解读荒诞派戏剧叙事艺术的后现代主义特征——以《克拉普的最后一盘磁带》为例

Interpretation on the Postmodernist Features of the Theatre of the Absurd's Narrative Art——A Case Study of Krapp's Last Tape

荒诞派戏剧是指那些拒绝用传统的、理智的手法去反映荒诞的生活,主张用荒诞的手法直接表现荒诞的存在的剧作家和作品。《克拉普的最后一盘磁带》是荒诞派戏剧的经典剧目,爱尔兰戏剧大师贝克特使用了反传统的艺术手法展示了一个荒诞的真实世界,被称为"先锋派戏剧"作品。《克拉普的最后一盘磁带》这部作品在叙事结构、叙事话语以及叙事时空这3个方面具有鲜明的后现代主义特征,而这些独特的叙事艺术形式表达了存在即是荒诞的真实内容。

Theatre of the Absurd refers to those dramatists or dramas expressing the absurd state of existence by means of absurd techniques instead of traditional and rational means. Krapp＇ s Last Tape is a classical masterpiece of the Theatre of the Absurd. The Irish dramatist Beckett employed anti-traditional techniques to show a true absurd world. This Avant-garde piece is of unique postmodernist features embodied in the narrative structure, narrative discourse as well as temporal and spatial narrative strategies. The narrative art of Krapp＇ s Last Tape serves to expose the truth of existence being absurd.