评艾略特的“感受分化论”——兼析《不朽的低语》

How the Sensibility Is Dissociated: Eliot's Whispers of Immortality and his Concept of "Dissociation of Sensibility

本文结合对艾略特诗作《不朽的低语》的“细读”,就“感受分化论”的概念、背景及其引发的争论进行了综合分析。本文认为 ,客观公正地考察“感受分化论”,不应忽略艾略特“统一的感受力”的内涵 ;“感受分化论”中可能存在着偏激、武断的因素 ,但在“统一的感受力”的背后 ,则是艾略特对理想的诗歌创作过程的真诚期待 ,尽管这种期待不无其乌托邦式的唯心主义的色彩。

Based on a close-reading of Eliot's 'Whispers of Immortality', this paper seeks to clarify the background and basic concepts of, as well as the disputes over, Eliot's 'Dissociation of Sensibility'. The paper points out that an objective appraisal of 'Dissociation of Sensibility' would entail discussions on Eliot's concept of 'Unified Sensibility' and that for all the casual and precarious assumptions noted by critics in 'Unified Sensibility', there lies, in his 'Unified Sensibility', Eliot's early preoccupation and na?ve idealization of how good poetry should be composed.