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1、TheAnalysisof“SpiritualParalysis”inTheDeadfromthePerspectiveofNarrative 【Abstract】TheDeadwrittenbyJamesJoyceisarrestingwithcarefulreading.Thepaperwillanalyzeitsprofoundmeaningsfromtheperspectiveofnarrative,includinghowthestoryisconveyed,howtheconstituentandsupplement
2、aryeventswork,howtheperspectivealtersandwhat’sthegap. 【Keywords】narrative;spiritualparalysis;TheDead TheDeadwasselectedfromJamesJoyce’sDubliners(1914).ItsprotagonistGabrielConroy,thoughlivinginDublin,tendstobedeprecatingaboutwhatheregardsastheprovincialismofIrishcul
3、ture.Whilemakinghiswaytothehotel,GabrielmakeseffortstowoohiswifeGrettabutdiscoversthatsheisthinkingofsomeoneelsecalledMichaelFurey.Narrativeissomuchapartofthewayweapprehendtheworld;FilmmakerBrianDePalmaputthisideaevenmorestrongly:“peopledon’tseetheworldbeforetheireyes
4、untilit’sputinanarrativemode.”(Abbott:2002:6)Thepaperaimsatanalyzinghowthestoryisconveyed,howtheconstituentandsupplementaryeventswork,howtheperspectivealtersandwhat’sthegap. AccordingtoBarthes,Anucleus(“constituentevent”,“kernels”)cannotbedeletedwithoutalteringthesto
5、ry,butneithercanacatalyzer(“supplementaryevent”,“satellites”).(Abbot:2002:20)TheconstituenteventsrevolvearoundtheprotagonistGabrielConroywhomeetssetbackswiththreeladies,includingLily,MissIvorsandGretta.ThesmalltalkbetweenGabrielandLilysetsthetoneforGabriel’sunevennigh
6、t.Gabriel’sfriendlycareconfrontswithLily’sgreatbitterness.Afterthesmallconflictisanotherconflict.Whiledancing,MissIvorsfiercelycriticizesGabrielas“WestBriton”.MissIvorsrepresentsparochialnationalistbutGabrielistheopposite,pronetoacceptnewconceptandbreaktheIrishtraditi
7、on.Gretta’snostalgicrecalltowardsMichaelFureyafterhearingthesongTheLassofAughrimmmakesGabrielincreasinglyjealousandhumiliated.“...snowwasgeneralalloverIreland…Itwasfalling,too,uponeverypartofthelonelychurchyardonthehillwhereMichaelFureylayburied...”Snowseemstocoverthe
8、truthoflife,andsinceitcoversboththelivingcreatureandthedead,itmixestheboundarybetweenlifeanddeath.Whataprofoundsymbolicmeani