《大熊的诱惑》中仪式的解析

Analysis of ceremonies and rituals in The Temptations of Big Bear

《大熊的诱惑》是加拿大著名作家鲁迪·威伯的一部力作。作品再现了各种仪式.仪式规定了在特定场合谁应该说话、应该对谁说话、应该怎样说话。仪式使社团之间产生了社会差异,权力分配出现了不均现象,仪式的各种规则为权威话语提供了保护语境。《大熊的谤惑》中的主人公大熊通过颠覆仪式规则,变仪式为狂欢节(Carnival),从而由弱势话语者转为强势话语者。

In the novel The Temptations of Big Bear, written by Rudy Wiebe, one of the most brilliant and respected writers in Canada, many ceremonial and ritual occasions were described, where rules of speech were specified clearly, such as what one could say to whom in what circumstances to achieve what effects. The rules of speech determined the hierarchical relationship between social groups and provided a protective context for authoritative languages. The hero of the novel Big Bear advocated a way of surviving by struggling against the verbal - ideological level and in a non - violent way. This article analyzed how Big Bear overturned those ceremonial rules; how he turned the ceremonies into carnivals; and how he turned himself from an insignificant speaker into a dominant one.