演化指称视阈下意识流戏剧探析——以阿瑟·米勒的《堕落之后》为例

A Cognitive Textual Interpretation of Stream-of-Consciousness PlaysExemplified by Arthur Miller s After the Fall

以认知诗学视角分析文学文本,即运用演化指称“角色与值”的假说剖析意识流戏剧《堕落之后》,探索其在叙事铺陈与人物刻画上的特征。研究发现:“角色”转换所生成的“值”能够使戏剧文本共时性呈现历时性发生的事件;“值”的历时共现可有效揭示人物主角多面无常的性格及其形成的过程;叙事空间与角色的频频切换虽使文本表层显得杂乱无序,但其生成的“值”却有潜在的因果关联,实现了剧情与文本深层连贯,使其形散而神不散。

This paper aims to interpret Arthur Miller s stream-of-consciousness play After the Fall,and explore its distinctive features from the perspective of the cognitive concept of evolving reference,namely“role and values”.The results are as follows:Firstly,the various values generated by role switching over the past years make it possible to present synchronically what has happened diachronically.Secondly,the integration of“role and value”reveals not only the different aspects of the protagonist s personalities but also the process of their formation.Thirdly,despite the seemingly disordered contextual entanglement,the values of role switching are logically linked by the implicit cause-effect relationship,which ensures the textual coherence of the play texts.