雷蒙德·卡佛《羽毛》的符号学解读

摘要

《羽毛》是美国简约派小说家雷蒙德·卡佛的一篇短篇小说。小说叙述了一对夫妇去朋友家做客的一次经历以及之后的一些情况。本文试图用符号学能指／所指理论视角，通过对文本的细读，分析小说中孔雀、小孩、牙齿、羽毛、头发等主要符号的所指意义，解读小说的深层内涵。%Feathers is one of the American minimalist writer Raymond Carver＇s short stories. It narrates the experience of a couple＇s visit of a friend and what happened after the visit. From the perspective of signifier/signified theory of semiotics, this paper analyzes the signified meaning of the signs in the story such as peacock, child, teeth, feathers, hair and silence through detailed reading of the text, so as to interpret the deep intention of the story.