从构思到终稿:《萨勒姆的女巫》的脑文本解读

From Conception to Final Draft: Interpreting Brain Text in The Crucible

脑文本是文学伦理学批评的术语,指作家在作品成形为实体文本前以大脑为载体保存的对外界的感知和认识。《萨勒姆的女巫》是阿瑟·米勒的一部争议颇多的戏剧,剧作家的自传、访谈、剧评等文献资料表明,其创作前曾对情节、人物以及人物关系作了大量的思考,脑中存有多部动态调整的文本。《萨勒姆的女巫》的创作过程和剧本的脑文本分析揭示了米勒反映社会现实、追求戏剧艺术价值和道德教诲功能的本质。

Brain text,a term of ethical literary criticism,refers to writers’perception and cognition about their works before the final draft.By means of brain text,the paper reads The Crucible,a disputable play by Arthur Miller,and investigates its revisions from original plans discovered in his autobiography,interview and essays.Accordingly,it is found that Miller pondered over the characters and plot as the existence of brain text.The analysis of brain text in the play and its draft consequently reveals the playwright’s pursuit of social criticism,artistic value and moral teaching.