皮尔士符号学视域下敦煌舞蹈动作语汇符号探析

Analysis of Dunhuang Dance Movements Signs fromthe Perspective of Peircean Semiotics

文章以敦煌舞蹈肢体动作、表情、舞姿、手势、眼神、呼吸等组成的动作语汇符号为研究主体,运用皮尔士符号学经典理论对其加以解读。主要从敦煌舞蹈中皮尔士符号学的体现、敦煌舞蹈动作语汇符号的皮尔士符号学阐释,即“大三元观”与敦煌舞蹈动作语汇符号之关联、以及作为核心的三元项之一“解释项”在敦煌舞蹈语汇符号符指过程中的无限衍义、敦煌舞蹈动作语汇符号与其所指对象的皮尔士“小三元观”之关系4个方面加以探析。笔者发现,敦煌舞蹈动作语汇符号表意过程与皮尔士符号学之符指过程紧密相联,三元之一的“解释项”更是舞蹈动作语汇符号产生效应和意指的“钥匙”,这对于丰富舞蹈学理论及其实践研究有着很大的启示。

This paper,applying the classic theory of Peircean Semiotics,studies the Dunhuang dance movements signs consisting of the body movements,espression of face,postures,hand gestures,expressions of eyes,etc.,which mainly analyzes such four aspects as the embodiment of Peircean Semioticsin the Dunhuang dance,the interpretation of expression signs in Dunhuang dance movements,i.e.the correlation between Peirce'sSign Trichotomy of"sign-object-interpretant"and Dunhuang dance movements,the semiosis ad infinitum of"interpretant"in the process of dance performance of Dunhuang dance movements and the relationship between Dunhuang dance movements signs and their objects in terms of Peirce's classification of signs of"icon-index-symbol".The author finds that the signifying process of Dunhuang dance movements expressions is closely related to Peirce's notion of semiosis andthat the interpretant,as the core of triad in semiosis,is the"key"to generation of the effects and signification,which has great enlightenment for enriching the dance theory and practical research.