摘要
在《李尔王》中,国王李尔一直在追问的“天性”和“天道人伦”实乃伦理问题,对这一问题的回答过程也是李尔的身体伦理认知变化和伦理身份重塑过程。剧作开始,当“天性之爱”和“天道人伦”的探问沦为身体政治表演,李尔深陷伦理泥淖及对道德自我的怀疑。在对长女和次女的身体疾病想象、“转嫁”及身体的“解剖”和审判里,李尔得以给自己的身体祛疾并做出伦理抉择。在对小女儿灵启式的身体拥抱中,李尔完成了作为个体和父亲的伦理救赎乃至伦理超越。“世界态身体”与政治身体的聚合最终促成李尔国王身体的生成和伦理身份的重塑。李尔的身体伦理认知过程是对人作为一种伦理存在的肯定,也是对剧中时代的袒露和伦理批判。
The question of “nature” that Lear in Shakespeare's King Lear keeps asking is, in essence, a question about ethics. The process of answering the question is also a process whereby Lear's bodily ethical cognition is unfolded and changed, and his ethical identity is remolded. In the beginning, as Lear's inquiry about “nature” and “office of nature” is reduced to the performance of body politic, he is caught in an ethical bog where he doubts his moral self. I hrough the metaphorical transfer of bodily illness, as well as the “anatomization” and “trial” of the bodies of his eldest and second daughters, Lear is able to get rid of his own bodily illnesses and make ethical choices. The revelation he achieves in hugging Cordelia's body in his arms pushes him towards ethical salvation and transcendence as an individual and a father. The convergence of “the world's body” and body politic ultimately leads to the “devinir” of Lear's king's body and the reshaping of his ethical identity as a king. Lear's bodily cognitive process confirms the very idea that an individual is but an ethical being. The process also serves as an unmasking and ethical critique of the true nature of the society and era depicted in the play.
作者
侯斌
Hou Bin(School of Foreign Languages,Tianshui Normal University,Tianshui Gansu 741001,China)
出处
《天水师范学院学报》
2024年第3期47-54,共8页
Journal of Tianshui Normal University
基金
2021年天水师范学院校列科研项目“《西和乞巧歌》英译本中的西和方言翻译研究”(CXJ2021-13)
2024年天水师范学院外国语学院省级一流本科英语专业建设项目“口译课程教改项目”(2024JGXM002)阶段性成果。
作者简介
侯斌(1977-),男,甘肃成县人,天水师范学院外国语学院讲师,马来西亚理科大学人文学院在读博士研究生。
