“无”的呈现：《哈姆莱特》与认知科学

Staging Nothing: Hamlet and Cognitive Science

本文由《哈姆莱特》文本中的"无",引出了认知语言学的概念混合理论。吉尔斯·福柯尼耶和马克·特纳的概念混合理论,补充并解决了乔治·莱考夫和马克·约翰逊概念隐喻理论无法解释的问题,提出了在心理空间对各种信息进行混合,解构了"无"的传统概念,再现了从"物"到"无"的思维认知过程,对自愿终止怀疑这一传统的戏剧理论发起了挑战,消除了戏剧中真实和虚构的差别。当"无"站上舞台时,"有"和"无"的界线从此变得模糊。

The essay uses conceptual blending theory to interpret the powerful “nothing” in Hamlet.What George Lakoff and Mark Johnson＇s conceptual metaphor theory （ CMT） fails to account for, Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner＇s conceptual blending theory （CBT） explicates clearly by using mental space theory to envision informational blends, deconstructing the traditional concept of “nothing” and presenting the cognitive process from “object” to “nothing”. It challenges traditional theo-ries of suspension of disbelief and clears distinctions between truth and fiction. When nothing takes the stage, the lines get blurred.