“澄明”与“书写”——论文艺阐释的两个实践维度

“Elucidation”and“Writing”—On the Two Practical Dimensions of Literary Interpretation

作为人文学术的枢纽,“阐释”负载着丰沛的实践潜能。在文艺的阐释实践中,不难提炼出两种主导性的阐释路径。其中,“澄明性阐释”遵循确定性原则,试图发掘出文本中稳固的意义内核;“书写性阐释”遵循不确定性原则,致力于激发读者的能动性,促使其对原初意义加以想象、延展乃至“二度创造”。书写性阐释对无限的追求使文艺作品充满魅力,但倘若脱离澄明性阐释所带来的限度,任何“书写”都将失去立足根基而落入“无政府主义”状态。因此,有必要关注两种阐释策略之间的复杂关联,使二者形成更富张力的动态平衡。

As the key of humanities,“interpretation”is filled with practical potentials.In the practice of literary interpretation,it is not difficult to find two dominant interpretation paths:elucidatory interpretation and writerly interpretation.Following the principle of determinacy,the former tries to explore the stable core of meaning in the text.Following the principle of indeterminacy,the latter endeavors to stimulate readersagency as well as the imagination,extension and even“secondary creation”of the original meaning.Based on the pursuit of infinity,“writerly interpretation”makes literary works interesting to read,but if it is divorced from the limitations brought by“elucidatory interpretation”,anypracticeof“writing”will lose its foundation and fall into the dilemma of“anarchism”.Therefore,much attention should be paid to the complex relationship between the two interpretive strategies to help form a dynamic balance between them.