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Keywords:
Theme;
Distinctions;
Naturalism;
DeathofaSalesman
《推销员之死》中的自然主义分析
摘要:
米勒戏剧的主题之一是在描写受经济和意识形态力量的牵制的人们的过程中所体现的自然主义。
同时,自然主义戏剧的复杂性在于他对一些区分,如现在和过去,行动和言语,技术和天然,符号和所指所做的后现代化的处理.参照瓦尔特·
本·
迈克尔在《金钱的标准和自然主义逻辑》中的观点,本文通旨在分析在《推销员之死》剧本中的这些区分的内在意义,以便更好的了解这位有名的剧作家的作品和在当时的思想。
关键词:
亚瑟·
米勒;
《推销员之死》;
自然主义
Contents
1.Introduction…………………….……………………………………………...………1
2.LogicofNaturalism…………………………………………………………………….1
2.1AnOverviewofWalterBennMichaels’sLogicofNaturalism………………….1
2.2LogicofNaturalismandDeathofaSalesman……………………………………2
3.TheReflectionofNaturalismintheplay…………………………………....................3
3.1TheDistinctionbetweenTalkandAction................................................................3
3.2TheDistinctionbetweenAbstractionandReality………………………………..5
3.3TheDistinctionbetweenTechnologyandNature...................................................8
4.Conclusion……………………...…....……………………………………………..……10
1.Introduction
Affectedbothbythehighlynaturalistictheatrein1930sandbytheGreatDepressionmilieuthatgavebirthtothoseplays,ArthurMiller’swatershedplayisnaturalisticinitsportrayalofhumanssubjecttoeconomicandideologicalforces;
atthesametime,thenaturalismoftheplayiscomplicatedbyitsalmostpost-modemtreatmentofdistinctionssuchaspresentandpast,actionand“talk,”hardvalueandsoftcurrency,atreatmentthatresistsnaturalism’s“hard”distinctionbetweensignsandthereal.InDeathofaSalesman,Millerelaborateshisownvisionoftherelationofeconomictopsychiclifebydramatizingtheattempted“escape”fromthemoneyeconomyBennMichaelslocatesastheobsessionofnaturalismto“stagethedisappearanceofmoney”(Miller,1977:
144).Thedistinctionsthatobsessthecharactersoftheplay—betweensayinganddoing,seemingandbeing,technologyandnature—arethemselvesrootedinmoneyandthecommodificationoflifeinAmerica.
2.LogicofNaturalism
2.1AnOverviewofWalterBennMichaels’sLogicofNaturalism
InTheGoldStandardandtheLogicofNaturalism,WalterBennMichaelslocatesinAmericanliterarynaturalismthisanxietyoverissuesofmaterialrealityandrepresentation.The“logic”ofnaturalismBennMichaelselaboratesisbasedontherepressionofmoneyasfree-floatingsignifier,whichexpressesitselfinvariousandunsuccessfulstrategiesof“escape”fromthemoneyeconomy.Anaestheticexpressionofboththedesireforandtheimpossibilityofthisescape,naturalismobsessesovertheontologicalandepistemologicalquestionsraisedbymoney,becoming“theworkingoutofasetofconflictsbetweenprettythingsandcuriousones,materialandrepresentation,hardmoneyandsoft,beastandsoul”(Miller,173).
2.2LogicofNaturalismandDeathofaSalesman
WhenBen,WillyLoman’sbrother,inthesecondactofDeathofaSalesman,contraststhepresentandsubstantialvalueofadiamondwiththecontinuallydeferredvalueofWilly'
ssales“appointments,”wemaynoticethatthisadvicecomesfromacharacterwhoishimselfnotquitepresentorsubstantial.Asaphantomoradelusionoramemorythatholdsoutthepromiseof“natural”moneyaswellasanessential,naturalself,BenmanifestspreciselythecharacteristicsofmoneythatbothtantalizeandterrifytheLomans.
Historically,theincreasinglyarbitraryrelationshipbetweenmoney’sphysicalmaterialandits“facevalue”hasmademoneyfunctionasasymbolofamoregeneraldisjunctionbetweenappearanceandreality,seemingandbeing,“material”and“intellectualcurrency”(Miller,1).AsBen’sdiamondsdoforWilly,sodoesgoldorsilverpromisetoeliminatethetroublinggulfbetweensubstanceandsign,orbetweentheoften-unreliablesignswemustusetonavigatetheworldandwhatweperceivetobethe“reality”ofthatworld.
3.TheReflectionofNaturalisminthePlay
3.1TheDistinctionbetweenTalkandAction
OneofthemostsalientaspectsofDeathofaSalesmanistheplay’sexplorationofthetrickydistinctionbetweensayinganddoing,talkandaction.OftentakenasevidenceofwhatRichardHofstadterfamouslydelineatedasthebusinessworld’sgeneralhostilitytowardintellectuals
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