芬尼根守灵夜》(Finnegans Wake),是爱尔兰作家乔伊斯最后一部长篇小说,书名来自民歌《芬尼根的守尸礼》,内容是有个搬运砖瓦的工人芬尼根从梯子上跌落,大家都以为他死了,守灵时洒在他身上的威士忌酒香却刺激他苏醒过来。
《芬尼根守灵夜》乃一本“混沌之书”。
乔学可大体上从一般性批评、《尤利西斯》之前的批评、《尤利西斯》批评、《芬尼根守灵夜》批评作总体考察。
This essay tries to get a panoramic view from the general criticism, criticism before Ulysses, Ulyssescriticism and Finnegans Wakecriticism.
詹姆斯·乔伊斯(2)写的《尤利西斯》和《芬尼根守灵记》,如同互相撞击,前后参映的思想网络,每次阅读都会有变幻不定的感觉。
James Joyce wrote Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake as a network of ideas colliding, cross-referencing, and shifting upon each reading.
For example, we're reading Finnegan's Wake. We haven't got a clue.
比如说,我们在读《芬尼根的守灵》时,我们完全无法领会。
In other words, you might think of it as a kind of artificial, processed, bland, easily consumable version of fate. I really mean that. One of the funny things about that debt to Finnegans Wake is, Finnegans Wake as a book of puns is unreadable.
也就是说,你可能会把它当做一种人为的,处理过的,乏味的,容易消耗的命运,我正是此意,关于《芬尼根守灵夜》中一个有趣的事是,它作为一本充满双关语的书是不值得一读的。
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