试论《送菜升降机》中的荒诞性

A Tentative Study on the Absurdity in The Dumb Waiter

哈罗德·品特是英国著名剧作家、英国荒诞派的代表作家。《送菜升降机》是品特早期的优秀作品之一,全剧由本和格斯之间漫无边际的闲谈构成,整个剧本都充满了品特戏剧的荒诞性特色。这部独幕剧只有本和格斯两个人物,他们在一间地下室里等候着命令,对未来一无所知。从荒诞而又真实的语言、荒诞至支离破碎的情节、荒诞而又被动的生存三个方面,来解析送菜升降机的荒诞性,能够发现品特作品独具魅力的艺术特色。

Harold Pinter, the famous dramatist who is the representative of absurdists in Britain. The Dumb Waiter,one of Pinter's outstanding works in his early times, is composed by the meaningless chatting of the two main characters: Ben and Gus, which leads to the absurd artistic feature of Pinter's work. In this one-act drama, there are only Ben and Gus who are waiting in the basement for their so-called order to murder someone who they do not really know; neither do they have any actual knowledge about their future life. This essay will focus on the following three aspects: absurd but real language; absurd and fragmentary plot; absurd existence, to analyze the absurdity of The Dumb Waiter and explore the unique artistic characteristics of Pinter.