《谁害怕弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫?》中的对话关系解析

An Analysis of Dialogue Relations in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

从巴赫金的对话理论出发,讨论了《谁害怕弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫?》中大型对话和微型对话技巧的使用。大型对话主要通过人物交流中言语特征、谈话特征以及性格特征得以展示;而微型对话主要通过人物内心自我意识的交流和对话得以体现。阿尔比通过复杂多样的对话关系,展示了两对美国知识分子夫妇的精神与生活状态,揭示了整个知识分子群体面临美国梦破灭的严酷现实,勾勒出物欲支配下美国上层社会的精神空虚与荒芜。

This paper makes a detailed textual analysis into Albee＇s play Who＇s Afraid of Virginia Woolf？ by employing Bakhtin＇s poly- phonic theory and tries to investigate whether the polyphonic elements are contained in it. The research discusses the dialogism in the work from two aspects： great dialogue and micro-dialogue. The author holds the idea that the feature of the great dialogue lies in the dialogic relationship between characters through their verbal expressions, while the characteristics of the micro-dialogue exists in the connotative dialogue within each character＇s own mind. Through the engagement of the multi-level dialogues of the characters, the playwright reveals the plight of the couple in the play, and most American intellectuals and even upper class society after the breakup of American dreams.