摘要
马丁·麦克多纳的《枕头人》运用故事套故事的手法讲述了一名作家因儿童虐杀案与其故事情节相似而受审并最终被处决的故事。双层叙事中的故事导致一系列事件的发生,显示出作为文学表现形式之一的故事对现实的作用力。文学事件也强调文学对现实的影响,因而从文学事件的视角出发,本文通过具体分析该剧作者的创作、文本的生成和阅读的操演,揭示《枕头人》是一部具有事件性的文学作品。借助故事,麦克多纳对社会罪行、集权专制进行了政治批判,对弱小者给予伦理关怀,同时引导读者积极参与文学事件,对故事做出理性解读。
Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman dramatizes a writer’s interrogation and execution through the similarity between his stories and the real maltreatment of children.The stories that constitute the two-layer narration culminate in a series of events,showing the impact of storytelling on reality.This theme is consistent with the literary event’s emphasis on the influence of literature on reality.Based on the concept of literary event,this essay explores the eventness of the play from three aspects,namely the creation of the writer,the becoming of the text and the performance of the reader.Through storytelling,McDonagh criticizes social crimes and authoritarian power,showing an ethical concern for the weak,and leads readers to participate in the literary event and form their own interpretation of the stories.
作者
徐晓妮
Xu Xiaoni(School of Languages and Media,Anhui University of Finance and Economics,Anhui 233030,China)
出处
《当代外国文学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2021年第2期136-143,共8页
Contemporary Foreign Literature
基金
国家社科基金艺术学重大项目“当代欧美戏剧理论前沿问题研究”(项目编号:18ZD06)的阶段性成果。
