论《旧衣新裁》中的“衣服”与“裁缝”  

On“Clothes”and“Tailor”in Sartor Resartus

作　　者：孙胜忠[1] 

机构地区：[1]上海外国语大学英语学院

出　　处：《外国文学研究》2016年第2期94-103,共10页Foreign Literature Studies

基　　金：国家社科基金项目"西方成长小说流变考"【项目批号:11BWW047】的阶段性成果

摘　　要：托马斯·卡莱尔的《旧衣新裁》因其奇特的结构形式、迂回曲折的说理方法以及通篇充斥着"浪漫反讽"等特点而被称为"最具原创性"的"奇书"。这种挑战性的文风既给读者提供了宽广的阐释空间,也使文本成为一个闪烁不定的难解之谜。本文结合18世纪末和19世纪初欧洲,尤其是英国的历史和文化语境,在细读文本的基础上围绕着"衣服"和"裁缝"这两个中心议题,试图探讨如下几个问题:《旧衣新裁》所作何为?衣服是什么?它为什么要重新裁剪?什么样的衣服才合身?谁是裁缝?谁又是那个新裁缝?Thomas Carlyle＇s Sartor Resartus is known as ＂the most original＂ and ＂remarkable＂ novel for its unique structure, ambiguous persuasion and ＂romantic irony＂. This challenging writing style leaves broad room for the reader to interpret the text, but it also poses a number of puzzling questions. Based on close reading of the text and considering the historical and cultural context of Europe, especially Britain at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries, the present paper is intended to focus on the two topics of ＂clothes＂ and ＂tailor＂, trying to probe into such questions as follow： what are the possible writing purposes of Sartor Resartus？ What does ＂clothes＂ refer to？ Why do they need to be retailored？ What kind of clothes are fitting？ Who is the tailor？ Who is that new tailor or the tailor retailored？

关 键 词：托马斯·卡莱尔 《旧衣新裁》 衣服 裁缝 成长小说 

分 类 号：I561.074[文学—其他各国文学]