从《日瓦戈医生》的弃用标题看作品的丰富意蕴

Uncovering the Meanings of the Discarded Titles of Doctor Zhivago

在创作《日瓦戈医生》的过程中,帕斯捷尔纳克曾反复考虑怎样为这部长篇小说命名,先后设想过若干不同的标题,但最终还是放弃了所有这些题名,采用了最能体现作品主题的书名"日瓦戈医生"。不过,这些弃用标题或着眼于作品的形象体系,或表达出作家的生死观,或标明小说的叙事空间,或隐喻男女主人公之间的心灵感应,均从特定侧面表征出作家艺术构思中的某一侧重,并彼此关联,共同显示出作品的丰富意蕴。考察和解析这些弃用标题,有助于全面而准确地把握这部作品的深广内涵。

During his writing of Doctor Zhivago, B. Pasternak spent a long time try- ing to name the novel. He had come up with several different titles before he decided on ＂Doctor Zhivago＂. Actually, those descarded titles address a variety of issues of the work including the imagery system of the work, the writer＇s view of life and death, the narrative space of the novel, and emotional affinity between the hero and the heroine. These discarded titles reflect the author＇s thematic and artistic concerns from various an- gles. This paper analyzes the novel＇s themes and other implications by way of investiga- ting into the descarded titles in order that more meanings will be uncovered.