is one of the most splendid and influential representatives of contemporary American playwrights,whose masterpiece Buried Child created on the theme of hidden scandal has won him the Pulitzer Prize. The article seeks to proceed through the images concerned in the play by way of presenting the gothic atmosphere,imaginary interval,and visual shock produced by images,with the purpose of expounding the artistic effect of silent tension.